Missoula Independent

MAKING AMENDS AMONG THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE

UP FRONT

DID FWP GAG ITS WARDEN? AND WILL LAKE COUNTY COPS EVER COME CLEAN?

A FAILED BACKFLIP BECAME WHEN THE WILD COMES PUNK ROCK NIGHT NEWS HOW OPINION MUSIC THE GAY-BASHING THAT WASN’T TO A QUIET SUBDIVISION WITH THE JERCS

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MAKING AMENDS AMONG THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE

UP FRONT

DID FWP GAG ITS WARDEN? AND WILL LAKE COUNTY COPS EVER COME CLEAN?

A FAILED BACKFLIP BECAME WHEN THE WILD COMES PUNK ROCK NIGHT NEWS HOW OPINION MUSIC THE GAY-BASHING THAT WASN’T TO A QUIET SUBDIVISION WITH THE JERCS

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News Voices/Letters Thank GOP for budget surplus....................................................................4 The Week in Review Jordan Johnson pleads not guilty ....................................................6 Briefs That gay bashing? It didn’t happen............................................................................6 Etc. In-state groups spend out-of-state cash ........................................................................7 Up Front Lake County attorney pans poaching cases, investigator ....................................8 Up Front In Montana’s Senate race, donors know the score..............................................9 Opinion One Western subdivision goes wild ....................................................................11 Feature Who’s sorry now?..................................................................................................14

Arts & Entertainment Arts Another Saturday night revolt.....................................................................................18 Arts Graphic novel welcomes back Fiction Clemens .........................................................19 Music Mordecai 7”, Genevieve Smith, Hieroglyphics ........................................................20 Music Comatose Smile on being young and good ............................................................21 Film Do you like 1990 or 2012? .........................................................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films............................................................23 Flash in the Pan Gone to seed ..........................................................................................24 Happiest Hour Montana jumps to No. 2 for breweries per capita...................................26 8 Days a Week Let’s avoid curbside backflipping .............................................................27 Mountain High Looking into space ..................................................................................33 Agenda Flathead Lake Equality Cruise...............................................................................34

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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 ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Pumpernickel Stewart, Jonathan Marquis ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Carolyn Bartlett ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES 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 Asked on Monday, Aug. 6, near the Missoula County Courthouse.

by Chad Harder

What’s the most you’ve ever donated to a cause?

Follow-up: Will you contribute to any campaigns this year?

Anthony Engler: Probably 20 bucks, to Planned Parenthood. I was just there for a visit, they asked if I’d like to donate and I said, “Sure,” and gave them $20. Daily caller: Possibly. I have no plans to donate to anyone today, but in reality it will come down to how I’m feeling on the day I’m asked to give.

Mac Hayes: Probably $100 to the Humane Society, the one in Helena—Helena because I just moved here recently. They rescued our pets and it seemed like a good place to donate. To the rescue!: I’ll probably give to the Humane Society again, although, yes, the one here in Missoula, for sure.

Robert Jones: I haven’t donated anything in a long time, because I haven’t had anything to donate for a long time. Before I was disabled, people asked me to donate all the time. Not listening: I doubt it. I get sick and tired of all the campaigning, and I sure don’t want to pay for it. So I don’t.

Mitch Doherty: Probably $20. We typically give Montana PBS money during their annual fundraiser. And every year I renew my truck plates with a specialty plate, so some money also goes to some nonprofit, too.

Truckin’: Not to a political campaign, but I will be renewing my truck plates.

Bill Clark: Boy, that’s got me stumped because it’s just been so many years. It probably was about 50 bucks, but I can’t remember who it was I gave it to. Against the flow: Possibly, but only to an opposition candidate that stands for something different. I wouldn’t give the time of day to anyone from the two main parties.

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Thank GOP for surplus It takes a lot of chutzpah to criticize the Republican legislature for not spending enough and then turn around and brag about the great fiscal shape the state of Montana is in. But that’s Gov. Brian Schweitzer.

However, it is important for Montana voters to know that if it were up to the Democrats in the state legislature, the state of Montana would be broke and in greater debt.

In amendments to HB 2 made on the floor of the Senate in 2011, our Democratic friends across the aisle proposed spending an additional $360 million. That does not include even more spending amendments made in the Finance Committee. And it does not include the $100 million in new spending and long term debt that 100 percent of the Democrats supported in HB 439.

If the Democrats were in charge in the Montana Legislature, the state would be as broke and in debt as we are under the Democrats in Washington.

Montana needs to keep a Republican legislature so that we don’t drive over the fiscal cliff.

I am happy that the state is running a surplus and I haven’t noticed that the wheels of government have ground to a halt. Excess funds should be returned to the taxpayer as proposed in LR 123, so people can spend it on their families, invest in their business or employees, or give it to their favorite charity.

Republicans will continue to keep a sharp eye on public spending.

Jeff Essmann Montana Senate Majority Leader Billings

field trips, speakers, over 40 presenters and 60 workshops, panels and roundtable discussions, hands-on activities, a trade show and a contra dance.

Last year we gathered in Spokane.

This year we chose Missoula because it is the most progressive large city in the Inland Northwest Bioregion. We expect an unbelievable turnout from Missoula, northwest Montana and the rest of the Inland Northwest. This will be a rousingly fun and good educational event. Don’t miss it! For more information visit http://inlandnorthwestpermaculture.com.

Terry DuBeau Whitefish

“If the Democrats were in charge in the Montana Legislature, the state would be as broke and in debt as we are under the Democrats in Washington.”

Embrace permaculture

Disaster in the making

Great, concise article on what is happening on the permaculture forefront (“Grow wild,” July 26)! We enjoy and love the “Jolly Green Giant,” Paul Wheaton, who through permies.com has impacted people all over our country and in places outside our country with information. It really is past time for people to embrace the message of permaculture: care for the earth, care for the people and fair share.

So, how do we continue to educate the masses and energize this message? We gather!

The 2nd Annual Inland Northwest Permaculture Conference will take place in Missoula Nov. 9 to 11. Our theme is “The Beginning is Near!” So, if you are ready for something different, looking for a positive future, please join us. We will have

Montana right now is facing two kinds of disasters: the drought that is changing our physical landscape, and the unwillingness of congressional leadership in the House to act responsibly and immediately on farm bill legislation.

The farm bill is an extensive, omnibus piece of legislation that is reauthorized roughly every five years. “Farm bill” is really a misnomer, though, because although the legislation does contain a number of provisions that are critical to family farmers, ranchers and fruit and vegetable growers, more than 75 percent of the bill’s funding is allocated for nutrition assistance for the underprivileged, both in the United States and abroad. Many of the remaining provisions relate to rural business development, incentives for renew-

Correction: Last week, we incorrectly reported the number of motorized trail miles being added near Blacktail Mountain (“The road more traveled”). The correct number is 41 miles. We regret the error. able energy production and protection of our country’s most precious natural resources.

Montana Farmers Union is calling for Congress to pass the farm bill before it expires on Sept. 30, 2012. The U.S. Senate passed farm bill legislation in mid June.

The House Agriculture Committee passed its legislation on July 11. Since then, little interest has been expressed by House leadership to move the bill to the House floor. Now, with the current 2008 Farm Bill set to expire early this fall, the U.S. House leadership changes its mind daily on how to proceed.

First they stalled; next they proposed a one-year extension of the current bill; the latest suggestion is to address the disaster situation in the country in a standalone bill. On the surface, an extension may seem like a reasonable plan given that the House has just 12 working days from July 30 through the end of September. But a one-year extension is a ploy that won’t be helpful to Montana agriculture.

Unlike the 1996 and 2002 farm bills, there are significant consequences with a straight extension of the 2008 farm bill. If there is an extension, a total of 37 programs will go unfunded because discretionary—not mandatory—funding was attached to them. The one-year extension will cut the conservation title. It also cuts mandatory funding from beginning farmer and rancher programs, renewable energy efforts, direct-to-consumer marketing programs and other initiatives.

The Senate’s bill retains many of these 37 programs—funded with savings elsewhere in the bill. The same is true of the House Agriculture Committee’s bill that passed out of committee. However, if the 2008 bill is extended, the House will have to re-write their bill to either find an additional $9 billion to pay for the 37 programs or restructure their bill to make up for the loss of these programs.

National Farmers Union will only support an extension if the next step is to conference a comprehensive five-year farm bill before the Sept. 30 expiration date. There is much at stake that we don’t want to lose, including disaster assistance, which is essential throughout the country.

Alan Merrill Montana Farmers Union Great Falls

missoulanews.com • August 9 – August 16, 2012 [5]

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Chad Harder

Wednesday, August 1 Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks kills an emaciated male mountain lion that attacked and injured a dog at Harper’s Lake.

FWP suspect it to be the same lion that approached different groups of people— including a 4-year-old girl—in the same area two weeks before.

Thursday, August 2 Outside Magazine releases its fifth annual “Best Places to Work” list, which features multiple Montana employers, including Seeley Lake Elementary School District and Ecology Project International, Adventure Life and Adventure Cycling Association of Missoula.

Friday, August 3 The Missoula Osprey wrap up a threegame sweep of the Great Falls Voyagers with a 5-4 win at Centene Stadium in Great Falls. The O’s end the game with 11 hits, making it their fourth straight game with double-digit hits.

Saturday, August 4 Officers respond to Splash Montana, where a 37-year-old Missoula man was caught videotaping women in the family changing stalls. The suspect was discovered videotaping over the stall dividers.

A couple of dozen protesters representing both pro-choice and pro-life camps carried signs and quietly rallied in front of Rep. Denny Rehberg’s Missoula office at noon on Wed., Aug. 1.

LGBT

Bashing ‘victim’ recants Sunday, August 5 Missoula-based electronics store Vann’s files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

“We want all our employees, customers and vendors to know it’s business as usual,” says CEO Jerry McConnell.

Monday, August 6 Highway 93 is closed both ways after a man in a pickup truck drifts into oncoming traffic and collides with a semi truck. The man driving the pickup truck is not wearing a seat belt and dies. The driver of the semi truck is not seriously injured.

Tuesday, August 7 Suspended University of Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson pleads not guilty to a rape charge in Missoula County District Court. Johnson is accused of raping a UM student in February. He maintains through his attorneys that the sex was consensual.

A 22-year-old man who reported he was the victim of an alleged hate crime in Missoula during the early morning hours of August 5 has admitted he made the story up. “It has now been determined that the assault did not occur,” Missoula Police Chief Mark Muir said in an August 7 statement.

That same day, Joseph Baken, of Billings, pleaded guilty in Missoula Municipal Court to misdemeanor filing of a false report to law enforcement.

The Tuesday afternoon confession came after the Missoula Independent and law enforcement obtained video showing the alleged victim doing a backflip on Higgins Avenue before landing on his face and sustaining lacerations.

The young man reported to the MPD two days earlier that he was celebrating his birthday at a Main Street bar and, after inquiring about where he could find a gay club, was lured outside and beaten up by three men.

Within 24 hours, the Facebook page Wipe Out Homophobia, which has more than 480,000 “likes,”

posted a picture of a clearly injured Baken. It drew outrage from across the nation from people decrying homophobic violence. In Missoula, 560 people signed up to attend a pub crawl that aimed to support victims of such violence and make the city safer.

That kind of support for LGBT people is a good thing, says Montana Human Rights Network organizer Jamee Greer. “The city of Missoula should be proud of the way it responded.”

Police obtained two different videos that captured Baken’s failed backflip, one of which was provided by the Independent. The videos show an uninjured Baken at 2:30 in the morning—one hour after he told law enforcement that he had been assaulted. Before launching from the Higgins Avenue curb, he said, “For Olympic gold.”

Baken was sentenced to 180 days in jail, suspended, and ordered to pay a $300 fine.

Jessica Mayrer

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new no-sort curbside recycling service, which saves customers from sifting through junk mail and stale beer cans.

“We’re really excited,” says Allied Waste General Manager Max Bauer. “The program is really customerfriendly.”

Allied Waste is supplying private residences with 90-gallon carts and commercial properties with 300gallon tubs. Both accept 12 types of recyclable goods, including tin cans, aluminum and Nos. 1 and 2 plastics. But not glass. Bauer explains that glass contaminates the whole load, requiring it to be sent to the landfill.

The carts and tubs will be emptied with new automated trucks equipped with mechanical arms. The loads are baled and sent to Seattle. David Seeberger, manager of Missoula Recycle Reform, explains that the Rabanco mill in Seattle has technology that can more efficiently sort the commingled recyclables.

“They use an infrared eye to determine if it’s a 1 or 2 plastic and screens to separate it out,” Seeberger says.

“They have air currents to blow out paper products and magnets to pick steel from tin cans. It’s a really neat process.”

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Seeberger encourages customers to follow the company’s list of recyclable goods. Plastic bags, Styrofoam and products with wax and plastic linings are non-recyclable. Those must be picked out by hand at the Seattle plant.

The company designed the new program after its purchase of Missoula Valley Recycling on Aug. 1. It will also add more collection bins near the Grant Creek and Frenchtown areas, giving residents free opportunities to drop off recycling.

Bauer reports that, by purchasing MVR, Allied Waste gained a couple of hundred customers and added routes to their existing recycling service, which processes between 500 and 600 tons of recyclables a month. Bauer says the only change in price that customers will see on their bills is a small fee for fuel associated with shipping to Seattle. The fee reflects diesel prices and varies monthly.

Allied Waste customers will need new recycling bins for the service. Those should be delivered by the end of next week.

Jackie Coffin

Politics

Among the dinosaurs Last month, Republican House candidate Steve Daines announced he’d be traveling to Petersburg, Ky., Aug. 29 for a campaign fundraiser. Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan will be there. So too will a host of Republican donors. And a few model dinosaurs.

According to the invite, the breakfast is being held at the Creation Museum, a $27 million facility that houses a replica of Noah’s Ark, a large-scale Garden of Eden and exhibits depicting dinosaurs living alongside early humans. The museum’s mission is to educate the public on the belief that Earth is only 6,000 years old and that dinosaurs were included on Noah’s Ark. It was created in 2007 by Answers in Genesis, a ministry founded by Australian Ken Ham. The venue seems a strange choice, but Daines’s campaign says it had no role in selecting the location.

“During his 28 years in the private sector, Steve developed close relationships with several fellow business leaders, many of whom are now active supporters of his campaign for more jobs and less

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government,” Daines’s campaign said last week. “This event was set up by several of those supporters. All location details and speaker invitations have been made by these supporters.”

Daines’s hosts include two men with direct ties to the Creation Museum. Brad Benbow, chairman and CEO of the Chicago-based firm Joseph David Advertising, has served as advertising consultant for Answers in Genesis for years. Ron Beshear, a financial representative for Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, in Cincinnati, is a major philanthropist for religious interests in the Cincinnati area. He and his wife, Mary, list Answers in Genesis under “organizations we support” on their website, servingyourpurpose.com.

Kentucky’s Creation Museum isn’t the only one of its kind. The Foundation Advancing Creation Truth unveiled its $1.5 million Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum in 2009. It includes extensive fossil exhibits, but as the National Center for Science Education points out, this “is not your typical natural history museum. Instead, it’s an elaborate youngearth advertisement that uses Montana’s rich dinosaur-related history to lure people to lessons on biblical literalism and anti-science nonsense.”

The museum’s premiere Tyrannosaurus rex and acrocanthosaurus exhibit was funded by the Bozeman-based Gianforte Family Foundation, a foundation established by Greg Gianforte. He’s the founder and CEO of RightNow Technologies, where Daines has served in various executive positions since 2000.

Alex Sakariassen

In the coming days, the owners of Missoula’s Peak Health and Wellness will begin revamping downtown Missoula’s Artcraft building, which has stood vacant at 150 E. Spruce Street for years, into a $3.5 million, 18,000-square foot athletic club. Peak co-owner Jack Tawney says it will be a “huge complement” to its larger fitness facility on the other side of town, on Blue Mountain Road.

Peak closed the deal about two weeks ago.

Tawney’s hoping the new facility, which will offer pilates and spinning, weight and cardio rooms, and locker rooms with showers, saunas and steam rooms, among other amenities, will cater to Missoulians who live and work downtown, as well as residents of the University District, Rattlesnake Valley and Grant Creek areas. “We think there’s a large market there,” he says.

Linda McCarthy, director of the Missoula Downtown Association, says Peak’s downtown fitness center will fill a hole left by the closures of the Missoula Athletic Club on East Broadway and other, smaller fitness studios.

“The nice thing about Peak,” McCarthy says, “is that they’re a known entity, they’ve done a great job with their current project, they’ve invested a lot of money, they’ve grown their membership, they’ve built the tennis center. But if you think about it, unless you live on the south side of town, it’s hard to get to.”

McCarthy says the new project serves as evidence of an uptick in downtown investment. She counts at least 12 construction projects underway this summer.

“I think that’s an indicator of a little bit of economic recovery,” she says. “I think it’s an indicator that people are interested in investing downtown.”

Peak plans to lease out at least 4,000 square feet of the building that fronts Spruce Street.

Tawney says Peak, which runs 12 fitness clubs around the Northwest, will offer two membership types: a lower rate for use of just the downtown facility, and a higher rate—the current rate—for members who want access to both facilities.

Matthew Frank

ETC. Montana has seen millions in outside money this election cycle. Third parties are snatching up ad time. Voters are getting tired of out-of-state interests trying to influence their politics.

But outside spending is growing ever more nebulous. Disclaimers at the end of several recent ads in Montana’s Senate race between Sen. Jon Tester and Rep. Denny Rehberg would have you believe that their messages and the money behind them originated in-state. Don’t be fooled. It’s still not entirely Montana cash.

The Montana Republican Party began airing an ad June 20 touting Rehberg as an “independent thinker” who “refuses to toe the party line” in the den of Beltway partisanship. The spot, along with an anti-Tester radio ad, cost $310,398. The state GOP dropped an additional $183,277 on an ad buy June 25 for a televised Tester attack.

The hitch? FEC filings show the party had only $40,672 as of May 31. The hefty ad buys were bankrolled by a string of contributions from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, totaling $590,000. Those contributions were received between June 20 and June 25.

A similar story emerged around the Montana Hunters and Anglers Leadership Fund last month. The Lewistown-based nonprofit reported $5,804 cash on hand as of June 30. Ten days later, they launched a televised attack on Rehberg over his support for a bill giving Homeland Security authority over all federal land within 100 miles of an international border. The end of the ad states it was “paid for by Montana Hunters and Anglers Leadership Fund.”

The production cost and ad buy totaled $363,121. Turns out the League of Conservation Voters—a D.C.-based group spending heavily in favor of Tester this year—picked up the tab with a July 10 contribution of $410,000 to Montana Hunters and Anglers.

Those two groups were much more transparent than the Montana GOP. The day the ad aired, they announced an official partnership aimed at defeating Rehberg.

The announcement stopped short of giving Montana Hunters and Anglers financial credit for the television spot, saying instead that the ad was “sponsored by” the group.

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To serve and deflect Lake County attorney pans poaching cases, investigator

by Matthew Frank

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More than two years ago, Frank Bowen nating the document that clears his name— exonerating Bowen. Dockter rejected the of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the and that, he hopes, will compel the county request last week, again saying “Bowen may choose to share this information if he state game warden to the Flathead Nation, attorneys to proceed with prosecution.

The Montana Legislature’s Law and Jus- so desires.” launched an investigation of several law enBut Bowen says he can’t. “My chain of forcement officers in Lake County who had tice Interim Committee held a hearing June allegedly poached game animals over the 22 on allegations of misconduct among command has told me that I cannot give course of many years. This group of cops Lake County law enforcement officers, that out, and to do so would be disobeying from different law enforcement agencies in which go well beyond poaching. The com- a direct order from my chain of command.

Lake County was known as the “Coyote mittee subpoenaed Bowen to testify. FWP So while they’re telling you I can give it out, Club.” As the investigation went on, Bowen Chief Legal Counsel Rebecca Jakes Dockter they’re telling me, ‘Not even at gunpoint.’”

Kropp, FWP’s chief of law enforcement, received death threats; one, he says, re- joined him. The agency worried that whatferred to him “taking a dirt nap.” He says ever Bowen might say could include confi- says that order didn’t come from him.

Bowen’s supervisor, Jim he’s been told by a state Satterfield, was unavailable attorney that they can’t for comment. guarantee his safety.

“I’m a little frustrated Recently, Lake that they don’t want it to get County Attorney Mitch out, for whatever reasons,” Young, who evidently Bowen says. also wants Bowen to What he can share is a drop the poaching cases, memo from Satterfield, questioned Bowen’s dated April 23. “Captain credibility and requested Darrah’s thorough investithat Bowen himself be gation revealed no basis for investigated, a move Lake County Attorney Mitch that’s hampered the poYoung’s allegations of mistential prosecution of the conduct on your part,” Satalleged poachers. terfield wrote. “I also find In February of this no culpability. In short, Mr. year, FWP sent the Young’s complaint was poaching case reports without merit.” to the county attorneys Young had said he was in Lake, Flathead, waiting for the investigaRavalli and Beaverhead tion of Bowen to be comcounties, where the viopleted before prosecuting lations allegedly octhe poaching cases. curred, asking the Bowen hopes Young will attorneys to prosecute.

Photo courtesy of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks do so now.

Young responded Kropp, for one, says with a scathing rebuke of FWP Warden Frank Bowen, during a training exercise. that’s “not likely.” When Bowen. In a March 1 email sent to FWP Chief of Law Enforce- dential criminal justice information. “It’s Kropp sent Young the findings of the ment Jim Kropp, and copied to the other quite a minefield that I have to walk to avoid Bowen investigation on April 6, he exthree county attorneys, among others, breaking the law myself,” Bowen told the pressed to Young his concern with the enforcement of fish and game laws. “I know Young said Bowen’s case files were “poorly committee.

That minefield included whether from both historical and first-hand experiorganized, relied almost exclusively on rumor and hearsay, contained irrelevant in- Bowen could give the committee a copy of ence that there is a direct correlation beformation and included accusations that the document that cleared him of wrong- tween such enforcement and protection of Bowen knew were not true.” Young said the doing. Dockter and Sen. Jim Shockley, a Re- and impact on the wildlife Montanans files were “so inadequate and clearly devoid publican from Victor who chairs the value. Given that connection, I ask that you of probable cause that I could not in good committee, squabbled over the issue. and your office commit to the system that faith waste the attorney general’s resources Shockley said he’d “never heard of a com- allows FWP officers to present case reports by forwarding the case files for further re- plaint being public but the dismissal secret.” for your review and overall commitment to The document includes confidential cases you deem supported by probable view.” He concluded by saying that until he sees the results of an investigation into criminal justice information, with names cause.”

Kropp says Young didn’t respond.

Bowen’s conduct, “the Lake County Attor- and details of alleged poaching violations, ney’s Office will not prosecute any cases so, Dockter said, FWP can’t release it. But Asked if he believes that means Young won’t Bowen, she said, “can give whatever he’d prosecute, Kropp says, “That’s the way I that come out of Bowen’s investigations.”

So FWP conducted an investigation of like to whomever he’d like to show that he’s take it.”

Young didn’t return a call seeking Bowen. Missoula-based Warden Captain Jeff been exonerated,” as long as the confidenDarrah found Young’s complaint to be with- tial criminal justice information is redacted. comment.

The Independent filed an open out merit, exonerating Bowen. mfrank@missoulanews.com But Bowen’s having trouble dissemi- records request to obtain the document

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From richer and poorer In Montana’s Senate race, donors know the score

by Alex Sakariassen

“Even if Romney gets in … he has to have more Republicans in the Senate.”

At least some individual contributions come with an asterisk. Stephanie Schriock donated $2,000 to Denny Rehberg (R) Tester; she’s the president of the pro-choice Jon Tester (D) D e m o c r a t i c PAC Individual Contributions...... $6,355,864 PAC contributions............... $2,361,842 EMILY’S List, considOther.................................... $537,029 ered a heavy hitter in outJon Tester (D) In-state.................. $1,109,870 side spending in 2012.

Out-of-state.......... $3,309,032 Commercial developer Pat Denny Rehberg (R) Broe gave $2,500 to Rehberg; Individual Contributions...... $3,811,949 PAC contributions............... $1,009,237 he ranks 25th on The Land ReOther.................................... $855,758 port’s list of largest private In-state................. $588,723

by Jonathan Marquis landowners in the country.

Out-of-state......... $2,080,938 Data courtesy of Center for Responsive Politics Among Rehberg’s other connected individual donors So far in Montana’s Senate race, third- his D.C. ties this year, if not from his party. party groups have dropped more than $2 Rehberg has painted himself as a maverick is Emanuel Rossman, a lobbyist with Patmillion in independent expenditures, with- within the GOP. Yet some donors still base ton Boggs who represents prominent their support on the notion that Tester’s a clients such as Delta Airlines, FedEx, Goldout official ties to a campaign. man Sachs and defense contractor That spending has largely favored the liberal and Rehberg’s a conservative.

Raytheon. Rossman donated $800 to ReThomas Michelli, a retiree from Darby, Democratic incumbent, Sen. Jon Tester.

The League of Conservation Voters, the In- gave $3,950 to Rehberg this year. Michelli hberg this year. He also lobbied on behalf ternational Association of Firefighters and says he’s met Rehberg, finds him person- of Royal Dutch Shell this spring against an NARAL Pro-Choice America have spent a able and likes his political philosophy. attempt by Senate Democrats—Tester combined $422,138.70 supporting Tester’s “And he’s running against Tester,” Michelli among them—to close tax loopholes for re-election bid. The U.S. Chamber of Com- adds, citing the connections between five major oil companies.

Tester’s FEC filings show individual merce and FreedomWorks for America Tester and President Obama that third parhave spent $267,419.99 opposing him. Pa- ties have touted in ads this year. “One of contributions from equally connected triot Majority USA, Montana Hunters and the things Rehberg has working for him is folks. Take Steve Cohen, a renowned Anglers and LCV have dedicated over $1.3 … he opposes Obamacare,” says Michelli, Chicago trial lawyer with the Cohen Law million to defeating Republican challenger who’s co-hosting a fundraiser for Rehberg Group and a co-founder of the Whistleblower Action Network. He’s donated Rep. Denny Rehberg. And there is consid- in the Bitterroot this month.

Tester’s support for the Affordable Care $1,500 to Tester this cycle; his donation erable additional spending by issue-advoAct is what won over Carter resident Anne was matched by two $1,500 contributions cacy groups.

Still, not all the cash pouring into the Baack, who supports the ACA and donated from students Jordan and Rebecca Cohen, state is tied to outside interests. Much of $2,500 to the candidate. She’s seen the with all three listing the same address.

Tester and Rehberg’s campaign coffers can spots attacking Tester for supporting the Steve has bundled $323,794 for Obama’s be traced to individual donors. Contribu- healthcare bill. “I get irritated when I see re-election this year. According to the tions of less than $200 account for roughly that ad that says ‘The people of Montana Chicago Sun-Times, Obama named him to 10 percent of each candidate’s current didn’t want the healthcare act, but Tester the board of the Harry S. Truman Scholarfundraising totals. A further 55 percent voted for it anyway.’ Well, I’m a Montanan.” ship Foundation last fall.

Jeffery Ricchetti, a lobbyist and former Baack, who was a representative to the comes from contributions between $200 Montana Democratic Party’s platform con- director of the Federal Communications and $2,500.

Tester and Rehberg’s latest disclosure vention this year, says she’s met Tester sev- Commission, has contributed $1,500 to the reports reveal scores of donations such as eral times. He’s a “family man,” she says, a Tester campaign. He currently lobbies for a $100 contribution to Rehberg from a farmer just like her husband. “I’m a liberal. the American Hospital Association, which trumpeted the Supreme Court’s decision in rancher in Big Sandy, a $2,500 donation to He’s a liberal.”

Tester from a writer in Aspen, Colo., and In Payson, Ariz., retiree Lenora Pusta, June to uphold Obama’s Affordable Care $3,050 to Rehberg from a retiree in Belle- 84, says she’d never heard of Rehberg Act. Ricchetti’s brother, former lobbyist vue, Wash. Money is trickling in through until 2012. She’s donated to the Repub- Steve Ricchetti, was named as counselor to contributions from construction workers, lican National Committee before and Vice President Joe Biden this spring. Steve homemakers, farmers, a New York City in- guesses they gave her information to has donated to a score of Democratic camterior decorator, a Harvard University pro- other campaigns. She responded to a Re- paigns, including that of California Sen. Difessor of medicine and a couple of film hberg mailer with a $6,000 donation. anne Feinstein, who hosted a fundraiser for producers. Retirees have donated from as Due to contribution limits, she got five Senate Democrats, including Tester, at close as Hamilton and as far away as $1,000 back. “I’m just working for people her San Francisco home in June.

Shreveport, La. who are really concerned about how our asakariassen@missoulanews.com Tester has tried to distance himself from world is going these days,” Pusta says.

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Everything but the rats One Western subdivision goes wild

by Jeff Nichols

The subdivision in Utah where I live is bang up against the mountains, with open land between us and the Snowbasin ski resort, and more national forest beyond. Our house lies at the end of a cul-de-sac on a tributary of the Weber River. A steep hill flanks us to the south, thick with Gambel oaks, and scrubby brush chokes the vacant lot upstream.

In the summer, we feel closed off from the world.

When we have the sense to stop whatever we’re doing, we sit, look and listen.

Ducklings get separated from parents and raft the spring floods. Cutthroat trout leap up the broken concrete that constitutes the five-foot-long falls under our bridge.

I’ve never seen a fish make the jump, and the pool below the falls is full of trout all summer long. But every year there are fingerlings upstream, so some agile swimmers make it. Minks, escapees from the local fur farms, most likely, sometimes course up the banks. On one hot day, a five-foot-long rattlesnake looped his tail around a cottonwood and drank from the creek.

Our location on the margins means we attract transients. After Eastern blue jays made an appearance, our report to the Audubon Society yielded knots of shy birders hoping for a glimpse of this creature, which is as common as an English sparrow in my New York hometown. The first blue jay came to a messy end. A sharp-shinned hawk, much like the one that crashed into our glass doors and knocked itself out, loitered near the bird feeder. When we approached, the hawk flopped away to reveal its grasp of a blue victim.

Moose are less bloody, if more destructive. A half-grown bull once backed my sheepdog into his doghouse, flinging dinnerplate hooves around his head, then looked down at him as if to say, “Now, stay there.”

No dummy, the dog did.

Cow and calf pairs of moose give our apple trees the only pruning they ever get; the cows can strip a branch like a kid scraping the last of a popsicle off a stick. Our fruit yield has improved ever since. Often the only evidence of moose presence is a deep footprint, some chewed twig-ends and a fresh moose-turd pie.

A half-grown bull moose once backed my sheepdog into his doghouse, flinging dinner-plate hooves around his head, then looked down at him as if to say, “Now, stay there.”

These visits from the local cast of wild creatures are mostly welcome, but we’re less happy with others. The bird feeders nourished a colony of rats, despite our cats and the local strays. We had high hopes for an ermine exterminator that spent an hour racing along the rats’ winter trails, but he was never seen again. We finally broke the back of the rat insurgency with a batterypowered “zapper” trap.

The real trouble came as a surprise, but it shouldn’t have. Two years ago, I noticed freshly cut cottonwood branches floating downstream and assumed that the neigh-

bors had done some pruning. My mother-inlaw suggested beavers. She’s a lovely woman, but notorious for her colorful imagination, so at first I didn’t take her remark seriously. A closer look at the branches, however, showed unmistakable signs of chisel-like teeth, and that night the dog and I heard a loud slap of a tail.

This posed a dilemma. Our screen of trees was clearly threatened. Just as clearly, beavers belonged here. Their ponds provide excellent habitat for fish, and the dams capture sediment and help create rich soil. And maybe they would target my neighbor’s tamarisk shrub, planted at the suggestion of an irresponsible nurseryman.

There are also historical symmetries. In 1825, rival British and American fur-trapping parties almost came to blows a mile from our house. Peter Skene Ogden, the British Hudson’s Bay Company leader, had orders to create a “fur desert,” but he retreated and the Americans took over. Eventually, no beavers were left to be trapped.

Now the beavers were back, and I was worried. Their infant dam was rising in a subdivision, and the resulting pond could flood my basement. I contemplated calling animal control while I wrapped chicken wire around our trees but guessed that the authorities would turn out with guns, traps or poison. In the end, I chose cowardice and decided to let nature take its course.

Then all beaver activity stopped, and I assumed that one of the neighbors had taken action. Then, a week later, fresh lengths of sapling floated in the pool, and that night the dog and I heard another decisive slap on the water—the return of the native. I can’t wait to see what happens next.

Jeff Nichols is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He teaches history at Westminster College in Salt Lake City.

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OUR BAD - A Government Accountability Office review of the current military Base Realignment and Closure program found that its estimated implementation cost had risen from $21 billion when it was approved in 2005 to $35 billion by Sept. 30, 2011. Most of the 67 percent bump “was largely due to increased construction costs,” the GAO said while attributing some to miscalculations and misjudgments.

One example is adding $347 million to the estimated cost of realigning supply and storage facilities around the country after one request for a 20,000-square-foot Georgia facility turned out to be a misprint.

It should have been 200,000 square feet. (The Washington Post) After North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue vetoed a measure to legalize fracking in the state, the Senate overrode her veto. The House seemed likely to sustain it, however, especially after Rep. Becky Carney spent the day lobbying fellow Democrats to uphold the veto. The House did override the veto, however, by just one vote: Carney’s. She pushed the wrong button on the voting machine. She realized her mistake but couldn’t correct it because House rules don’t permit members to correct a mistaken vote if the change would affect the bill’s passage. Fracking is now legal. “I feel rotten about it,” Carney said, “but I take responsibility for my vote.” (Raleigh’s WRAL-TV)

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LEAPS OF FAITH - Twenty-one people attending a motivational event in San Jose, Calif., suffered second-degree and third-degree burns while walking across hot coals. Three needed treatment at hospitals, and one witness reported he “heard these screams of agony...like people were being tortured.” The 10foot-long walk over coals heated to between and 2,000 degrees aims to helps participants “understand that there is absolutely nothing you can’t overcome,” according to the website of motivational speaker Tony Robbins, 52, who hosted the four-day event, titled “Unleash the Power Within.” Explaining, “We have been safely providing this experience for more than three decades,” Robbins Research International said 6,000 attendees made it safely across the coals. (Associated Press) AVOIRDUPOIS JUSTICE - Obese people may seek greater protection against discrimination in Montana. The state Supreme Court ruled, 4 to 3, that if a person’s weight is outside the normal range and affects one or more body systems, the condition may constitute a physical or mental disability under the state’s Human Rights Act. (Helena’s Independent Record)

HOMELAND INSECURITY - The Transportation Security Administration fired eight screeners at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport after surveillance cameras caught them sleeping or violating other standards. TSA added they’re reviewing photographs of screening supervisors who appear to be sleeping in front of monitors used for detecting explosives and other threats. (Newark’s The Star-Ledger) An organization of former NASA astronauts and scientists proposed launching a privately funded space telescope so it can locate and track small asteroids capable of wiping out a city or a continent. NASA and astronomers currently scan space routinely, monitoring near-Earth objects at least two-thirds of a mile across that are considered major killers. But the nonprofit, Mountain View, Calif.-based B612 Foundation warned more attention should be paid to the estimated half-million smaller asteroids, such as the one that exploded over Siberia in 1908, leveling more than 800 square miles of forest. “We’re playing cosmic roulette,” B612 chairman and former shuttle astronaut Ed Lu said. “The laws of probability eventually catch up to you.” (Associated Press)

ONE MORE THING TO WORRY ABOUT - Potting soil caused a porch fire in Wheeling, W.Va., according to fire officials, citing spontaneous combustion caused by potting soil’s ingredients and the right combination of high humidity, extreme heat and dry soil. Although there’s no fire-hazard warning on potting soil bags, Assistant Chief Ed Geisel said he has been a firefighter for 33 years “and within the past four to five years, I’ve seen more instances.” He noted most fires are small and quickly contained by homeowners or passers-by, “but this particular one got a little further along before anyone noticed or we were able to get there.” (Steubenville, Ohio’s WTOV-TV) DRINKING-CLASS HERO - Britain’s Court of Appeal ruled that Belgian-owned Anheuser-Busch and the Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar NP can both continue to sell beer in Britain using the Budweiser trademark. Both brewers had been granted the right to use it in 2000 after a ruling that British beer drinkers were aware of the difference between the two Buds. (Associated Press) Compiled from mainstream news sources by Roland Sweet.

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n July 28, Alisha Custer says a quick prayer before stepping into the hot sun to address about 600 people gathered at the Kenneth Beartusk Memorial Powwow Grounds, three miles south of Lame Deer on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.

Custer is nervous. With good reason: She’s standing in the middle of what’s left of Indian Country, and her great-greatgreat-great-uncle, George Armstrong Custer, is perhaps the most notorious of the officers who led the U.S. war against Indians in the 19th century.

Alisha had come to Lame Deer for a meeting of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, a group composed of spiritual healers, shamans and naturopathic doctors from South America and Nepal, among other places, as well as from North America’s Indian reservations. The grandmothers believe that people must return to indigenous, natural ways if they are to reverse the linger-

ing effects of colonialism, not just in Indian Country but across the globe.

It's quiet inside the powwow circle, except for the sound of Custer’s wavering voice as she tells the crowd that a friend invited her to this remote reservation, about 55 miles from where her ancestor was killed in 1876 near the Little Bighorn River while fighting the Cheyenne, Arapaho and Lakota. It wasn’t until after arriving at the four-day event that she felt compelled to extend an olive branch.

“I’m here to apologize formally to the Northern Cheyenne,” she says.

The crowd gasps. Drumbeats and cheers erupt. Women weep.

For North America’s indigenous people, such moments have been a long time coming. While this country’s early inhabitants once revered the frontiersmen and cavalry troops who cleared the way for white homesteaders, hindsight offers a more nuanced view of the tactics the U.S. employed while laying its foundations.

It was only in 2009 that Congress finally and formally apologized to Native people, in a 246-word statement tucked into the 2010 defense authorization bill. The apology recognized “years of official depredations, ill-conceived policies and the breaking of covenants by the federal government” and noted the government’s regret for the “many instances of violence, maltreatment and neglect inflicted on Native peoples by citizens of the United States.”

That resolution was historic—or it would have been, if anyone had known about it. President Obama signed the legislation with little fanfare in 2009. A White House press release about the bill said nothing about the apology. The only public ceremony came in May 2010, when the bill’s sponsor, Kansas Republican Sen. Sam Brownback (now Kansas’s governor), read the resolution at a small ceremony at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. The quiet mea culpa drew criticism from those who wondered if an apology

no one hears constitutes an apology at all.

Lise Balk King, former executive editor of The Native Voice newspaper, wrote in December 2011, “Obama’s apology to Native Americans is important, and could provide a much-needed shift in public attitudes toward tribes in the country, as well as attitudes of Native people toward the federal government. But only if he goes to the next logical and morally correct step, and makes the Native American Apology Resolution part of the national discourse.

Otherwise, a big and historic tree fell in the forest and truly didn’t make a sound.”

Bozeman clinical psychologist Eduardo Duran is an Apache, Tewa and Lakota from New Mexico who’s been adopted by the Cheyenne. He’s written several books on postcolonial psychology and spoke at the grandmothers gathering.

He introduced Custer to the crowd. The psychological value of saying “I'm sorry” resonates across cultures, Duran says. “In any human interaction, if there’s been a violation, in order to heal the complete

MAKING AMENDS AMONG THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE

by Jessica Mayrer • photos by Anne Bailey

Cheyenne-Arapaho elder and member of the International Council of Indigenous Grandmothers Margaret Behan, left

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system, the perpetrator and the victim, ideally there should be an apology.”

It can help staunch a victim’s wounds. It also can be a salve for the offender. Native tradition holds that descendants carry the weight of their ancestors.

When discussing the significance of Custer’s apology, Duran points out that a similar theme runs through Christianity.

“The sins of the father,” he says, “are visited onto the children.”

THE PROFIT MOTIVE The smell of burning sage fills the air at the grandmothers gathering. On the way into the powwow circle, women wearing long, colorful skirts and men in button-up shirts wait in line to scoop a handful of smoke from a silver can where the sage burns. One by one, they pour the smoke over their heads and push it down with their hands, as if washing themselves.

Davian Stands, 13, sits on a log outside the powwow circle wearing a white buckskin dress and beaded moccasins. In 2008, Stands, a descendent of Northern Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife, presented a letter to the Vatican from the grandmothers.

It asked the Pope to repeal church edicts that in the 15th century granted European nations the authority to exert power over tribal people and their lands. Those decrees formed the basis for “governmental doctrines of conquest,” the grandmothers say in the letter, and were used as a spiritual, legal and moral justification to subjugate indigenous people all over the world.

When Stands handed the letter to a Vatican guard, she says, he didn’t seem pleased.

Stands, the granddaughter of Lakota Council members from the Pine Ridge Reservation, was 9 years old at the time. “We almost got kicked out of the Vatican,” she says.

Constance Mills Buck is also at the gathering today, in a red dress, her gray hair long. Buck is a clinical psychologist from New Mexico. She’s also the greatgreat-granddaughter of Brig. Gen. Anson Mills, who was a captain when he helped lead U.S. cavalry at the bloody six-hour Battle of Rosebud in Montana Territory in 1876. Buck, who is 67, says she was troubled by her relative’s role in the Indian Wars from the time she was a child. She began to speak publicly about her feelings in 1993, after both her parents had died.

Feeling compelled to heal old wounds, she forged a relationship with the Northern Cheyenne.

Buck also apologized to the gathering. “Maybe the women can get together and trust each other,” she said, before embracing a Native woman in front of the crowd.

In an interview later, Buck said that Anson Mills, who was also an inventor, an entrepreneur and a supporter of women’s suffrage, “was a great guy.” He was simply a product of his culture, she says—a culture that lingers today.

Buck says she apologized because she believes that such actions are what it takes to begin to dismantle a conquer-and-fallout-be-damned mentality that took root in North America during the Indian Wars.

The federal government’s actions in the 19th century were motivated largely by profit—the desire to have Americans benefit through land and mineral acquisitions, to the detriment of Indians. That way of thinking holds true today, Buck says: Just look at the economy, in which a small group of people holds nearly all the resources. “If you are a winner, you have money-power.” Losers are powerless.

Buck says one sees the same attitude in industry. “We are polluting in ways that will not sustain life. … This is the same behavior that started the foundation of this country. … It’s about the profitability.

It’s not about the impact.”

The solution, she says, entails talking it out. Americans have to acknowledge that their country is founded on brutal hubris, and that that’s not enough to sustain them. Getting past their pride requires a psychological shift. “We’re talking about something huge here,” she says.

“We either do something or we’re out of here.”

THEY FIRED WITH HOWITZERS Western history first notes the Cheyenne as a people living near Hudson Bay, between what are now Quebec and Ontario provinces in southern Canada. The tribe split during the early part of the 19th century; the Southern Cheyenne moved along the Arkansas River in Colorado and Kansas, and the Northern Cheyenne hunted buffalo across the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana’s winding Tongue River.

In 1851, the Fort Laramie Treaty created the Great Sioux Reservation, which encompassed much of present-day Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska and parts of

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George Armstrong Custer

the Dakotas, to be inhabited by the Cheyenne and the Lakota—except that none of the parties abided by it. Cheyenne and Lakota continued to leave the reservation and the U.S. government, hungry for Western resources, could not stomach

allowing Indians to inhabit such a vast swath of the Great Plains.

As homesteaders streamed west, tensions between the federal government and Natives mounted. They boiled over early on the morning of Nov. 29, 1864,

Davian Stands, 13, from the Pine Ridge Reservation, right

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Agnes Baker-Pilgrim, a member of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, and Thomas Smittle discuss “The Ride Home,” a 1,391-mile commemorative ride that retraced the 1878 Cheyenne Exodus.

Members of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers Agnes Baker-Pilgrim and Buddhi Maya Lama participate in the “Ride Home.”

Neal Miller uses a brass bowl to purify people entering the powwow circle.

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when 700 cavalrymen approached Big Sandy Creek, in southeastern Colorado, where Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs Black Kettle, White Antelope, Left Hand and their bands were camped.

Some Cheyenne had resisted federal encroachments, but Black Kettle and those camped at Big Sandy were peaceful.

Six months before, Black Kettle had asked the U.S. for a ceasefire. “We have been traveling through a cloud,” he told government officials in June 1864. “The sky has been dark ever since the war began.

These braves who are with me are willing to do what I say. We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in peace.”

They were told that U.S. soldiers would protect them if they camped near Big Sandy Creek.

Many of the Cheyenne and Arapaho men were out hunting that morning. By some estimates, as few as 35 braves remained at the campsite, along with hundreds of women, children and elders.

When Black Kettle saw the cavalry approach, he grabbed an American flag that had been given to him years before by a U.S. dignitary, fastened a small white flag beneath it and ran the flags to the top of his lodge. According to later congressional testimony from John S. Smith, a U.S. Indian agent and interpreter who was at Big Sandy Creek during the attack, Black Kettle had been advised to do that if he encountered soldiers who appeared hostile.

Col. John Chivington, a sharptongued Methodist minister, led the attack. His troops fired on the camp with rifles and howitzers.

Estimates of the number of Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho killed that cold morning range from 200 to 400.

Smith, who had a half-Native son who was killed at the camp, told Congress that soldiers cut women and children into pieces. “They were terribly mutilated, lying there in the water and sand; most of them in the bed of the creek, dead and dying, making many struggles.”

After the U.S. military investigated what would come to be known as “the Sand Creek Massacre,” Army Judge Joseph Holt publicly deemed it “a cowardly and cold-blooded slaughter, sufficient to cover its perpetrators with indelible infamy, and the face of every American with shame and indignation.”

Chivington’s Army commission expired before he could face a court martial.

In 1867, government negotiators persuaded the Cheyenne to sign the Medicine Lodge Treaty. Black Kettle, who survived the Sand Creek Massacre, was a signatory. His followers were relocated to a smaller reservation in present-day Oklahoma. Rations promised by the government were insufficient.

Hunger, desperation and anger prompted an increasing number of Indians to carry out raids. Militaristic bands like the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers attacked settlements and stole livestock. On Aug. 10, 1868, they killed at least 15 white settlers in Kansas and wounded several others. They raped white women.

Some of the men who carried out the Kansas raid took refuge at Black Kettle’s camp in Oklahoma. At daybreak on Nov. 27, 1868, Gen. Custer ordered his troops to attack Black Kettle’s camp. Black Kettle and his wife were shot to death while trying to escape.

In June of 1876, Custer was killed while fighting the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho at the Battle of Little Big Horn. More than 200 cavalrymen died that day. What became known as Custer’s Last Stand further inflamed hostility toward Natives.

In 1877, the United States ordered that 972 Cheyenne, led by chiefs Dull Knife and Little Wolf, be escorted from the north to live with the Southern Cheyenne at the Darlington Indian Agency in Fort Reno, Okla. Promises of food and peace persuaded the chiefs to go.

Again, insufficient rations greeted the Cheyenne. Accustomed to a diet of fresh game, they were starving. Measles further weakened and killed them. The chiefs told Indian agents that they feared their people would die out if they were left in Oklahoma for another year. Their pleas got them nowhere.

On the morning of Sept. 9, 1878, nearly 300 Cheyenne escaped from Fort Reno to make their way north, toward their traditional homeland, where game was plentiful.

According to We the Northern Cheyenne People, written by Chief Dull Knife College faculty, the journey was grueling. “Some [Cheyenne] wrapped their feet in rags to get through the snow. … Some of the young Cheyenne warriors, angry, needing horses and supplies, attacked white settlers in Kansas and Nebraska.” The Cavalry followed them. Survivors of that exodus became the original inhabitants of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.

TO BALANCE THE WORLD Today, the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation is made up of grassy valleys that give rise to rolling hills and low peaks.

In Lame Deer, not far from tribal headquarters, dust rises from Cheyenne Avenue. Beer cans, empty Gatorade bottles and cigarette butts ring Black Kettle Park, in the middle of town.

Nearly half of the reservation’s people live in poverty. Domestic violence and addiction, once foreign to the Cheyenne, are now entrenched in their culture.

Three miles south of Lame Deer, Margaret Behan speaks quietly as she stands beside dark mustangs, descendants of the animals that carried her ancestors from Oklahoma to Montana during the Cheyenne Exodus of 1878. Behan, a 64-year-old Cheyenne and Arapaho, has the high cheekbones of her ancestors and a sturdy build.

Her Indian name translated into English is “Red Spider Woman.” Her Arapaho grandmother gave it to her at birth, saying that it means “You will balance the world.” Behan says her Cheyenne grandmother interpreted it to mean “She will be relentless.”

Behan was born on July 4, in Oklahoma, where her parents were migrant workers who picked apples, oranges and

peaches and cut corn to support their seven children. She attended government schools, overcame an addiction to alcohol and left a violent marriage that almost killed her. By the time she landed in Montana in 2003, in her Northern Cheyenne father’s homeland, Behan was primed for her calling. “I prepared for something,” she says. But, “I didn’t know what it was.”

In 2004, she was selected to join the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. Her evolution from an addict and a victim was largely a spiritual journey, she says, that led her back to the ways of her grandparents. From there, her view broadened. Addiction, poverty and anger, she came to see, don’t just plague indigenous groups. “It’s not just Lame Deer. It’s the whole world.”

Now, her mission with the grandmothers is to teach people—all people—to value themselves, and sobriety. As a “global grandma,” she takes her message around the world while still trying to help healing at home. She says she was troubled when she heard one of her people say that Cheyenne youth would have to save themselves. “They were not getting any kind of influence or teaching from the elders.”

So, in 2007, Behan formed the Cheyenne Elders Council. During the grandmothers gathering, when they heard the apologies from Custer and Buck, the council also unveiled the T’sistsistas’s Sacred School, in Lame Deer, where Behan and other elders hope to bring tribal healers and historians together with Cheyenne youth.

Behan and the other grandmothers aim to call attention to the past, to highlight the roots of dysfunction. Then, Behan says, the real healing can begin. “I tell my people … we have a great lesson to teach the world. You’ve got to get beyond the oppression, get beyond the poverty, the mentality.” To do that, she says, one must first ask, “Where did I get them from?”

The horses that Behan nuzzles retraced the more than 1,300-mile march from Oklahoma to the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Starting in early June, healers and historians, accompanied at times by Behan, embarked on the commemoration of the 1878 Cheyenne Exodus. Today, she’s welcoming the horses—and her people—home.

During the recent journey, they blessed the earth as they went. The violence of the Indian Wars, they say, was absorbed into the long valleys and steep bluffs that were the scenes of battles and massacres. “When you commit that kind of atrocity against any human being, you’re also committing that atrocity against the earth itself,” says Eduardo Duran, the Native psychologist. “And so then, the earth also needs therapy.”

When the mustangs finally walk into the powwow grounds, Behan leads the procession on foot. The four horses carry four riders. Two wolves and two wolf-dog hybrids, leashed by handlers, follow.

Behan, fearing the horses will spook, hushes shrill welcome cries from the powwow grounds with a stern look.

“It was so powerful,” Behan says afterward. She felt as though she’d been taken back to 1878. “I went into time, and the power of the horses, hoofs hitting the ground, and the earth, just that motion…”

The wolves’ arrival at Lame Deer symbolizes completion. “The animals with their powers, they heal us,” Behan says.

“Their presence, their spirit, even when they lick their own wounds, they heal themselves.”

The apologies cannot be said to hurt.

Still, says Behan, “We’re going to heal our own oppression.” jmayrer@missoulanews.com

Constance Mills Buck, right, apologizes to a Native woman for the Indian Wars.

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[arts]

Jerc-y boys Another Saturday night revolt

by Jason McMackin

Photo by Chad Harder

Jercs lead vocalist Harve Cozad made a quick announcement right before his band played what might be their tightest and most rocking show to date: “If you liked the first two bands, you’re gonna hate us.”

Boy, was he ever right. It was a recent Saturday night.

A sparse crowd, most of whom were ladies—there to see stoner-rockers Tidal Horn—escaped up the stairs and out onto the streets as soon as Cozad let out a scream designed to upset. The band stepped to it and blazed through some ’80s-esque hardcore riffs. By the end of that tune, there were only a dozen of us left inside the Palace, the air as wet and sticky as the bathroom floors, a perfect environment for a mishmash of beer-soaked punk rock styles delivered with alacrity and fervor. Admittedly, during the interview portion of the evening, I somehow became involved in the beer soaking while at the Golden Rose. A table-full of PBR cans led to secret sharing and hugs. But these

guys are more into the music than they are the beer.

Four out of five of them work in the food service industry and often put in long, abnormal hours. A Saturday night out on the town is an oddity for this blue collar crew and they were merely taking advantage.

Besides, every once in a while you’ve got to get drunk with the Jercs and talk about menus. Or Rush. Or handy j’s. Or how you got high for the first time in seventh grade. Or how at the age of 23 you’ve already kicked a bad habit. Or how long ago, I played in Cozad and drummer Jesse Naab’s band Post Boredom Riot for two shows (like the man says, cocaine is a helluva drug). Anything goes with this crew, from the prurient to the maudlin. That goes for their tunes, too. Songs like “DBBL” shamelessly spout “Oi! Oi! Oi!” in the chorus without a lick of irony, while “Montana” catches a Bird’s Mile Home and hometown-pride vibe with its guaranteed sing-along chorus, “It’s our, it’s our Mis-

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soula / It’s our, it’s our Montana.” It’s the verses where Cozad audaciously shares his feelings that demonstrate some gravity: “Then that day I met my beautiful wife / And she changed my life / Stopped my dumb ass from drinking all day / Just to pass the time away.”

As sentimental as “Montana” may sound, the Jercs are, well, jerks and unabashedly so. They aren’t afraid to do a butt-rocking number called “Caveman” wherein Cozad and company bellow all that is amazing about our forebears: “Caveman, they invented the wheel / Caveman, dragged the women by hair / Caveman, liked peanut butter sandwiches / Caveman, they were metal gods.” The Jercs keep things simple and straight-up on “Political Song.” Reminiscent of the hardcore that ruled the Reagan-hating ’80s, the Jercs are ready to revolt against the political establishment and with a nod and a wink let us know they have had enough of “George W. Obama.” One might come to

the conclusion that a band that hops around all the punk sub-genres is simply seeking out its own sound, trying to discover their own voice, but guitarist Jake “Wheels” Wheeler explains, “We’re a punk cover band; we just don’t play covers.” So much for that explanation. Onstage, they joyously mock the establishment and rock and roll tropes. Shirts come off. Pale, fleshy bodies are exposed, bosoms are ample. Heads are banged. Fun is had. The Jercs are as pleased as they are surprised by their performance.

Maybe they aren’t jerks after all.

The Jercs tour kick-off show and CD release takes place at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., Wed., Aug. 15, at 9 PM, with Shramana, Old Black and Petunia. $3. arts@missoulanews.com

[books]

West v. space Graphic novel welcomes back Fiction Clemens

by Mack Perry

In 2011, he gave us a glimpse of the strange and magnificent milieu of Missoula in his acclaimed novel Smashing Laptops. Earlier this year, he brought us a post-apocalyptic Christmas in the theatrical production of his original script Ringing Out. And now, Josh Wagner, the local scribe-of-all-trades, has re-released one of his coolest inventions of all time: Fiction Clemens. The graphic novel is a collection of three double-sized issues that have been released periodically over the last couple of years by Ape Entertainment. Now that it’s bound in an all-in-one novel, you get the full effect. In Fiction Clemens, Wagner sends story seekers to a place neither they, nor typical frequenters of comic book shops, have ever gone before.

To say that it defies description would be effectively understating the book’s madcap brilliance.

The phrase “you’ve never seen anything like it” is tossed around so often these days that it’s practically lost all meaning, but it actually applies here. In fact, many of the top comic book reviewers from respected sites like Newsarama and Ain’t It Cool News struggled to classify this fun, visually arresting tale when the first issue hit stands in 2008. Comparisons were made to everything from The Wizard of Oz to the surreal work of writer/director Terry Gilliam. But, when viewed as one complete story, it becomes clear that Fiction Clemens is quite simply Fiction Clemens, a wholly original work with more imagination bursting from its vibrant, kaleidoscopic panels than most comic series can manage in their entire collective runs.

Critics and scholars often state that one of the strengths (and, in some cases, weaknesses) of the comic book medium lies with its potential for swift, economic storytelling, and Wagner wastes no time dropping readers into his bizarre and equally charming world. Readers are quickly introduced to the series’ two idiosyncratic leads: the quiet, cryptic gunslinger Fiction Clemens and his chatty, perpetually intoxicated cohort Miss Dune Trixie, as the latter serendipitously saves Clemens from a grizzly death courtesy of the lovelorn, 'stache-twirling baddie Tiberius Kitchens.

Although they’re able to thwart Kitchens’s initial attack and escape thanks to the help of a stout, eye-prying driver and what appears to be his diction coach, Kitchens manages to track the unlikely duo thanks to the deep pockets of his toothpick tycoon father.

Clemens and Trixie escape to the desert, where they en-

counter a tribe of reverse-aging oasis dwellers and must get their drag queen on if they are to avoid Kitchens and his not-so-merry band. And this is just part one!

Clemens and Trixie soon become embroiled in an adventure that literally pits space against Western, as land grabs and alien abductions dovetail in a meta-fictional fashion that has become Wagner’s trademark.

Wagner also manages to introduce readers to a dizzying array of quirky characters, clever concepts and converging plot threads in a way that recalls the dense, cerebral insanity of a Grant Morrison comic. The quick cut to a pair of dueling existential philosophers that occurs early in the tale and the surprising, hilarious conclusion to their story seems like something right out of the Scottish writer’s seminal The Invisibles series. And the poetic, otherworldly twang-slang one might expect from characters inhabiting a world (or worlds) that deftly blends genres and styles is one of the book’s many highlights. Clemens is also packed to the gills with laugh-out-loud moments. You won’t be able to put it down without grinning like an idiot.

The pencil work in all three collected issues is handled by Wagner’s Argentina-based collaborator J. Joiton.

Originally hired to provide storyboards for the Fiction Clemens film that was scrapped in favor of the graphic novel approach, Joiton’s rough, cartoony compositions look like a cross between the demented art of “Ren & Stimpy” creator John Kricfalusi and the gritty, opaque visuals found in Jhonen Vasquez’s Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. There’s also a dash of Coraline in there.

Joiton’s goofy, hyper-stylized designs mesh perfectly with Wagner’s sprawling, gonzo narrative. These designs, coupled with some achingly beautiful coloring, all but guarantee that readers will struggle to take their eyes off each luscious page as they make their way through Clemens’s mesmerizing journey.

As the story goes, the name “Fiction Clemens” came from a friend of Wagner’s. Xian Olson challenged the writer to come up with a story based on the quixotic moniker back in 1997. The gambit seems to have paid off, and not just for Wagner but for anyone who’s found comfort in the infinite possibilities that exist between panels on a printed page. Indeed, if the comic book industry is going to survive, it’s going to need many more works of fiction like Fiction. arts@missoulanews.com

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[music]

Mordecai Waste/Drag Down

by Erika Fredrickson

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Digging through some old 7-inch records, I discovered a few favorite covers. Botanica Mysteria from Men’s Recovery Project shows two demonic people— one is a boy with octopus-like hooks for legs, the other looks vampirish—sharing a laugh and some coffee. And then there’s Spurge’s Time is Wasted/Hing record from 1993 showing a grainy photograph of a little boy holding a rat by the tail. Hard to beat, but Missoula’s Mordecai comes close. Its new 7-inch shows Holt Bodish with black-frame glasses and tasteful sweater wielding a folding chair over one shoulder and yelling like he’s about to smash the room apart, which is a great intro to the music.

The two-song record, from the Wäntage label, is lo-fi goodness with all the shimmy-shake, sometimes driving and sometimes spastic energy of a band that’s possessed by history’s best gritty garage bands. I’ve mentioned Poison 13 before when it comes to Mordecai, and “Waste” has the grungy, slo-mo feel of “Spoonful,” like a 1960s underground dance party got run through a washing machine filled with molasses and came out no cleaner but definitely more blackhearted. “Drag Down” whips up into a stomping

frenzy, though with just as much grime. Angular guitars, thumping drums and insolent-yet-epicurean vocals make this fleeting album—cover and all—so fantastic. (Erika Fredrickson) Mordecai plays an album release show at the VFW for a special pre-Total Fest show, Total Slaw, with Seattle’s Damage Done, Austin’s Cruddy and locals Birds Mile Home, at 9 PM. $5/$8 to attend this show plus the one at Zoo City Apparel.

Genevieve Smith: An Invitation For a Dance The last time I saw Genevieve Smith, she was ruling a cello while backing local country punks Bird’s Mile Home, so when I approached this album I expected some low-stringed slaying. But it turns out she’s as good with strumming guitar and writing songs.

An Invitation For a Dance is more of an invitation to close your eyes and stamp your foot. Right away, Smith’s minor key mastery brings you into a world of her words. “You haven’t got money, but you sure got time / Reasoning nonsense and making up rhymes / Your bridges have all but burned down,” she

sings on the first track, ”Breaking Bones.” The rest stick to Western themes that evoke Murder by Death’s storytelling style against a house-show solo guitar.

“Bounty” visits Regina Spektor-esque vocals via unexpected jazzy repetition. Spektor took a few albums to really find her expectable groove, and Smith is only a few minutes short of hitting that. (Brooks Johnson) Genevieve Smith plays Zoo City Apparel Sat., Aug. 11, at 8 PM. $5/$8 to attend this show plus the one at the VFW.

Hieroglyphics: 2012 Summer Mixtape All of the tracks in this tour-promotion mixtape from California hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics exist in one form or another on other releases so for diehard fans of the group there’s no real surprises.

Unfortunately, there’s nothing groundbreaking in store for general fans of the genre either. Many of the 16 cuts are substandard boasting-and-toasting fodder, with lines like “I got it poppin’ like bubble wrap” from Souls of Mischief's “Home Game” standing out as simply laughable. The seamless transition between songs—customary on mixtapes—is often poorly exe-

cuted and noisy beats on cuts like “Bill Collectors” and “Every Detail” are downright irritating.

The compilation is not without its gems. A-Plus spins a creative ode to touring life on “Road Trippin” that samples a Red Hot Chili Peppers song of the same name to create an easygoing beat, and Pep Love’s affection for retro soul samples makes into perfect anthems for summer night cruises. It's a mixed-bag mixtape that doesn’t capture the legendary crew at it’s finest, but considering it’s a free download, it’s certainly worth a listen. ( Jed Nussbaum)

Various Artists: Have Mercy! The Songs of Don Covay In the early ’60s, rock ’n’ roll architects such as Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard found themselves hitless and beached. In 1964, Little Richard, undeterred, walked into a Chicago studio and cut “I Don’t Know What You Got (But It’s Got Me),” seamlessly transitioning from the whop-bop of his Specialty hits to the sensuously slow, pleading soul music that was on the horizon. He was ahead of his time again, even if it would be a decade before anyone would know about it, and he owed that in large part to the song’s author, the musician and writer Don Covay.

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Now Ace, the U.K. Reissue label, has given Covay more of his due with a collection of his soul songs cut from the late ’50s to the early ’70s by artists such as Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin and The Staple Singers. Even in that company, the Little Richard cut stands out: No one else has ever sounded so melodically desperate. The CD has the added bonus of letting you hear a chunk of work by Covay, one of the great if little-known soul writers. And if you like that, you’ve got to hear Covay’s own recordings. (Robert Meyerowitz)

[music]

Rock ambitions Comatose Smile on being young and good

by Melissa Mylchreest

Photo courtesy of Comatose Smile

Comatose Smile is, from left, Tommy Evans, Winston Wolf, Nicklaus Hamburg and Wyatt Arledge.

The members of Comatose Smile are wise beyond their years. I met up with them recently, and I got the sense that here were four young guys who have what it takes to make it as a band: musical acumen, business savvy and, above all, a sincere desire to be rock stars. That last point is nothing new, admits Tommy Evans, the group's bass player. “It's a common goal, a stereotypical teenage dream,”Evans says. “But all of us share that goal and ambition, and we all have an extremely strong work ethic. We just want people to listen to our music and like it, and make some money and have fun and make a career.”

Lofty goals, but Comatose Smile has already proved their dedication. With two band members living in Missoula and two in Townsend, they've dealt with the difficulty of being a “long-distance band.” Evans says, “We manage to make it work over a 200-mile distance, get together, record songs, make an album, book shows and be ready for those shows.”

With their classic-rock inspired sound, growly vocals, polished musicianship and creative lyrics, you might not guess that three-quarters of the band hasn't yet graduated from high school. And in fact, they'd prefer that you not guess it.

“A lot of people hear us, then find out how young we are, they say ‘Oh wow, I think they're really good now,” says Nick Hamburg, guitarist and back-up vocalist.

“And I don't like that. I'd rather just be good, not young and good.”

Drummer Wyatt Arledge weighs in as well, “What do I say to people who think we’re young? Well, so was Mick Jagger in the ’60s, and they’re probably the most successful band in the world.”

Winston Wolf, the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist concurs, and mentions some of their pro-active techniques to combat the perception. “I actually think that's why we’ve grown facial hair,” he says, gesturing at Hamburg and himself. “So people take us more seriously.”

For only having been a band since December

2011, these guys seem to be having no trouble finding people to take them seriously. Together with local Missoula duo Baby & Bukowski, they were featured as coartist of the month on The Trail 103.3 radio, and the two bands recorded an album together that was released in late May. They've played shows throughout Montana, from the Northside/Westside Block Party in Missoula to the Broadwater County Fair to the Broadwater High School prom.

They're quick to note that they wouldn’t have seen such success all on their own, and they credit both their musical influences and their local mentors. They cite The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers, Great White and AC/DC as inspirations, but they also go well beyond classic rock. “I like a lot of '50s music and jazz,” says Evans, and he also refers to the need to understand music’s history. Of the great musicians of the past, he says, “They’re classic. And anyone who appreciates music in a logistical sense, in terms of writing and structure, they have to reference those guys. You can’t be in a rock band and say no one listens to Led Zeppelin. You can’t be in any band and not like Beethoven, because he was a pioneer of music.”

Closer to the home front, the band gives credit to Jay Bostrom, a mentor, teacher and friend at Big Sky High School, as well as Scott Matthews, Flagship coordinator at Big Sky. They also give credit to Missoula’s music scene.

“It was really eye opening,” says Wolf, talking about coming from Townsend to Missoula and realizing how many bands made their homes here. “It's crazy how much of a music scene there is here.”

Hamburg agrees, and sums up the band's timeless spirit in one classic statement: “It's just fun to come to the city and play rock and roll.”

Comatose Smile plays the Palace Fri., Aug. 10, at 9 PM with Judgment Hammer and Swamp Ritual. $5/$10 for ages 18-20. arts@missoulanews.com

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[film]

Total Recall recall Do you like 1990 or 2012?

by Molly Laich

Let's get one thing straight: the new Total Recall (2012) never needed to be made. Hollywood has been caught in a sequel and remake epidemic for years. Redbox is ruining the art of cinephilia by creating a generation of film watchers only interested in new releases.

Kids today know nothing of the old ways! But enough shooting at the sun. What’s done is done. A new version of Total Recall is here, and it’s a sleek, action-saturated sci-fi thriller. Colin Farrell plays a nobody factory worker named Douglas Quaid, or else he’s a double agent named Houser. His is a future where earth is uninhabitable except for colonies on Great Britain and Australia that citizens travel between via a tunnel through the earth. This is 2012’s biggest digression from the original Total Recall (1990), which takes place mostly on Mars.

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Total Recall (1990) has a body count of 77. Arnold Schwarzenegger punches a woman in the face and shoots her in the head. (Then he says, “Consider that a divorce!”) The original is so violent that it had to be recut to avoid the X rating, particularly in a scene where Schwarzenegger uses a corpse for a shield in a gun fight.

Contrast that with Total Recall (2012) and its artfully executed PG-13 rating. There’s a recent thing in action films of implied death. Explosions send bodies flying, but without blood. The whole thing feels dishonest.

The iconic three-breasted woman appears in both films. In the original, she’s an actual character, and since mutants exist on Mars, her breasts are explicable. Total Recall’s PG-13 saved up all its sex tokens for only the briefest glimpse. Winner: Total Recall (1990) ACTION

Much in the way video games have gotten empirically better in the last 20 years, action in film has become more sophisticated. The actors move faster and in more elaborate settings, as in the latest film, when they fight on a big, fast-moving 3D elevator or something. Everybody in Total Recall (2012) seems to have dedicated his or her life to combat training, gymnastics and handto-hand combat. So much action. Your action needs will be met. Winner: Total Recall (2012)

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Total Recall (1990) is at a disadvantage here in that we know more about the future by now; costume designers likely misjudged the enduring power of crimped hair and shoulder pads. They have flat-screen TVs embedded in the walls and clunky video laptops. People live on Mars and vacation on Saturn.

Total Recall (2012) spared no expense with CGI backdrops of futuristic slums. There are flying cars and apartments stacked to an overcast sky, and it’s dark, dirty and thrilling. The implanted hand telephone in the new version puts it over the top in this category. Winner: Total Recall (2012)

In both films, Quaid believes he’s married to Sharon Stone or Kate Beckinsale, until she reveals herself to be an agent for the other side and tries to kill him a lot. Then there’s a second woman from Quaid’s other life, played by Rachel Ticotin or Jessica Biel. Stone is so charismatic that she almost manages to seduce Quaid, even after she’s revealed her treachery. Beckinsale moves like a cat, but she’s boring. Biel is similarly underwhelming, and why are they both played by brunettes with hot bodies? It’s hard to tell them apart.

By now, we’re used to seeing women in heels leap into action, but remember that in 1990, the sophisticated fight scene between Stone and Ticotin broke serious feminist ground. Winner: Total Recall (1990) ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VERSUS COLIN FARRELL

Schwarzenegger is always miscast, when you think about it, because what business does a weightlifting Austrian have here? It's absurd, but when he becomes Hauser the secret agent, his muscles fall into place.

Farrell plays him too close to the chest. He’s mostly just scared and confused, with moments of romance and heroism. Winner: Total Recall (1990) Total Recall continues at the Carmike 12 and Village 6. arts@missoulanews.com

[film] 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. Rated R. Carmike 12.

OPENING THIS WEEK BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD In this wonderwall of fantasy that takes place in a sequestered piece of bayou country, a child lives in a crumbling world of pathetic fallacy which she believes she must resuscitate in order to save her dying father. Rated PG-13. Wilma.

THE BOURNE LEGACY Due to a scheduling conflict, Jason Bourne wasn’t available available for this film. Rated PG-13.

Carmike 12, Village 6 and the Pharaohplex.

THE CAMPAIGN Will Ferrell plays his George W. character and Zach Galifianakis plays a dimwit and they battle each other for a seat in the North carolina House of Reps. This probably looked real funny on paper. In 2003. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex and the Entertainer.

HOPE SPRINGS Baby Boomers, Hollywood finally made a film just for you! One a little close to the ol’ maple syrup bucket. See, this couple, one that has been married for 30 years, needs to start being sweet on each other again. Queue the Viagra gags. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12.

NITRO CIRCUS: THE MOVIE More extreme then Dan Cortese chugging Mountain Dew in a hot pink bandana, the Nitro Circus crew go ape in motorized vehicles. Rated PG-13. Village 6.

OPERA IN THE CINEMA: NORMA Vincenzo Bellini’s opera Norma tells a tale which may include infanticide, infidelity and the power of a Druid’s love. Carmike 12: Sun., Aug. 12, at 2 pm.

NOW PLAYING THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN Peter Parker may just find out what happened

“Anyone seen this guy? His head is like ‘thisbig.’” The Campaign opens Friday at the Carmike 12 and Entertainer.

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.

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. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Village 6 and the Pharaohplex.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS Schools out, now what? Our hero gets a job at the local country club. Here’s to hoping there aren’t any perennially embarrassing social miscues involving Baby Ruths in the pool, right Spalding? Rated PG. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and the Showboat.

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 aim-

lessly upon the ocean, all the while secretly dispatching left-wing notions about climate change. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Village 6 and the Pharaohplex.

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. Rated PG-13. Wilma.

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! Please let it be love! Rated R. Wilma.

TOTAL RECALL You may recall the plot of this remake: a man has had pleasant memories planted in his subconscious by an evil corporation which later hunts the man down.

Most likely, however, you recall that there is a woman in this film with three breasts. Rated PG-13.

Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Showboat.

THE WATCH Ben Stiller and co. bungle their way through modern male tropes and seek an escape from their work-a-day lives by anointing themselves the neighborhood watch. Also, there are nut shots and alien invasions. Rated R. Pharaohplex.

Capsule reviews by Jason McMackin.

Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12/Village 6–541-7469; Wilma–728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton–961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan–883-5603.

STEP UP REVOLUTION A dancing girl falls for a dancing boy. The dancing girl’s father is a developer threatening to destroy the dancing boy’s. The duo and their crew put on a hot and steamy protest and defy authority with...hot and steamy dance! Rated PG13. Carmike 12.

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[dish]

Photo by Ari LeVaux

Gone to seed

by Ari LeVaux

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Zimorino’s Mondays $5 Zimorino’s pizzas when ordered from & delivered to Draught Works

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The expression “gone to seed” usually has a negative connotation, meaning disheveled, declining or otherwise post-prime. When garden plants go to seed, or “bolt,” they quit being what you planted and become gangly towers looming over the garden. In this respect they’re more like teenagers than elders, but anthropomorphisms aside, the plant’s formerly edible parts are now shriveled, bitter and woody. While this can understandably look like a bad end for your endive patch, crops that are going or have gone to seed can still play an important role in the garden.

A garden plant that has run its course and produced seeds is, naturally, a source of seed. Depending on the plant’s propensity to crossbreed, the seeds it produces might be true to the parent or a mix of parent and some similar plant. Or the seed might be sterile and not sprout at all.

Instead of saving seeds, I simply let the seeds fall where they may. If any of them happen to sprout next month or next spring, great—any time a yummy plant wants to grow up between my garlic or tomato plants is fine with me.

The first plants to bolt are generally the leafy coldweather plants like spinach, lettuce, escarole and cilantro, and they make their moves when spring turns to summer. The old farts crowd the garden with their blossomed stalks, providing cooler, moist shade that allows the later blooming plants to maintain their tender youths a little longer. Newly sprouted plants are thus sheltered as well.

Perhaps most importantly, the flowers attract pollinators. The nation’s bee population is currently plagued by mites, viruses and neonicotinoid-based pesticides, all of which may play roles in colony collapse disorder. This dire situation is alleviated, if only slightly, by a pesticidefree garden gone to seed, which can provide a safe, nourishing haven for imperiled bees. My bolted garden is practically a gridlock of bee traffic, which helps the garden become a place for interdependent parts of the ecosystem to engage. Watching bees patronize the newly opened blossoms is hardly a buzzkill.

A garden gone to seed, with young plants growing in the shade of old-growth annuals, is a diverse ecosystem, but diversity has its drawbacks. Bees aren’t the only critters that prefer dense polyculture to boring monoculture. Disease and pest problems may in-

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crease. As your plants fill out and crowd together, they won’t be able to grow as large as they would if they had more room. If your singular goal is to pull as many pounds of food from the garden as possible, then letting plants bolt might not be the game for you.

Few gardens, however, are about production alone. With food prices as low as they are, it would probably be more pragmatic to spend your time at a paying job, instead of gardening, and to buy your food. But gardens feed more than just your belly. A diverse garden, with different types and ages of plants, is interesting. A garden gone feral can blur the line between growing food and gathering it. A trip to the garden starts to feel like entering the forest with your basket to see what you can find.

I take care throughout the season to create this kind of luck by casting handfuls of seeds every which way. Mostly, I toss seeds for greens, herbs and carrots, all of which can be planted throughout the summer for a fall crop and all of which do well in partial shade.

When I happen upon an unexpected parsley patch or grove of carrots, the fact that I had scattered their seeds there, or allowed their parents to bolt, doesn’t diminish the thrill of discovery. Hurling seeds randomly at the garden won’t result in orderly rows.

Those who like their garden linear and neat should probably avoid this tactic.

There’s a fine line between letting your garden go to seed and simply abandoning it. I call it “managed chaos.” You may need to pull some plants that are crowding or shading certain other plants. Bolted plants might block a sprinkler, or attract unwanted pests or birds that crap on your parsley as they eat cilantro seeds. You may choose to let only a select few bolted plants stick around, like islands in an otherwise orderly garden.

Managed chaos probably doesn’t fit most people’s idea of what a well cared for garden should look like. Some gardeners value appearance above all else.

Others care more for an interesting personality. Some, like me, use the garden to explore the greater ecosystem, as a source of adventure and surprise. Gardening, especially bolted-garden gardening, may not pay for itself in the cold economic calculus of input versus return, but as entertainment it’s a lot cheaper, and more enlightening, than a trip to Disneyland.

[dish] Alcan Bar and Grill 16780 Beckwith St. Frenchtown 626-9930 Tantalize your taste buds with Angus beef burgers, chicken strips, shrimp, and biscuits and gravy from Alcan Bar & Grill. With more than 20 years of experience and 10 years in the business, we have been offering fresh meals and beverages at the area's most competitive prices. Our friendly professionals offer personalized service and make sure you leave our restaurant as one of our friends. We offer have a variety of specials for ladies night and sports events featuring drink specials and free food. Contact us today and enjoy our incredible menu selection. 9 am – 2 am MonSun. Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway (across from courthouse) 728-8900 Featuring over 25 sandwich selections, 20 bagel varieties, & 20 cream cheese spreads. Also a wide selection of homemade soups, salads and desserts. Gourmet coffee and espresso drinks, fruit smoothies, and frappes. Ample seating; free wi-fi. Free downtown delivery (weekdays) with $10.00 min. order. Call ahead to have your order ready for you! Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Bernice’s Bakery 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. August is a great month 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 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.

The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice.

A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 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. $

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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 Sun-Wed and 11am-10pm Thurs-Sat. Ask your Server about our Players Club! Happy Hour in our lounge M-F 4-6 PM. $-$$$

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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.

www.thinkfft.com Mon-Thurs 7am - 8pm • Fri & Sat 7am - 4pm Sun 8am - 8pm • 540 Daly Ave • 721-6033 *When school is not in session, we often close at 3pm Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe.

Across from the U of M campus.

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.

The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. 926-2038 The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St 9262038 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. $-$$

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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.

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Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 Summer’s in full swing! 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.

Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We're the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage se-

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Montana grows beerier

HAPPIEST HOUR Montanans like craft beer, and having neighbors few and far between. That’s not news. But this is: We now rank No. 2 in the country in breweries per capita, behind only Vermont, with one for every 30,919 Montanans.

Based on 2011 counts, Montana’s 32 breweries pushed the state from No. 3 to No. 2, surpassing Oregon, according to the national Brewers Association.

“I’m extremely pleased,” says Montana Brewers Association Director Tony Herbert. And, he says, “I think we’re on the way to catching Vermont … if we add another three or four breweries.”

That’s looking likely. At least two more breweries have already opened in 2012—Uberbrew in Billings and Wildwood Brewing in Stevensville. Philipsburg Brewing Company will open in a few weeks, and Desert Mountain Brewing Company in Columbia Falls and Bridger Brewing Company in Bozeman are slated to begin pouring this fall.

Bowser Brewing Company in Great Falls, Higherground Brewing Company in Hamilton and Draught Works in Missoula all opened their doors late last year.

“We have a very good, strong craft beer industry going on, don’t we?” Herbert says.

The growth reflects national trends. According to the Colorado-based Brewers Association, there were 367 more microbreweries

Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Contemporary Asian cuisine featuring local, vegan, gluten free and organic options as well as wild caught seafood, Idaho trout and buffalo. Join us for lunch and dinner.

Happy Hour 3-6 weekdays with specials on food and drink.

Extensive sake, wine and tea menu. Closed Sundays. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm Happy Hour 3-6pm Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close $-$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. 721-1312 www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$

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in the U.S. in 2011 than in 2007, an 87 percent jump.

Naturally, this news calls for a pint.

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

Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ The 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 MonSat at 5:00. $$-$$$

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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.

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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!

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, 5-7 $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.

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. Full bar, beer, wine, martinis. $-$$ Silvertip Casino 680 SW Higgins 728-5643 The Silvertip Casino is Missoula’s premiere casino offering 20 Video gaming machines, best live poker in Missoula, full beverage liquor, 11 flat screen tv’s and great food at great prices. Breakfast Specials starting at $2.99 (7-11am) For a complete menu, go to www.silvertipcasino.com. Open 24/7. $-$$ 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. 549-7979. $$-$$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you're in the neighborhood.

We'll do our best to treat you right!

Crowned Missoula's best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 1110 Sun 12-9.

Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you'll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$ 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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THURSDAYAUG09

August 9 - August 16, 2012

Who loves to party? Everybody headed to the Western Montana State Fair, a five-day heartburn inducing, demo derbying, bull-ridin’, Zipper riding fun-a-pa-looza.

Western Montana Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W. Today through Sun., Aug. 12, starting at 11 AM daily. Visit westernmontana statefair.com or call 721-3247.

The Seventh Annual Midyear Economic Update Seminar: Five Questions Montanans Should Ask About the Energy Boom, with UM economists Patrick Barkey and Paul Polzin, is unlikely to answer all the questions, but it may make you a lick more smarter. Hilton Garden Inn, 3720 N. Reserve St. Noon–1:30 PM. $25, includes lunch. Call 243-5113.

The 4th Annual OREOS Undergraduate Research Symposium pops off at the University Center from 1 to 4 PM. Free.

The Riverfront Neighborhood Council Meeting and Soup Social takes place from 4:30 to 6 PM at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. Let’s talk traffic and playground equipment.

nightlife The Nature Journaling Workshop with Nancy Seiler increases your ability to draw from nature and express your innermost thoughts about rhyzomes. Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden. 4:30–7:30 PM. Cost TBA. Call 327-0405 to register.

Head to Downtown ToNight, a weekly food fete at Missoula’s Caras Park from 5:30 to 8:30 PM. This week’s tunes by Mudfoot and the Dirty Soles. Visit missouladowntown.com.

Treasure State Toastmasters invites you to get your locution on and become fixated oratorically at their weekly meeting. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Rd. 6–7 PM. Free.

Total Fest VFW Residency Week Two promises to get your banana turned out of its hammock in no time with performances by the Velcro Kicks, Shotgun Hodown.

This show is also a T-shirt drop off for the Total Cave installation (all old band shirts welcome!) 245 W. Main St. 10 PM. Cost TBA.

Do you like my meadow? Try some of my grass! Bob Dylan and his band make their way to the Big Sky Brewery, 5417 Tampeter Way, on Tue., Aug. 14, at 7:30 PM. $50. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s,

John Floridis plays music while you enjoy stellar food at Caffé Firenze in Florence, 281 Rodeo Dr. Bring a chair and a blanket for Grandma Peggy. 5–8 PM. Free.

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Frequent flyer. Anneke Ayers’s gallery show at the ZACC, 235 N. 1st St., features her rock ‘n’ roll and rollergirl bout fliers. Fri., Aug. 10, from 5:30–8:30 PM. Free.

Purchase tickets for $8.00 at sponsor locations Ravalli Republic and Massa Home Center in Hamilton the Missoulian in Missoula Tickets may be purchased at any Tour Home for $10.00

Friday & Saturday 10am — 8pm Sunday 10am — 6pm

Ethan Tucker sings and songwrites his way into your hearts and into the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton.

6–8:30 PM. Free.

Mudslide Charley has gutbucket blues on his mind when he plays the patio at Bernice’s Bakery, 190 S. 3rd St. W. 8–10 PM. Free.

Synergy Sessions: Zookeeperz Edition is better than a chimpanzee orgy and features sets of electronical tuneage by DJs Mega Trees, Enzymes, Milkcrate Mechanic and Mankiisi. Palace. 9 PM. Free.

The Dead Hipster Dance Party is where you can get sweaty with all the beautiful people and a place where love and funk is in the air. Badlander.

208 Ryman St. $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight.

Central Bar and Grill’s trivia night, hosted by local gallant and possible Finn Thomas Helgerson, is for all you fans of grammar, logic and rhetoric, so grab your usually useless knowledge and head down.

143 W. Broadway. 9 PM. Free.

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

Karaoke Battle USA at the Silver Coin in Hamilton is a 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.

Saving Abel ditches Ferris in favor of gerunds like Silverman and Private Ryan when they play music at

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Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman, with Failsafe Project. 9 PM. $23. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s.

Sun., Aug. 12, starting at 11 AM daily. Visit westernmontanastatefair.com or call 721-3247.

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

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

BUBSnBoards Urban Art Fest up at Kind Swine BBQ is a three-day music, folf, art and paintball blowout.This event is a fundraiser for XSports4Vets.

22878 Hwy. 200 E. $45. Tickets available at Zombie Tattoo, 2200 S. Grant St., or by calling Nick at 552-2005.

The Chicks ‘n’ Chaps afterparty mos def is not in a hotel lobby but is up in the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., and does include a mechanical bull. Time to see if there is a thing called dignity in my life. 9:30 PM. Free.

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

Bluesman Oli Brown brings his British blues stylings to the Top Hat. 10 PM.

FRIDAYAUG10 The Judgement Hammer Summer Finale actually ends summer as we know it, covering it in a blanket of soot, broken necks and kicked asses. With Swamp Ritual and Comatose Smile. Palace.

9 PM. $3/$5 surcharge for ages 18-20. (See Music.)

The Western Montana State Fair, a five-day heartburn inducing, demo derbying, bull-ridin’, Zipper riding fun-a-pa-looza continues.

Western Montana Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W. Today through

nightlife El 3-Oh! gypsy jazzes and pizzazzes tunes for your wine-swallowing pleasure at Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 5–9 PM. Free.

Get down at the Downing Mountain Lodge Grand Opening, a fundraiser for the Bitter Root Land Trust, with Oaxacan tacos and Bitter Root beer. 1017 Grubstake Rd., Hamilton. 5:30 PM. Test drive your million dollar Tshirt idea at the ZACC’s Free Silkscreen Night. Staffers conduct demos and guide you step-by-step in the art of being awesome. 235 N. 1st St. 5:30–8:30 PM. All ages.

Free. zootownarts.org.

ZACC Second Friday Art Show with Anneke Ayers is chock-full of rock ‘n’ roll art, roller girl madness and plenty of girls with large chests (fact!). Total Fest tunes spinning and Ms. Ayers’s work available for purchase. 235 N. 1st St. 5:30–8:30 PM. Free.

Family Friendly Friday with E2 has me wondering: Where is E40 when we need him? Top Hat. 6–8 PM. Free.

[calendar] Green Drinks in Bigfork outta have you making time for some face time to talk about the environment and whatever else is on your mind at the Swan River Inn, 360 Grand Ave. 6–8 PM. Free.

Britchy gets all kids of acoustical on you people at The Keep, 102 Ben Hogan Dr. 7–10 PM. Free.

The Missoula Osprey game is a sweet chance to spend the weekend with a meat stick, as they take on the Billings Mustangs at 7:05 PM. Call 543-3300.

Them Country Boogie Boys get to honky-tonkin’ like a bunch of dang ol’ good ol’ boys at the Eagles Lounge, 2420 South Ave. W. 8 PM. Free.

Sad news: Whisky Rebellion is calling it quits tonight. Come see them off by dancing with your weird Russian Astronomy professor, whose wife is in London researching traffic patterns in non-human bipeds. Or buy the boys a shot of Jameson. Union Club. 9 PM. Free.

Dirty Fkn Dancing means committing to getting down and getting gritty at the Badlander, 208 Ryman St., with the tunes of DJ Tigerlily and Brand One, hip-hop from The Convict CliQue, Linkletter, Lil Sassy, Kid Klown and G Spot and dancing from the Soled Out B-Boy Crew and the Missou Booty Crew at 9 PM. Free.

Zoo City is the name of a band rocking the house that is the Dark Horse, 1805 Regent St. 9:30 PM. Free.

County Line and mechanical bull riding, ‘nuff said. Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 9:30 PM. Free.

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

Call 728-8799.

Muzikata and Jordan Lane leave the pommel horse at the ranch and play Sean Kelly’s. 10 PM. Free.

Burlesco does the do, along with Love is a Dog at the Top Hat. 10 PM. $5.

Dan Hunthausen and the Traveling Dogs bring the grit and none of your pansy-ass hits to Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St. 10 PM. $5.

SATURDAYAUG11 Shakespeare in the Parks presents the old bard’s Twelfth Night at the Gunport Theater at the Old Montana Prison Yard in Deer Lodge, at 6 PM. Visit shake speareintheparks.org The Western Montana State Fair, a five-day heartburn inducing, demo derbying, bull-ridin’, Zipper riding fun-a-pa-looza continues.

Western Montana Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W. Today through

Sun., Aug. 12, starting at 11 AM daily. Visit westernmontanastatefair.com or call 721-3247.

BUBSnBoards Urban Art Fest up at Kind Swine BBQ is a threeday music, folf, art and paintball blowout. Seriously way too much to list here, but know this: there are shuttles from town and no excuses to act stupid this weekend.

Also, this event is a fundraiser for XSports4Vets. 22878 Hwy. 200 E. $45. Tickets available at Zombie Tattoo, 2200 S. Grant St., or by calling Nick at 552-2005.

Missoula Outdoor Cinema is a chance to grab a blanket and enjoy the cinemagic with your special friend(s) under the stars. This evening’s screening is weird-o sci-fi flick Cowboys & Aliens, starting around 8:50 PM, at the the Headstart school on the corner of Worden and Phillips on Missoula’s Northside. Free, but donations accepted.

Miriam Katz signs her book Cookin’ Up Good Vibrations and promises to make no other Brian Wilson references whilst talking about allergy-free cooking. Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 10:30 AM. Free.

Lavender Wands with Niraja Golightly at Living Art of Montana teaches simple weaving techniques to anyone facing illness or loss. 725 W. Alder, Ste. 17. 10:30 AM–12:30 PM. Free. RSVP at 549-4329.

The Hot Springs Farmers Market busts out the dee-lish grub for all you all from 11 AM to 3 PM, with

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I’ll be your huckleberry at the annual Huckleberry Festival up on the shores of Swan Lake.

Browse various booths and, more importantly, witness the intense baking competition. Starts at 9 AM. Call (406)886-2003.

More events online: missoulanews.com Western Montana’s farmers’ markets are chock-full of the beautiful people, fresh-baked yummies and gorgeous veggies. In Missoula, at Circle Square (missoulafarmersmarket.com), on Pine Street and under the Higg ins 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. Look, a Vendor Fair at The Loft, with Scentsy, Pampered Chef and more, more, more. 119 W. Main. 9 AM to Noon. Free.

Mobash Skateboard Mentors are on hand at the skate park each Saturday to guide the kids who are possessed to skate and make sure they wear helmets and listen to the first three Suicidal Tendencies albums. 9–11 AM. Free. Call 721PARK for more info.

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 Sandpiper Art Festival on the Lake County Courthouse lawn features 90 arts and crafts venders plus live entertainments all the darn day.

Watch out for seagulls. 10AM–5 PM. Free. Visit sandpiperartgallery.com.

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[calendar] tunes come 4 PM at the Aftermarket Music & Arts Series.

Riverfest in the Root at Kiwanis Park in Hamilton is a day filled with kids activities, music by Joan Zen and the River of the People parade.

Celebrate the Bitterroot River with the whole fam damily. Noon–7 PM. Free. Sponsored by the Bitter Root Water Forum.

nightlife The Workers do work, son, and get that Americana job done at the Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 5–9 PM. Free.

Mudslide Charley brings the bucket o’ guts when he plays them delta blues at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

The Emily Danger Band done come from NYC to pleasure your earholes while you dump beer down your gullet at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6–8:30 PM. Free.

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.

Minor Bird Records hosts a bevy of bands at Zoo City Apparel, includ-

ing Margie Pepper, Jefferson Death Star, Brother Nature, Fuck Detector and Genevieve Smith (formerly of Bird’s Mile Home.) 139 E. Main. 7– 10 PM. Cost TBA. (See Noise.)

The Downing Mountain Lodge Grand Opening Montreal Degustation Menu sit-down dinner with Chef Matthew McKean of Montreal is sure to make a hummer of a summer for you and your mouth senses, plus it’s a fundraiser for the Bitter Root Land Trust. Hamilton. 7:30 PM. $100. Call John at 531-1486.

Embrace Argentinian tango at the Brick Room and help out a

worthy cause. This month it’s the MUD (Missoula Urban Demonstration Project). Lessons at 8 PM, melonga at 9 PM. Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main. $16 couple/$10 ind. ddcmontana.com.

No cooling down when Dark Dreams presents Heatwave, a night of electronic music with Toronto’s DJ Gudie, plus locals Hendawg, HAuLi and ir8prim8 at the Palace at 9 PM. Free.

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.

Blue Collar pleads guilty to being awesome when they get ‘er done at the Lumberjack Saloon up Hwy. 12 on Graves Creek Rd. 9 PM. Free.

County Line and mechanical bull riding, ‘nuff said. Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 9:30 PM. Free.

The Souls of Mischief get the beats bumpin’, along with Pep Love and Casual, but not that casual. Top Hat. 10 PM. $12/$10 adv./$5 surcharge for those 18-20.

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.

The Emily Danger Band is gonna solve the case of the missing shoe, but first they’ve got some tunes to play at Sean Kelly’s. 10 PM. Free.

DJ Squirmi gives you a call to get wormy and leave the schmurmy routine back at the convent, Auntie Griselda. Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman.

10 PM. Free.

Noise-mongers Mordecai release a hot new 7 inch and are joined by The Damage Done, Jefferson Death Star, Cruddy and Bird’s Mile Home at the VFW, 245 W. Main. 10:30 PM. This is part of the new Martyfest, which has events at Zoo City Apparel earlier in the evening. $5 per venue, $8 for both.

SUNDAYAUG12 The Ed Norton Big Band puts some swing in the month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery at 6 PM. 5646 W. Harrier. $5. missoula winery.com.

The Western Montana State Fair, a five-day heartburn inducing, demo derbying, bull-ridin’, Zipper riding fun-a-pa-looza continues.

Western Montana Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W. Today through Sun., Aug. 12, starting at 11 AM

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daily. Visit westernmontanastatefair.com or call 721-3247.

BUBSnBoards Urban Art Fest up at Kind Swine BBQ is a three-day music, folf, art and paintball blowout.

Seriously way too much to list here, but know this: There are shuttles from town and no excuses to act stupid this weekend. Also, this event is a fundraiser for XSports4Vets. 22878 Hwy. 200 E. $45. Tickets available at Zombie Tattoo, 2200 S. Grant St., or by calling Nick at 552-2005.

The Carousel Sunday Market & Festival is the finest Sunday stroll in town. Take a spin on the carousel and sniff out some 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-sundaymarket-and-events.

The Sustainable Living System’s Semi-annual Garden Tour departs the Stevi Super 1 market at 11 AM. The four-hour tour takes you to five gardens in the ‘Root that demonstrate various innovations in “plantgineering.” $10. Visit sustainablelivingsystems.org.

The Flathead Lake Equality Cruise sponsored by the Pride Foundation makes waves on that old cuss, the Flathead Lake, and raises funds for grants and scholarships. The ship be departing KwaTaqNuk Best Western Resort, at 4 PM, sharp. $45/$80 per couple.

Tickets available at pridefoundation.eventbrite.com. (See Agenda)

nightlife The Alpine Theatre Project waits until the hot days of August to spice things up with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the story of a rock band fronted by an East German transgender singer. It’s all steeped in the androgynous 1970s David Bowie era, and the story is both gleefully trashy and sweetly moving. Catch it at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St., at 6 PM. $18– $39 at alpinetheatreproject.com.

Chief Oren R. Lyons, faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, discusses how we can change our ways to help mend the earth and stop being the gross materialistic people we’ve become in his discussion Moving the World to Balance.

Payne Family Native American Center on the UM campus. 6:30– 8:30 PM. Free.

The Symphony in the Park annual concert held by the Missoula Symphony Orchestra and director Darko Butorac is undoubtedly the class event of Caras Park. Bring a chair. 7 PM. Free.

Louie Bond’s Big Sky Rhythm Aces host a good-times-and-great oldies-filled evening of western swing and jazz dancing at the Top Hat. 7:30–9:30 PM. Free.

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

MONDAYAUG13 The Nerd Highlighter Party means getting in on some real hip-hop for Milkcrate Monday at the Badlander, featuring sets by The Convict Clique, Dice, Kurt, Faze One, Amor, Krown Boy and Tonsofun, starting at 9 PM. Free.

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

The High Country Carvers welcomes carvers of all abilities to their meetings, which take place at Kalispell’s Evergreen Fire Dept. No power tools, but you need gloves and a bench hook. 2236 Hwy. 2.

6:30–8:30 PM. Larry Hirshberg was once described as “nothing short of David Copperfield magic.” See if he can make your heart melt with his tunes. Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 7–10 PM. Free.

Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $10 buy-in.

Good news, Baseball Annie, the Missoula Osprey take on the Ogden Raptors for a bit of Pioneer League ball. 7:05 PM. Call 543-3300.

Open Mic with PD Lear at the VFW, 245 W. Main, seems like a fine idea, especially with 2-for-1 drink specials

First chair. Music director Darko Butorac brings the Missoula Symphony to Caras Park for, you guessed it, Symphony in the Park, on Sun., Aug 12, at 7 PM. Free.

for musicians and the working class.

Come by and do you that funk-adoo. 10:30 PM. Free. Call Phil at 224-0816 to sign-up.

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

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With Modality’s Clark Grant playing solo, you get a great night of local tunes for the best price of free at the Badlander for Live and Local night at 10 PM. Free.

YWCA

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

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women take place every Tue. from 6:30–8 PM. An American Indianled talking circle is also available, along with age-appropriate children’s groups. YWCA Missoula, 1130 W. Broadway. Free. Call 5436691.

The Missoula Patriots host a meet the candidates event, which includes Mark Brady, Bob Lake, Fred Carl, Niles Brush, Lyn Hellegaard, Gary Marbut, Gary

The Cultural and Art History Club of Whitefish meets to discuss the only things that matter, like Johannes Vermeer. Stumptown Art Studio. 10–12 PM. Fun with Yoga at the Families First Children’s Museum might work for you and the kids. It might make you cry, too. 11 AM. 225 W. Front. $4.25.

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[calendar] Sanders and Paul Varkuza. Valley Christian School, 2526 Sunset Ln. 7 PM. Free.

The Musician Showcase features some good players and fine times, at Brooks and Browns in the Holiday Inn Downtown, 200 S. Pattee St. $7 Big Sky pitchers and $2 pints.

Free.

Unity Dance and Drum’s African Dance Class at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins, requests newbies and vets of all ages to join up or drop in anytime for an evening of live music and dancing. 7–8:30 PM. $10 per class or $35 for four. For more info., call 549-7933 or you can email tarn.ream@umontana.edu.

Get filled up on B12 and iron at Hamilton’s Wednesday Evening Farmers’ Market on Bedford St. 6–8 PM. (Pub trivia answer: Eddie Eagan, light heavyweight boxing gold in 1920 and four-man bobsled gold in 1932.)

The Jercs CD Release and Tour Kick-off Show is bound to have you quoting Steve Martin all night long, with Shramana, Old

The Moving Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial visits Missoula through Sun., Aug. 19, and can be seen near the Van Buren Street footbridge. The wall is a one-half scale replica of the Veteran’s Memorial in Washington DC. The visit is sponsored by American Legion Forgotten Warriors Post #101. Free.

Borg! Time for pannkaka bomber at the Swedish Pancake Supper over at the Mis-

Author Jessie Knadler can’t spit rhymes like Imperial but she can spin a yarn. She reads from her book Rurally Screwed at Fact & Fiction, 225 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. Free.

Bob Dylan and his band play music at Big Sky Brewery. Well, what else is there to say?

5417 Trumpeteer Way. 7:30 PM. $50. Tickets available at Rockin’ Rudy’s.

Unfortunately for them, the Idaho Falls Chukars are a minor-league affiliate of the Kansas City Royals; fortunately for us, they’re in town to battle the Missoula Osprey, at 7:05 PM for four nights (5:05 PM on Sunday). Call 543-3300.

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia, which takes place every Tuesday 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 is the only American to win an Olympic medal in both summer and winter events? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

Movies Go Musical is MCT’s yearly production featuring hundreds of teenagers and plenty of Axe body spray (Maybe...Hopefully?). MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams. 8 PM. $12-$15.

Spring to life with a night of drum ‘n’ bass during Bocks Elders Session with locals Bocks Elder, M-AD, Iam Musian and Asyn9 at the Palace at 9 PM. Free

ZACC’s weekly one-hour poetry workshop says don’t just express yourself, be expressive. 235 N. First St. 8 PM. Free.

Central Bar and Grill’s trivia night, hosted by local gallant and possible Finn Thomas Helgerson, is for all you fans of grammar, logic and rhetoric, so grab your usually useless knowledge and head down. 143 W. Broadway. 9 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.

Zootown Throwdown with Javier Ryan is acoustic and kind, so bring that singing stick and grab a mic. Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.

The Dead Hipster Dance Party is where you can get sweaty with all the beautiful people and a place where love and funk is in the air. Badlander. 208 Ryman St. $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight.

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

Big time mandolin player John Reischman and the Jaybirds come to the Ruby Jewel Jamboree to show the kids how it’s done, with the Acousticals. Ruby’s Inn, 4825 Reserve St. 6:30-10 PM. $10.

Visit rubyjeweljamboree.com.

Creative Connections for Cancer Survivors proves that art heals. Noon–1:30 PM at the Living Art Studio, 725 W. Alder #17.

Free. Call 549-5329.

The Arlee Community Development Corporation’s Jocko Valley Farmers’ Market helps you fill up on your neighbors’ numnums. Music this week by Hardin/Scott. Uptown Arlee. 4–7 PM.

nightlife The Blues Alley Block Party is a collaboration that befits the party nation, as local restaurants, bars, dancers and musicians party hardy down at the Top Hat and surrounding businesses from 5 to 9 PM. Free.

Treasure State Toastmasters invites you to get your locution on and become fixated oratorically at their weekly meeting. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Rd. 6–7 PM. Free.

John Adam Smith is three letters away from being our next president. See him play Draught Works Brewery in the meantime.

915 Toole Ave. 6–8 PM. Free.

Jim Moore reads and signs his book Election Day at Fact & Fiction, 225 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. Free.

Out to Lunch is all about num-nums and various vittles down at Missoula’s Caras Park. 11 AM to 2 PM. This week’s tunage provided by Lefty Lucy. Free. Visit missoula downtown.com

Community Conversations on Death and Dying, sponsored by Hospice of Missoula, gathers each month at the Loft of Missoula from 6 to 9 PM and features a variety of guest speakers. 119 W. Main. Visit hospiceofmissoula.com.

Black and Petunia. VFW, 245 W. Main. 9 PM. $3. (See Arts Feature) Kraptastic Karaoke welcomes Black Eyed Peas fanatics to belt out their fave jamz at the Badlander, beginning at 9 PM. Featuring $5 pitchers of Budweiser and PBR, plus $1 selected shots. Free.

Modality brings the noise and none of the funk (maybe a smidge) to the Top Hat, at 10 PM. Free.

THURSDAYAUG16 Total Fest XI gets its kicks with hot licks and bad ass chicks when it gets the party started tonight with shows at Zoo City Apparel, 139 E. Main St., from 5–9 PM and the Top Hat, 134 W. Front St., from 8 PM– 1 AM. Three-day pass $50/$45 adv. Thu. pass $15. Zip over to totalfest.org for full line-ups.

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soula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave., with bingo to boot. 4 PM, bingo at 6 PM.

nightlife Bring your belly to the 11th Annual Farm Party celebrating local food and community, with num-nums galore such as burgers and the dee-lish Tom Catmull and the Clerics and Mudslide Charley. PEAS Farm, 3010 Duncan Dr. 5:30 PM. $20/$10 kids. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and the MSO Hub. 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 Joan Zen. Free. Visit missoualdowntown.com.

Kevin Van Dort is giving out Dutch rubs and playing you-name-it when he hits the “stage” at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6– 8:30 PM. Free.

Karaoke Battle USA at the Silver Coin in Hamilton is a 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.

The Hard Arnold Palmers bring the hooch, you bring the tea. Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. 9:30 PM. Free.

Hey friends, stay safe the rest of this summer. If you can’t drive, don’t. If you need a ride, get one. Also, stay honest. You know what I’m talking about. Send your event info to me by 5 PM on Fri., Aug. 10, 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.”

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ow beautiful was the Mars rover landing?

Obviously, we didn’t see anything that happened, other than the dusty image of the wheel and the red planet’s skyline, but the scene inside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was unreal, as engineers who had worked for years on the project uncomfortably waited for their life’s work to fail. The groans, the clapping, the hugs, the good luck peanuts: all awesome. There was amazing hair: pompadours, faux-hawks, graying mullets. Cogent explanations of how a machine should/would operate thousands of miles from earth sent many of us dorks swooning. How I wished I’d paid better attention in math. I am impatiently awaiting the arrival of new images, maybe not with the fretting and worry that our great engineers had at the laboratory, but I can’t wait to see something, anything from

Mars. In the meantime, I plan to get my space jollies up at the Blue Mountain Observatory, located at an elevation of 6,300 feet atop Blue Mountain. This week, the observatory opens for free public viewings. Children are welcome and astronomers are on hand to discuss how other cultures perceive the night sky. You may just make an engineer out of your son and daughter, not to mention rekindle the dormant exploratory spirit of your youthful self.

–Jason McMackin The Blue Mountain Observatory public observing night begins this Fri., Aug 10, at 10 PM. Call 243-5179 for a full schedule or if the weather is inclement. You can visit their website for schedule and directions at physics.umt.edu/bluemountain/.

Photo by Chad Harder

THURSDAY AUGUST 9 Dudes, come get your climb on during Freestone Climbing’s Dude’s Night. 935 Toole Ave. 5–10 PM. $6.50/$5 students.

Paddling Basics at REI, 3275 N. Reserve, ain’t about spankin’ the chillins, it’s just an overview of various watersports. Not the German kind, Coco.

6:30 PM. Free.

FRIDAY AUGUST 10 The Wilderness Institute Peaks of the Big Snowy Mountains backpacking and research trip is good for noobs and pros alike. The amble is three days and the guides cook you supper. To quote Stone Cold: “Oh, hell yeah!” To RSVP call 243-5361.

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.

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.

SATURDAY AUGUST 11 YFC Seeley Lake Triathlon/Duathlon has distances for everyone including the kids. Well, distances for everyone who thinks running, biking and swimming on the same day is rad. See the whole schedule and register at raceseeley-montana.info.

The Salmon Lake State Park Summer Speakers Program: Indian Tools & Toys with Norman Jacobson teaches all you all how to make a horn bow used by Native Americans back in the day with old-timey tools. 8 PM. Free. Visit stateparks.mt.gov.

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. Noon–1:30 PM. $40.

MONDAY AUGUST 13 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 AUGUST 14 Dr. Bob Brown tells the story of Major Charles Rawn, the Frontier Army, and the War of 1877. The good doctor inhabits the guise of the major and tells us all about Fort Fizzle and the Battle of the Big Hole. Travelers’ Rest State Park. 7 PM. Free.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15 Run Wild Missoula’s Beginner Runner Training Class is a great chance for you to become a famous runner, or just finish the Pumpkin Run 5K in style. This eight-week course gets you tuned up in a safe, healthy manner. Who knows, maybe you’ll end up running the Missoula Marathon next year, hmm? Run Wild Missoula, 325 N. Higgins Ave. 6 PM. $50/$25 for Run Wild Missoula members. Visit runwildmissoula.org.

THURSDAY AUGUST 16 The miniNaturalists Pre-K Program is aces for summertime learning and such. The Montana Natural History Center has moved it to the Fort Missoula Native Plant Gardens, where bugs, dirt and explorations abound. 10–11 AM. $3/$1 for members. Visit montananaturalist.org.

Lightweight Backpacking Basics at REI might have you leaving that cast iron pan behind, but what will you do for a hat? 3275 N. Reserve. 6:30 PM. Free.

SUNDAY AUGUST 12 Get back in shape and learn something new

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[community]

Well looky there, Missoula made the Huffington Post again. It’s like they have their Google alerts set for anything negative coming out of our fair burg. Of course, this was because of the alleged gay-bashing which purportedly occurred outside of the Mo Club in the early morning hours of Sun., Aug. 5.

It appears the young man fabricated the event and sent much of the town into a frenzy of organizing and pro-gay rights Facebook tirades. One well-intentioned and big-hearted gal organized a “Proposition Gay” Downtown Missoula Pub Crawl.

The intent of the event was to mobilize the gay community, and friends of the community as well, and “show that Missoula will not condone disrespect and violence.” Within hours, nearly 600 good people signed on for the event. A few practiced “reverse discrimination” and made idle threats about Mo Club regulars, but all in all, the community quickly stood up and showed that it is a mostly tolerant place (as tolerant as any other) that does not have time for homo-

phobic nonsense. So now what can those people do to show their support for young gay people? Perhaps attend the Pride Foundation’s Flathead Lake Equality Cruise, hmm? The Pride Foundation has been around the PNW since 1985 and made its way to Montana in 2011. The foundation offers grants and scholarships to folks in the LGBTQ community to strengthen it via arts and recreation, education, advocacy and outreach, and so much more.

The foundation offered $19,000 of grants and scholarships in 2011 and has given out $50,000 so far this year. What will the Huffington Post write about that?

–Jason McMackin The Flathead Lake Equality Cruise leaves KwaTaqNuk Best Western Resort at 4 PM sharp, on Sun., Aug. 12. $45/$80 per couple. For tickets go to pridefoundation.eventbrite.com or for more info, email Caitlin@pridefoundation.org.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY AUGUST 9 The Riverfront Neighborhood Council Meeting and Soup Social takes place from 4:30 to 6 PM at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. Let’s talk traffic and playground equipment.

FRIDAY AUGUST 10 BUBSnBoards Urban Art Fest up at Kind Swine BBQ is a three-day music, folf, art and paintball blowout. Seriously way too much to list here, but know this: there are shuttles from town and no excuses to act stupid this weekend. Also, this event is a fundraiser for XSports4Vets. 22878 Hwy. 200 E. $45. Tickets available at Zombie Tattoo or by calling Nick at 552-2005.

Get down at the Downing Mountain Lodge Grand Opening, a fundraiser for the Bitter Root Land Trust, with Oaxacan tacos and Bitter Root Beer. 1017 Grubstake Rd., Hamilton. 5:30 PM. Green Drinks in Bigfork outta have you making time for some face time to talk about the environment and whatever else is on your mind at the Swan River Inn, 360 Grand Ave. 6–8 PM. Free.

SATURDAY AUGUST 11 BUBSnBoards Urban Art Fest up at Kind Swine BBQ is a three-day music, folf, art and paintball blowout. Seriously way too much to list here, but know this: there are shuttles from town and no excuses to act stupid this weekend. Also, this event is a fundraiser for XSports4Vets. 22878 Hwy. 200 E. $45. Tickets available at Zombie Tattoo or by calling Nick at 552-2005.

The Downing Mountain Lodge Grand Opening Montreal Degustation Menu sit-down dinner with Chef Matthew McKean of Montreal is sure to make a hummer of a summer for you and your mouth senses, plus it’s a fundraiser for the Bitter Root Land Trust. 1017 Grubstake Rd., Hamilton. 7:30 PM. $100.

Call John at 531-1486.

SUNDAY AUGUST 12 BUBSnBoards Urban Art Fest up at Kind Swine BBQ is a three-day music, folf, art and paintball blowout. Seriously way too much to list here, but know

this: there are shuttles from town and no excuses to act stupid this weekend. Also, this event is a fundraiser for XSports4Vets. 22878 Hwy. 200 E. $45. Tickets available at Zombie Tattoo or by calling Nick at 552-2005.

Chief Oren R. Lyons, faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan discusses how we can change our ways to help mend the earth and stop being the gross materialistic people we’ve become in his discussion Moving the World to Balance at the Payne Family Native American Center on the UM campus. 6:30–8:30 PM. Free.

MONDAY AUGUST 13 Occupy Missoula General Assembly meets at the Caras Park fish sculpture at 6 PM. Visit occupymissoula.org.

This month’s Bonner Milltown Community Council Meeting discusses a request for an impact study on the proposed increased rail traffic due to coal exports, as well as Tamarack Road parking concerns and Stimson mill clean-up. Bonner School Library. 7 PM.

TUESDAY AUGUST 14 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.

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

The Missoula Patriots host a meet the candidates event, which includes Mark Brady, Bob Lake, Fred Carl, Niles Brush, Lyn Hellegaard, Gary Marbut, Gary Sanders and Paul Varkuza. Valley Christian School, 2526 Sunset Ln. 7 PM. Free.

THURSDAY AUGUST 16 The Moving Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial visits Missoula through Sun., Aug. 19, and can be seen near the Van Buren St. footbridge. The wall is a onehalf scale replica of the Veteran’s Memorial in Washington DC. The visit is sponsored by American Legion Forgotten Warriors Post #101. 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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HUMPHREY Humphrey, a neutered Pointer/Hound X, can't live with cats or chickens, pulls on the leash, is very strong, and acts bonkers.

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Piano Lessons BETTER LUCK NEST TIME For nine months, I’ve been having fun seeing a nice woman a few times a week.

We’re both 50ish. I told her I didn’t want a serious relationship. She went along with this but now clearly wants more. She has a picture of me at her desk. (I wouldn’t think of displaying her picture on mine.) She talks about our future, once even saying we should move in together, and said we should make plans to celebrate our upcoming one-year anniversary. Perhaps I’m emotionally blocked from being only one year out of a 33-year marriage, but I don’t have lovey-dovey feelings for her now. (Part of me wants to date every woman available.)

Is it wrong to keep this going when I know she wants more and may even be convincing herself that we have more?

—Torn It’s got to be unsettling, coming into this woman’s office and seeing what’s basically a framed billboard advertising the serious relationship you told her you aren’t ready to have. In her defense, she does have more contact with you than the guy whose stock photo came with the frame.

You were only looking to hang out with her a few times a week, not wear her around your neck at all times like a scarf.

Maybe she thought she could go along with this, or maybe she figured she could nudge you into wanting more. She probably works hard to contain her true feelings, but they sometimes tiptoe out and whisper suggestions, like romantic ideas for your upcoming “anniversary.” Which for you is the anniversary of “I’m dating you in the wake of my 33-year marriage hitting the wall—mainly because it seems more lifeaffirming than curling up in a fetal position and sucking my thumb for a year or two.”

The big myth of relationships is that you just have to find “the right person.” The reality is, it has to be the right person at the right time. A year ago, a giant meteorite landed on your life, and you’ve just about collected your wallet, your keys, and all the change that blew out of your pockets.

Now’s the time to crawl out of the hole, look around, and figure out what you want.

Unfortunately, this is difficult with a woman clinging to your ankle, campaigning to change her Facebook relationship status to “engaged” while you’re hunting for the button for “entrapped.”

If you decide to date around, explain that you really like her but the timing’s off. (“Great moments in bad timing” is easier

on the ego than “Great. I spent nine months with a guy who never really wanted me.”) If you want to keep seeing her exclusively, remind her that you’re far from ready to shop for bathroom accessories together. She may decide that some of you is better than none of you, but the ground rules will be clear: You can drag a guy to a chick movie, but you can’t make him buy into the plot—unless it’s the first chick movie ever that ends with the male lead waking up hung over in Thailand with two bar hostesses, a tattoo, and a monkey on his belly.

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I don’t have a romance issue, but it feels just as complicated. I need to dump a close friend.

We meet for coffee each morning and email daily, but I’ve finally admitted to myself that I don’t enjoy her company. Her dour outlook really depresses me. We spent two hours having drinks yesterday, and I felt a physical discomfort, like I could actually see my time being wasted. I can’t tell her the truth: “You drain me.” I’d really like to just disappear.

—Done When you’re breaking up with a romantic partner, you can at least put a positive spin on things: “We can be friends!”

What do you say to a friend you’re dumping, “We can be strangers who wordlessly pass each other on the sidewalk!”? There’s no wonderful way to shut down a close friendship, but the cruelest way is just disappearing on somebody you see and talk to daily. You actually need to tell her it’s over—as briefly and kindly as possible—and a note does that better than a face-to-face firing, which is icky and humiliating. Avoid personal attacks: “You’re too this or that.”

Make your explanation about the dynamics—you just have “different approaches to life,” you’re just not “clicking” anymore (don’t mention that you never have). She may call and press you for details, so be prepared to stick to your short but vague story. In the future, avoid mistaking tenure for friendship. A friend worth having is somebody you respect and admire—and the kind of person who’s there for you when you’re down, not the giant iron anchor that takes you there.

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Apollo astronaut Russell Schweickart had a vision of loveliness while flying through outer space in his lunar module. “One of the most beautiful sights is a urine dump at sunset,� he testified. He said it resembles a “spray of sparklers,� as ten million little ice crystals shoot out into the void at high velocity. As you feed your quest for a lusty life, Aries, I urge you to be as quirky and resourceful as Schweickart. Come up with your own definitions about what’s gorgeous and revelatory. Take epiphanies any way you can get them.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): At the heart of this horoscope is a quote from Maya Angelou.

While it may seem schmaltzy, I assure you that its counsel will be essential to your success in the coming weeks. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said,� said Angelou, “people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.� Can you see how valuable this principle might be for you, Taurus? If you hope to get what you desire, you should turn your empathy on full blast. If you’d like to supercharge your vitality, hone your skills as a judge of character. If you want to get the love you think you deserve, be a master at making people feel good in your presence.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The coming week will be prime time to celebrate your eccentricities and cultivate your idiosyncrasies. Do you like ketchup on your bananas? Is heavy metal the music you can best relax to? Do you have a tendency to break out in raucous laughter when people brag about themselves? I really think you should make note of all the qualities that make you odd or unique, and express those qualities with extra intensity. That may grate on some people, true, but it should have a potent healing effect on you.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here are my questions: Will you thrust your foot across that imaginary line, or will you back away from it, scouting around for an escape route? Will you risk causing a commotion in order to scratch the itch in your ambition? Or will you shuffle on back to your comfort zone and caress your perfect daydreams? Personally, Cancerian, I’m hoping you will elect to do what’s a bit unsettling. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you should. If you make a bold move, make sure you’re not angling to please or impress me—or anyone else, for that matter. Do it as a way to express your respect for yourself—or don’t do it.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When Tchaikovsky wrote the musical score for his famous 1812 Overture, it included 16 cannon shots. Literally. These blasts weren’t supposed to be made by, say, a sledgehammer pounded against a wooden mallet, but rather by the detonation of an actual cannon. As crazy as that is, you’ve got to admire Tchaikovsky’s creative gall. He was going way out of the box, calling on a source of sound no other composer had ever done. In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to be inspired by his example, Leo. In your own chosen field, mess with the rules about how to play in your chosen field.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “And if nothing is repeated in the same way,� says poet Antonio Porchia, “all things are last things.� That’s a good principle to adapt for your own purposes, Virgo.

A few weeks from now, I bet you’ll be enmeshed in an orgy of novelty, creating yourself from scratch and exploring experiences you’ve never heard of before. But in the meantime, as you bring this cycle to a close, be equally inventive about how you finish things off. Don’t imitate the approach you used in tying up loose ends in the past. Don’t put stale, boring karma to rest in stale, boring ways. Nothing repeated! All things last things!

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): All of us feel bad sometimes—sad, discouraged, helpless, unloved, and all the rest. It’s a natural part of being human. Here’s the good news: I am not predicting you will go through a phase like that anytime soon. Here’s the even better news: The coming week will be an excellent time to come up with effective strategies for what to do in the future when you go through a rough period. For example, instead of wallowing in self-pity or berating yourself for your weakness, maybe you can resolve, next time, to amble aimlessly out in nature, dance to cathartic music for three hours, or go to the gym and smack around a punching bag.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When a domesticated weasel captures some treasure or beats out a competitor for food, it performs a celebratory dance that’s referred to as the “weasel war dance.� During this triumphant display, it might hiss, arch its back, fluff out its tail, and hop around madly. I encourage you to come up with your own private version of this ritual, Scorpio. It can be more dignified if you like: snapping your fingers, singing a magical phrase, or raising your arms in a V-for-victory gesture.

Whatever you choose, do it after every accomplishment, no matter how small: buying groceries, arriving at an appointment on time, getting a good new idea, or any other success.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): One out of every four of us is afraid that we have missed our calling—that we have misread our soul’s code and failed to identify the labor of love that would provide our ultimate fuel for living. If you’re among this deprived group, I have good news: The next six weeks will be an excellent time to fix the problem—to leave the niche where you don’t belong and go off to create a new power spot. And if you are among the 75 percent of us who are confident you’ve found your vocation, the next six weeks will be prime time to boost your efforts to a higher level.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You can take this as a metaphor if you like, but I’m getting a psychic impression that you will soon be drawing on the energy of one of your past lives. Will it be a 13th-century Chinese lute player or a kitchen maid from 15th-century France? Will you be high on the vitality you had when you were a Yoruba priest living in West Africa 300 years ago or when you were a 16th-century Guarani herbalist in what’s now Paraguay? I invite you to play with fantasies like these, even if you don’t believe they’re literally true. You might be surprised at the boost you get from imagining yourself alive in a different body and historical era.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Italian mattress company Sogniflex has created a bed with features designed to facilitate love-making. It has straps and handles, plus a trench that helps you get better traction. The extra-strong springs produce an exceptional bouncing action. You might consider buying one for yourself. The astrological omens suggest it’s time to play with more intensity in the intimate clinches. You could also try these things: 1. Upgrade your licking and sucking skills. 2. Cultivate your ability to listen receptively. 3. Deepen your sincere appreciation for what’s beautiful about anyone you’re attracted to. 4. Make yourself even more lovable than you already are.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): My $10-an-hour counsel only requires a few seconds to deliver. Here it is: “Never try to be someone you’re not. Discover what you were made for, and do it with all of your passionate intensity.� On the other hand, Pisces, my $100-a-minute wisdom is more complicated, subtle, and hard to impart in less than an hour of storytelling. Here’s a hint of it: There are times when you can get interesting and even brilliant results by experimenting with being something you’re not. Going against the flow of your instinctual urges and customary tendencies might tweak you in just the right way—giving you an exotic grace and wild depth when you ultimately return to the path you were born to tread.

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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, until 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the following: Curb and Sidewalk Improvements Van Buren Street – Poplar to Elm City of Missoula Project 10-025 This project consists of installing approximately 2,200 lineal feet of curb/gutter, 11,000 square feet of four inch sidewalk, 1,100 square feet of six inch sidewalk; all on prepared subgrade and associated improvements. Bidders shall submit sealed bids as prescribed in the Project Manual addressed to the City Clerk, City of Missoula, enclosed in sealed envelopes plainly marked on the outside “Proposal for City of Missoula Project 10025 Van Buren Street – Poplar to Elm curb and sidewalk improvements” The envelopes shall also be marked with the Bidder’s Name, Address and Montana Contractor’s Registration Number. Proposals must be accompanied by cash, cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana, or by any banking corporation incorporated in the State of Montana, or by a bid bond or bonds executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the State of Montana in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract.

The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal form. Performance and Payment

Bonds will be required of the successful bidder in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate of the proposal for the faithful performance of the contract, and protection of the City of Missoula against liability. A complete set of the Contract Documents and Project Manual will be furnished the Contractors making application therefore from the Office of the City Engineer, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana, upon payment of $50.00 by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash can not be accepted). Full amount of payment will be refunded upon return of the plans and specifications in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors doing work on this project will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA 39-9-211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1-406-4447734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor performing work on a “Public works contract” shall not pay less than the latest Montana Labor Standard Provisions minimum wage as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. A copy of said wage rate is attached as part of the contract documents. The provisions of this part do not apply in those instances in which the standard prevailing rate of wages is determined by federal law. “Public works contract” means a contract for

construction services let by the state, county, municipality, school district, or political subdivision or for non-construction services let by the state, county, municipality, or political subdivision in which the total cost of the contract is in excess of $25,000. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against on the basis race, ancestry, color, physical or mental disability, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or familial status, creed, ex-offender status, physical condition, political belief, public assistance status or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, except where these criteria are reasonable bona fide occupational qualifications.

Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula Business Licensing requirements. The City of Missoula reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids, and, if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City’s requirements. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to the bid opening at 2:00 p.m. on August 14, 2012. The City of Missoula provides accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in any service, program, or activity of the City. To request accommodation, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (406)552-6080. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the city’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk

CITY OF MISSOULA PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on August 27, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider a resolution levying and assessing the lots and parcels within the City of Missoula Park District Number 1 in the amount of $510,788 for the costs associated with providing certain maintenance, purchasing and improvement services in fiscal year 2013 for Cityowned facilities, land and equipment under the responsibility and care of the City of Missoula Parks and Recreation Department; providing for a method of assessments; and providing for other matters properly relating thereto.

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 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on August 27, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to hear public comment on the City First Share Model draft resolution, the City CoPay Model draft resolution, and a separate resolution/language on retroactivity - all pertaining to providing City assistance for public right-ofway improvements including curb, gutter, sidewalk, and alley approaches.

For further information contact Steve King, Public Works Director at 5526353. 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 PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on August 27, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider a resolution levying and assessing the lots and parcels within the City of Missoula Road District Number 1 in the amount of $353,510 for the costs associated with providing certain maintenance, purchasing and improvement services in fiscal year 2013 for Cityowned facilities, land and equipment under the responsibility and care of the City of Missoula Public Works Department’s Street, Engineering, and Vehicle Maintenance Divisions providing for a method of assessments; and providing for other matters properly relating thereto. Copies of the resolution are available at the City Clerk Office, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, City Clerk, at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein CMC, City Clerk MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE OF HEARING The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a hearing on the proposed expenditure of Open Space Bond proceeds on the following project: 1. Deer Creek (Seeley Lake) FWP Acquisition: This project proposes to use $75,000 of Open Space bond funding towards the purchase of 640 acres currently owned by Plum Creek Timber in the Seeley Lake area. The land would ultimately be owned and managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) as part of the 24,170 acre Marshall Creek Wildlife Management Area. The acquisition would be temporarily held by Five Valleys Land Trust until FWP completed the purchase. The Commissioners will conduct the hearing at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 22, 2012, in Room B14 of the County Administration Building, 199 West Pine, Missoula, Montana. Any person wishing to be heard on the matter may speak at the hearing and/or submit written or other materials to the Commissioners at the hearing or by mail, fax or personal delivery to the Commissioners. Offices: 199 West Pine. Mail: 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. FAX: (406) 721-4043. Copies of the proposed project are available for public inspection at the Missoula County Office of Rural Initiatives, 317 Woody, Missoula, Montana. Telephone 2583432; or you may contact Pat O’Herren in Rural Initiatives at 258-4981. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 2583422. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.

MISSOULA COUNTY Request for Proposals – Missoula County Carnival Operator for Western Montana Fair Missoula County is seeking proposals for an operator to provide a carnival to the Western Montana Fair for three years with an optional two year renewal period beginning in August 2013. Proposals will be accepted until 5:00 PM, Monday, October 1, 2012. Interested parties may obtain a complete copy of the Request for Proposals on Missoula County’s website at http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/bidsandproposals or by contacting Barbara Berens, 406-258-3227 or bberens@co.missoula.mt.us.

MISSOULA COUNTY Request for Qualifications for Architectural Services - Missoula CityCounty Health Department The Missoula City-County Health Department (MCCHD), an entity of Missoula County, seeks qualified licensed architects to assist in developing designs for

a remodel of the First Floor and Basement of the MCCHD building located at 301 West Alder St, Missoula, MT 59802. Statements of qualifications will be accepted until 5:00 PM, Wednesday, September 5, 2012. Interested firms may obtain a complete project description on Missoula County’s website at http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/bidsandproposals or by contacting Barbara Berens, 406-258-3227 or bberens@co.missoula.mt.us.

MISSOULA COUNTY SECTION 00100 aINVITATION TO BID RECEIPT OF BIDS: Sealed bids will be received at the office of Barbara Berens, Missoula County Auditor, 199 W Pine St, Room 136, Missoula, MT until 2:00 p.m. local time on August 30, 2012 for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the Missoula County Fairgrounds 2012 Pavement Improvements. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The work includes construction of asphalt parking lot, storm drainage structures, pin-down curbs; excavation; asphalt & concrete removals and replacement; pavement markings; landscape restoration and associated work. The project includes a Base Bid and two Add Alternates.

PROJECT FINANCING – The project is funded by Missoula County. SITE OF WORK: The site of the work is the Missoula County Fairgrounds located at 1101 South Avenue West in Missoula, MT. COMPLETION OF WORK: All work must be substantially completed within 30 calendar days after the commencement date stated in the notice to proceed. OPENING OF BIDS: Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m. on August 30, 2012, by Missoula County at the office of Barbara Berens, Missoula County Auditor, 199 W Pine St, Room 136, Missoula, MT. OBTAINING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: The contract documents consisting of Drawings and a Project Manual may be examined or obtained at WGM Group, Inc., 1111 E. Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802, (406) 728-4611.

Copies of half-size sets of Drawings and Project Manual may be obtained upon paying a non-refundable fee of $50.00 each. Full-size drawings are not available for bidding. An additional charge of $10.00 will be applied for shipping and handling, if required.

Plans will also be available at plans exchanges. Contact Jon Gass at WGM Group with questions. BID SECURITY: Each bid shall be accompanied by bid security made payable to Missoula County in an amount of ten percent (10%) of the bidder’s maximum bid price and in the form of cash, a cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of Montana; or a bid bond (on form attached if a form is prescribed) issued by a surety authorized to do business in Montana meeting the requirements of Paragraph 5.01 of the General Conditions. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. The bid bond shall act as a guarantee that the bidder, if his bid is accepted, will promptly execute the contract, secure pay-ment of worker’s compensation insurance, and furnish a satis-factory faithful performance bond in the amount of 100 percent (100%) of the contract price and a payment bond in the amount of 100 percent (100%) of the contract price. CONTRACTOR’S REGISTRATION: Montana law requires all contractors to register with the Department of Labor prior to execution of the contract agreement. Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect Ave., Helena, Montana 59604-8011.

Information on registration can be obtained by calling 406-444-7734. All laborers and mechanics employed by the contractor or subcontractors in per-

formance of the construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. BIDS TO REMAIN OPEN: The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 calendar days from the date of bid opening. Proposals must be sealed and marked “Missoula County Fairgrounds – 2012 Pavement Improvements, Bid Opening August 30, 2012”, and marked “Sealed Bid” with the contractor’s name and address, and be addressed to: For Hand Delivery: For Delivery by Mail: Barbara Berens, Missoula County Auditor Barbara Berens, Missoula County Auditor 199 W. Pine St, Room 136 200 W. Broadway Missoula, MT 59802 Missoula, MT 59802 Facsimile bids or late bids will not be accepted. WAGE RATES: The Contractor shall not pay less than the latest Montana Prevailing Wage Rates. A copy of the applicable wage rates are attached as part of the specifications in Section 00910. PRE-BID CONFERENCE: Prospective bidders are encouraged to attend a pre-bid conference, which will be conducted jointly by the Owner and Engineer at the Missoula County Fairgrounds Office,1101 South Avenue West in Missoula, MT at 10:00 a.m. on August 15, 2012. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION: All questions relative to this project prior to the opening of bids shall be directed to the Engineer. No specification interpretation will be made by telephone, nor will any “or equal” products be considered for approval prior to award of contract. The Engineer for this project is: WGM Group, Inc., 1111 East Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802; with questions addressed through email to Jon Gass at JGass@wgmgroup.com. OWNER’S RIGHTS RESERVED: The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in a bid, or to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid and bidder, and to make awards in the interest of the Owner. AWARD CONTINGENT: Without limiting the foregoing, it is expressly stated that final award of the Contract is contingent upon securing appropriate financing.

MISSOULA COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALE NORTHWEST REPOSSESSION, NORTHWEST REPOSSESSIONS, INC., Claimant Against HAZEL M. SHOOTSFIRST, Registered Owner To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks. On the 23rd day of August A.D., 2012, at Ten (10:00) o’clock A.M., at 11835 Lewis & Clark Drive, Lolo, County of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain personal property situate in said Missoula County, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan SE, Van, VIN/1D4GP24R87B170428. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. No warranty is made as to the condition or title of the vehicle.

Dated this 9th day of August A.D., 2012. .s. CARL C. IBSEN Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By /s/ Patrick A. Turner, Deputy 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 abovenamed Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to 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

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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 Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-12-127 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANCES M. DRISCOLL, 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 MAUREEN LESLIE NICHOLS, 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 26th day of July, 2012 /s/ Maureen Leslie Nichols, 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 Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-12-130 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JENNIFER GOODRICH, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives 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 ANDREW M. GOODRICH and MALCOLM H. GOODRICH, the Co-Personal Representatives, 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 30th day of July, 2012 /s/ Andrew M. Goodrich, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Malcolm H. Goodrich, CoPersonal 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-12-683 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 By: /s/ Maria Cassidy

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. 4 Probate No. DP-12-12 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM L. FREEZE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be either mailed to Jack E. Freeze, the personal representative, return receipt requested, c/o Attorney John W. Hart, Rossbach Hart, P.C., PO Box 8988, Missoula, MT 59807, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 1st day of August, 2012. /s/ Jack E. Freeze, Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-12-814 Dept No 4 Karen S. Townsend. Notice of Hearing on Name Change in the Matter of the Name Change of Andrea Alberty, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Andrea Alberty to Andrea Roslie. The hearing will be on 9/4/12 at 2:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. DATE: July 24, 2012. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Andrew Jenks, Deputy Clerk

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-12-113 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RAMONA JEAN MIEWALD, ALSO KNOWN AS MONA MIEWALDD, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed the 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 DAVID ALAN MIEWALD, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Douglas Harris, Attorney at Law, PO Box 7937, Missoula, Montana 59807-7937 or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 29th day of June, 2012. /s/ David Alan Miewald, Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-12-891 Dept. No. 4 Karen Townsend Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Mary-Ellen Correia-Murphy. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Mary-Ellen CorreiaMurphy to Mary-Ellen Correia. The hearing will be on September 11, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.

The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 8/3/12. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Susie Wall, Deputy Clerk of Court

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER MONTANA TRUST INDENTURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on the 30th day of November, 2012, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., on the front steps to the County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, DON C. ST. PETER, Successor Trustee, in order to satisfy the obligation set out below, has elected to sell and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, payable at the time of sale to said Successor Trustee without warranty or covenant, expressed or implied as to title, possession or encumbrances, the interest of the

Successor Trustee, Don C. St. Peter, of the Grantor, George Frisby and Kathy Frisby, and to the following described real property, situated in Missoula County, Montana, to wit: Tract 7 of Certificate of Survey No. 1853, located in the Southeast one- quarter of Section 33, Township 15 North, Range 14 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana Said sale will be made in accordance with the statutes of the State of Montana, and the terms and provisions of a certain Trust Indenture dated the 12th day of March, 2010, and recorded the 17th day of March, 2010, in the records of Missoula County, Montana, in Book 856, at Page 1243, wherein George Frisby and Kathy Frisby are the original Grantors, Insured Titles, LLC is the original Trustee, Scott L. Tuxbury and Karen F. Tuxbury are the original Beneficiaries. The interest of Karen F. Tuxbury as Beneficiary was assigned to Scott Tuxbury on June 8, 2012, notice of which was recorded June 12, 2012, in Book 895, at Page 446. Don C. St. Peter has been named Successor Trustee by virtue of Appointment of Successor Trustee dated June 21, 2012, recorded July 25, 2012, in Book 897, at Page 645. The Grantors, George Frisby and Kathy Frisby, and his successors in interest, have: 1) defaulted in the terms of said Trust Indenture in that they have failed to provide, maintain and deliver to Scott L. Tuxbury insurance on said property; 2) defaulted in that they have failed to pay in full immediately and without demand the amount owing to Scott L. Tuxbury, on the obligation secured by said Montana Trust Indenture, after the transfer of said property to Mignon Diskin; 3) defaulted in that they have failed to keep said property in good condition and repair. That the principal sum now owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Indenture is the sum of Fifty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Sixteen and 84/100 Dollars ($53,816.84), together with interest at the rate of 12% per annum from and after the 19th day of January, 2012, until the date of sale, interest and late charges continued to accrued.

That on the date of sale there will be due and owing the sum of Fifty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Sixteen and 84/100 Dollars ($53,816.84) in principal; Five Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-One and 5/100 Dollars ($5,591.05) in interest; Four Hundred Eighty Seven and 89/100 Dollars ($487.89) in Property Insurance, equalling the total sum of Fifty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred NinetyFive and 78/100 Dollars ($59,895.78), together with costs and expenses of foreclosure.

The Beneficiary has elected to sell the property to satisfy the obligation and directed the Trustee to commence such sale proceedings.

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 date of the following 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 (included costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due has no default occurred and thereby cure the default therefore existing. DATED this 25th day of July, 2012. /s/ Don C. St. Peter Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA) : ss.

County of Missoula) This instrument was acknowledged before me this 25th day of July, 2012, by Don C. St. Peter, Successor Trustee. /s/ Karla M. Lyons (SEAL) Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Missoula, Montana My commission expires: 11/18/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 02/14/01, recorded as Instrument No. 200103390, BK 641, Pg 303, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Jason P. Decunzo was Grantor, Long Beach Mortgage Company was Beneficiary and Chicago Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Chicago Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 10 in Block 2 of Elms Addition No. 3 in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201204489 B: 890, P: 1166, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company formerly known as Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2001-2. 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

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(“Loan”) is now due for the 10/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 8, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $123,579.81. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $109,941.69, 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 22, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7037.91904) 1002.220570-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/03/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200721525, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Mark R. Ziegler was Grantor, U.S. Bank National Association was Beneficiary and U.S. Bank Trust Company, N.A. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded U.S. Bank Trust Company, N.A. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lots 1, 2, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 in Block 10 of Central Addition, lying South of highway, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Plat of record in Book 1 of Plats at Page 29. Recording Reference: Book 686 of Micro Records at Page 624. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201202631, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to NW Evergreen Opportunities I, 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 04/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 20, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $1,874,901.12. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $1,705,126.02, 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 26, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a

cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 8195.20009) 1002.220844-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/24/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200809483 B: 817 P: 1258, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Jeffrey Ellis, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee.

First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Unit 214 of The Uptown Flats, a residential condominium situated on the following described property: Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and the West 1/2 of Lot 1 and Lots 16, 17, 18, 19 and the West 1/2 of Lot 20, and vacated alley, Block 97 of Urlin’s Addition, according to the official plat thereof in Book 1 of the Plats at Page 15, as filed in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, Missoula County, Montana. Recording reference is in Book 138 at Page 685 Micro Records. Lots 8, 9 and 10 of Block 97 of Urlin’s Addition to the City of Missoula according to the plat or map on file and of record in Book 1 of Plats at Page 15 in the office of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder, Missoula, Montana. Together with a 1/42 interest in the general common elements and an exclusive right to use the limited common elements appurtenant to each unit as said general common elements and limited common elements are defined in the Declaration of Condominium.

And subject to the Declaration of Condominium recorded April 12, 2007 in Book 795 at Page 297 Micro Records, the Bylaws of The Uptown Flats Condominium Association recorded April 12, 2007 in Book 795 at Page 299 Micro Records and Exhibit “A” recorded April 12, 2007 as CONDO139. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 01/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 18, 2012, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $179,663.48. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $171,314.18, 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 30, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.100590) 1002.221435-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 17, 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 A110 OF WINDSOR PARK PHASE V, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA

COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF JAMES T HUNTLEY & DONNA L. HUNTLEY, 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 OCTOBER 24, 2008 AND RECORDED ON OCTOBER 29, 2008 IN BOOK 828, PAGE 916, UNDER DOCUMENT NO 200824530. The beneficial interest is currently held by MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, N.A.. 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 $1,319.83, beginning July 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of May 11, 2012 is $199,854.04 principal, interest at the rate of 5.0000% now totaling $9,433.80, escrow advances of $1,539.14 and other fees and expenses advanced of $280.34, plus accruing interest at the rate of $27.38 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 14, 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 14th 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 Metlife v Huntley 41305.234 Published 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 17, 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 89 of Drew Creek Addition, Phase VII to the Double Arrow Ranch, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Thadeus D Williams and Kelly A Williams, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to PHH Mortgage Services, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on June 9, 2004 and recorded on June 14, 2004, Book 734, Page 500 as Document No.

200416531. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH Mortgage Corporation aka PHH Mortgage Services. 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 $1,301.39, beginning September 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 27, 2012 is $196,424.61 principal, interest at the rate of 5.875% now totaling $7,553.64, late charges in the amount of $130.12, escrow advances of $2,334.95, and other fees and expenses advanced of $339.67, plus accruing interest at the rate of $31.62 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 8, 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 8th 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 PHH V Williams 41392.855 Published 8/2, 8/9 and 8/16/2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 24, 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 6 OF LAKEWOOD ESTATES PHASE I, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Michelle M Bissonnette and Carl C Johnsen, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson of Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby and Kloster, PC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 2, 2005 and recorded June 10, 2005 in Book 754, Page 458 under Document Number 200514153 and re-recorded November 8, 2006 in Book 786, Page 1057. 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

PUBLIC NOTICES Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,743.65, beginning December 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 29, 2012 is $230,905.28 principal, interest at the rate of 3.0% now totaling $2840.44, escrow advances of $-464.00, and other fees and expenses advanced of $404.56, plus accruing interest at the rate of $18.98 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. Bissonnette 41926.379 Published 8/2, 8/9 and 8/16/2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 24, 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 38 OF 44 RANCH, PHASES 1 AND 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THREREOF Geoff C. Ramsay, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of trust dated on March 05, 2008 and recorded on March 07, 2008 in BK814, Pg-496, under document No. 200804931. The beneficial interest is currently held by M&T Bank. 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 $1,469.57, beginning September 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of April 23, 2012 is $344,093.37 principal, interest at the rate of 5.125000% now totaling $12,819.48, late charges in the amount of $220.44, escrow advances of $3,103.53, and

other fees and expenses advanced of $532.06, plus accruing interest at the rate of $48.31 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 M & T Bank v Ramsay 41902.150 Published 8/2, 8/9 and 8/16/2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 24, 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: TRACT 2 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 3755, A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 18 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Travis Pennock and Natasha Pennock, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on January 21, 2005 and recorded on January 25, 2005 in Book 747 and Page 74 as Document No. 200502026. The beneficial interest is currently held by PNMAC Mortgage Opportunity Fund Investors, LLC. 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 $347.83, beginning March 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of April 26, 2012 is $151,780.20 principal, interest at the rate of 2.75%, late charges in the amount of $213.42, escrow advances of $2,081.13, suspense balance of $-577.52 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,328.18, plus accruing interest at the rate of $11.44 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, un-

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s less 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 17, 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 17th 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 Pennymac v Pennock 41961.022 Published 8/2, 8/9 and 8/16/2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 28, 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 2A of Huson Lots, Lots 2A and 3A, a Recorded Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Plat of Record in Book 30 of Plats at Page 17 DALE HESS AND SHERRY HESS, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated October 2, 2007 and Recorded October 12, 2007 in Book 807, Page 406 under Document No. 200727046. The beneficial interest is currently held by PNC Bank, National Association successor by merger to National City

CLARK FORK STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 48 and 122. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers.

These units may be viewed starting August 20, 2012 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to August 23, 2012, 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale.

All Sales final.

"What's That Sound?"–you tell me.

by Matt Jones

Mortgage a Division of National City Bank.

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 $672.01, 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 May 30, 2012 is $189,016.67 principal, interest at the rate of 2.0% now totaling $2,505.57, late charges in the amount of $ 168.00, escrow advances of $1,555.69, and other fees and expenses advanced of $70.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $10.36 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, in-

cluding 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 s ale 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.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following items on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana. 1.An Ordinance to Amend Title 20 City Zoning: Proposed 2012 Maintenance Amendments. This is a consideration of proposed annual maintenance amendments to the City of Missoula Title 20 Zoning Ordinance. The proposed amendments were drafted after consideration of comments from interested parties and city agencies. Fifteen proposed amendments are intended to correct and clarify various sections throughout the ordinance. The amendments can be viewed at the Office of Planning and Grants, City Hall, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana, (406) 258-4657 or at www.co.missoula.mt.us/opgweb “News and Updates.” The Missoula City Council will conduct a public hearing on this item on a date yet to be determined. 2.Subdivision Request – Triple C Guest Ranch A request from Triple C Ranch, LLC, represented by Territorial-Landworks, Inc., to subdivide a 212.60 acre parcel into 19 lots.

The property is located west of Highway 83, and accessed by Pine Ridge Road and Underwood Road, south of Condon. See Map O. The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Item #2 at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 12, 2012. The hearing will be held in Room B14 of the County Admin Building, located at 199 W. Pine Street in Missoula. The request and exact legal description is available for public inspection at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, City Hall, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana, (406) 258-4657. Your attendance at the public hearing and comments are welcomed and encouraged.

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.

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1 Princess's problem 4 "SNL" alum Horatio 8 Exploded 14 Patent holder, often: abbr.

15 Song from Sarah McLachlan's "Surfacing" 16 Holmes's former partner 17 Gun gp.

18 HINT FOR SOUNDALIKE #1 20 TV android with a pet cat 22 Former Heat star, familiarly 23 1966 Michael Caine role 24 Visibly shocked 26 Tony-winning one-man play of 1989 27 CCLI doubled 28 Go back to the book 30 "Can ___ least sit down?"

32 Gps. like CARE and Amnesty International, to the UN 35 HINT FOR SOUNDALIKE #2 38 Where, in Latin 41 End of most university web sites 42 Victory run, maybe 43 Pull a waterskier 44 HINT FOR SOUNDALIKE #3 48 Lemony Snicket villain 49 Reno and Holder, for short 50 Unlike wax fruit 54 Gunky stuff 56 "This ___ test..."

58 ___ Wrap 59 Bronze medalist's place 61 Amt. on a food package 63 Guy with a "Jaywalking" segment 64 HINT FOR SOUNDALIKE #4 67 Soccer's Freddy 68 Spanish chant 69 Sitcom that featured Andy Kaufman 70 Go droopy 71 Steal cattle 72 Doctors who check out head colds, for short 73 With 1-across, phonetic representation of the four soundalikes

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1 Odist with a type of ode named for him 2 Make royally angry 3 James Cameron movie that outgrossed his own "Titanic" 4 Gullible guy 5 Fusses 6 Not, in German 7 CNN host Fareed 8 1/100th div.

9 "Whether good ___..."

10 Doing some knitting, maybe 11 Many a Three Stooges melee 12 Morales of "La Bamba" 13 2000s Bengals running back Dorsey 19 With even distribution 21 On the ocean 25 Group of experts 29 "___ ever wonder..."

31 Swap cards 33 Ear-related prefix 34 U-turn from NNE 36 Urban crime 37 Tablets that don't dissolve in water 38 Common tabloid subject 39 ___ Harbour, Fla. 40 Dreams up 45 "Can't quite recall..."

46 Washington, e.g.

47 Outdated verb used with phones 51 Chicken piece 52 Martin who played Bela Lugosi in "Ed Wood" 53 "I give!"

55 Former "Access Hollywood" host Nancy 57 Phrase for the slightly miffed and disappointed 59 "The Avengers" character 60 One way to watch old shows 62 Send a quick message 65 Riddle-me-___ (old kids' rhyme) 66 Member of the fam

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PUBLIC NOTICES ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 24, 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 24th 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/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, ID Commission expires: 1/19/2018 Pnc V Hess 41230.510 Published 8/2, 8/9 and 8/16/2012 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 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 59823-9503. 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 PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-03. 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-QUARTER 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 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 Number 1344 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE WEST 15 FEET OF LOT 8 AND ALL OF LOTS 9 AND 10 IN BLOCK 20 OF CAR LINE ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MISSOULA, IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. PARCEL NO. 0037158. Property Address: 2401 WEST KENT AVENUE, MISSOULA, MT 59801. The beneficial interest under said

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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 2004-1, 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 se-

cured 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 of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 11/09/2012 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 RUSSELL C SMITH, AND TRACI SMITH, AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to CHARLES J PETERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 06/05/2009 and recorded 06/15/2009, in document No. 200914280 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 841 at Page Number 720 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, TO-WIT: LOT 52 OF SOUTHPOINTE-PHASE III, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT. THEREOF. ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO: 3471301 Property Address: 3615 BRANDON WAY, MISSOULA, MT 59803-2965. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. 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 04/01/2012, 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 $236,299.95 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.00% per annum from 04/01/2012 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: 06/28/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson,

TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0057405 FEI NO. 1006.162753 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 11/13/2012 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 THOMAS SKOOG, A SINGLE PERSON 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 04/08/2010 and recorded 04/08/2010, in document No. 201006639 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 857 at Page Number 1324 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 3A OF PEERY ADDITION, LOT 3, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 2413 39TH ST, Missoula, MT 59803-1122. 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 11/01/2010, 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 $162,056.97 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 5.25% per annum from 11/01/2010 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture.

The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charges against the proceeds to this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation Dated: 07/02/2012, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-9840407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 110011175 FEI NO. 1006.128934 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 11/19/2012 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 JIMMIE D. CARTER AND ROSENDA P. CARTER, AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY as Trustee, to secure an obliga-

tion owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 10/21/2009 and recorded 10/27/2009, in document No. 200925754 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 849 at Page Number 1002 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: IN MISSOULA COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA, TO-WIT: LOT 20 IN BLOCK 2 OF REMICK’S SWAN RIVER TRACTS NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO: 1886100. Property Address: 1536 REMICKS ROAD, Condon, MT 59826. 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 04/01/2012 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 $344,010.75 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 4.875% per annum from 04/01/2012 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: 07/09/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0061900 FEI NO. 1006.163239 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 11/19/2012 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 HEATHER HALTER AND CASEY HALTER, 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 06/30/2008 and recorded 07/07/2008, in document No. 200815839 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 822 at Page Number 619 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 72 OF HILLVIEW HEIGHTS NO. 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 2320 WEST CRESCENT DRIVE, MISSOULA, MT 59803. 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

PUBLIC NOTICES 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 $195,346.62 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 7.00% 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: 07/09/2012, RECON-

TRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-9840407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 120062139 FEI NO. 1006.163240 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 11/19/2012 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 LINDA L MORRIS, AND JOANNE T MORRIS as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to *MISSOULA* CHARLES J PETERSON as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTARTION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 12/19/2009 and recorded 02/22/2010, in document No. 201003438 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 855 at Page Number 921 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND

SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA, STATE OF MONTANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 15, LESS THE NORTH 6 FEET, OF JOYCE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 6 OF MICRO AT PAGE 957. THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON KNOWN AS 7 JOYCE DRIVE, MISSOULA, MT 59801. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY WHICH, BY DEED DATED JANUARY 23, 2008, AND RECORDED IN THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OF THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA, MONTANA, IN BOOK 812, PAGE 403, WAS GRANTED AND CONVEYED BY SARA M. HUENTELMAN AND JEREMY G. STUBBS UNTO LINDA L. MORRIS AND JOANNE T. MORRIS. Property Address: 7 JOYCE DR, Missoula, MT 59801-8411.

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 $189,946.52 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 4.50% 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: 07/09/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 12-0062318 FEI NO. 1006.163242 NOTICE THAT A TAX DEED MAY BE ISSUED To: Bill L. Staggs, 2022 Burlington Ave, Missoula, MT 59801 Bill L. Staggs, 2016 Burlington, Missoula, MT 59801 Bill

L. Staggs, 420 SW Higgins Ave, Missoula, MT 59801 Collection Bureau Services, Michael J. Moore/Alison Clarke, DV-01-393, DV-01-394, DV-05-157, 212 East Spruce St., Missoula, MT 59802 Office of the Attorney General, Justice Bldg., 3rd Floor, PO Box 201401, Helena, MT 59620-1401 Bruce M. Spencer & Craig D. Charlton, Smith Law Firm, Attorneys for Worldwide Asset Purchasing, 26 West Sixth Ave., Box 1691, Helena, MT 59624 James R. Frohich, Agent CBM Collections, 11430 Casman Court, Missoula, MT 59802 Dustin Chouinard, Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, PC, Attorney for Judy Pluid, 201 West Main St., Missoula, MT 59802 Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 City of Missoula, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802 Montana Dept. of Revenue, PO Box 5805, Helena, MT 59604-5805 Collection Bureau Services, Jeffrey Koch, Registered Agent, DV-01-393, DV-01-394, DV-05-157, 212 East Spruce St., Missoula, MT 59802 Ross W. Cannon, Attorney for General Motors Acceptance Corp., 111 N. Last Chance Gulch, Suite D, Helena, MT 59604 David J. Steele, II, Geiszler & Froines, PC, Attorney for Richelin Stewart, Terrace West, Suite K, 619 Southwest HIggins, Missoula, MT 59803 CBM Collections, Inc., 416 Ryman St., Missoula, MT 59802 U.S. Treasury Internal Revenue Service, Rocky Mountain Division, MS5021 DEN, 1999 Broadway, Denver, CO 80202-2490 Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest.

The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: CARLINE ADD No. 2, E2 of LOT 22 & all of 23 in BLK C OF CARLINE

ADDITION #2. 2. The property taxes became delinquent December 2, 2008. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 8, 2009. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 8, 2009, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to James P. Fleischhauer, whose address is 30694 Hi Francis Rd., Arlee, MT 59821, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs is: Tax $3,243.67 Penalty $64.82 Interest $656.65 Costs $259.24 Total $4224.38. 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to James P. Fleischhauer, 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. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose

addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested parties rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 1st day of August, 2012. /s/ James P. Fleischhauer PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Intent to Transfer Air Quality Permit pursuant to the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program. Farwest Rock Products has filed on or about August 6, 2012 an intent to transfer an air quality permit with the Environmental Health Division of the Missoula City-County Health Department. The applicant seeks approval for operation of Gravel Production at 13272 Frenchtown Frontage Road, Section 6 & 7 Township 14N R20W. The transferred permit is valid only for the calendar year in which transfer is granted. Any member of the public who wishes to review the application, obtain a copy of the permit that is transferred, or who wishes to submit comments, should contact the Health Department at 301 West Alder, Missoula, MT 59802-4123 or phone 258-4755 prior to August 24, 2012

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

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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

[C10] Missoula Independent • August 9 – August 16, 2012

2640 Tanbark. 5 bed, 4 bath, basement, 2 decks, 2 car garage. Near Ranch Club Golf Course. Views! $375,000. Ann Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5 4 6 - 5 8 1 6 . annierealtor@gmail.com 3 Bdr, 1.5 Bath Rose Park/Slant Streets home with a great yard. $234,900. Prudential Montana.

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www.mindypalmer.com 345 Brooks. 4 bed, 1.5 bath with basement and large 3 car garage near UM. $259,000.

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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 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

REAL ESTATE 5 Bdr, 4 Bath University District Home. $549,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 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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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. Golf everyday! 2640B Tanbark Way MLS #20120690 $375,000. Call Anne for details.

5 4 6 - 5 8 1 6 www.movemontana.com Four bed, 1-1/2 bath, 3 car garage home at 345 Brooks.

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436 S 3rd W. $395,000 2405227 porticorealestate.com Huge Lot Bungalow Style Home Middle of Missoula, 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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544-7507. www.rochelleglasgow.com 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

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 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.

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

Main floor, great southern exposure. $120,000. Anne Jablonski,

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

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

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The Uptown Flats have two one bed one bath units starting at $139,900. Great downtown living! Call Anne 546-5816 for s h o w i n g . www.movemontana.com

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 7 2 8 - 8 2 7 0 . glasgow@montana.com

Treehouse Feel in this fairly new condo with single garage.

Great location close to school, bike trail, Good Food Store and town.

935B Garfield. $117,500. 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

MANUFACTURED HOMES

ment parcel in central Missula. $499,900. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana 544-6114. jbooher@montana.com

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

23645 Mullan Road. Beautiful 14 acre meadow with pasture & trees near Huson. $169,900.

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

LAND 207 Catlin. 1.54 acre develop-

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

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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

715 & 717 Clements $120,000 • Great investment opportunity • 3 bed, 2 bath trailer & 1 bed, 1 bath house on 1/2 acre in Target Range

Slant Street Condo 525A Cleveland. Upgraded and beautiful 2 bedroom condo in the Slant Streets: $164,900 porticorealestate.com 240-5227

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES

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

Rochelle Glasgow

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

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Missoula Properties

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

833 Defoe $125,000 1 bed, 1 bath, fenced yard

Please call me with any questions Astrid Oliver Senior Loan Originator Guild Mortgage Company 1001 S. Higgins Ave 2A Missoula, MT 59801

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REAL ESTATE 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 5 4 4 - 6 1 1 4 . 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. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana.

5 4 4 - 6 1 1 4 . 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.

Montana Preferred Properties NHN Twin Creek Road/Bonner.

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 321 N. Higgins Commercial building on coveted downtown 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 @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net.

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.

240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 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 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 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 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 Beautiful Potomac 25500 Ashby Creek. 20+/- acres. Want beauty, privacy and off-the-grid living with creek, main house

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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. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana 5 4 4 - 6 1 1 4 . jbooher@montana.com

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$189,500 • Private 3 bed, 2 bath in Canyon Creek Village • Double garage, underground sprinklers, patio in fenced backyard • A wonderful first home

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