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News Voices/Letters Oil, gas and coal.........................................................................................4 The Week in Review Something that is definitely not meth ............................................6 Briefs Buses, candy and raw milk ......................................................................................6 Etc. The school board election just got interesting ...........................................................7 News UM’s new director of Disability Services knows the ropes ......................................8 News Public defender backlog reaches the breaking point...............................................9 Opinion Who you calling an eco-terrorist?......................................................................10 Feature Time to eat the doughnuts .................................................................................14

Arts & Entertainment Arts Jen Erickson’s drawings build on memory loss........................................................18 Music White Mystery, Czar and Lotus ..............................................................................19 Music Missoula’s Walking Corpse Syndrome stays alive..................................................20 Film Jurassic Park 3D demonstrates magic of models ....................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .........................................................23 Flash in the Pan Roadkill grill .........................................................................................24 Happiest Hour Plonk Missoula .......................................................................................26 8 Days a Week Always glazed ..........................................................................................27 Mountain High Ultimate Frisbee Spring League.............................................................33 Agenda The Helmet Project .............................................................................................34

Exclusives Street Talk..........................................................................................................................4 In Other News .................................................................................................................12 Classifieds ......................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess......................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y .......................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle..........................................................................................................C-5 This Modern World .....................................................................................................C-12

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Higher standards

STREET TALK Asked Tuesday, April 2, on North Higgins and Spruce in downtown Missoula.

by Cathrine L. Walters

This week’s cover story is all about doughnuts. What is your favorite kind of doughnut?

Follow-up: What is your go-to mid-day treat?

Chris Carlson: A glazed old-fashioned.

Cookie monster: Definitely the moose bar from the Break on campus. You know, with peanut butter and chocolate chips on a cookie? It’s probably the worst thing I eat.

John Thomas: The raspberry stuffed ones. They’re sinful. I love them. Go bananas: Fruit or just whatever is in the pantry.

Tom Bassett: I would have to go with the chocolate eclair. Mr. Salty: Pretzels. The little ones that come out of the bags from Costco. We have them for free at work.

Anyone concerned with increased train traffic, expanded West Coast ports or the industrialization of eastern Montana should cross their fingers and hope that the Department of Environmental Quality decides not to permit the mining of Otter Creek coal.

The Otter Creek mine is the largest proposed coal mine in the lower 48 states.

Though the coal is located in southeastern Montana, it is destined for Asian countries where cleaner energy sources are not yet in high demand. For transportation purposes, the mine’s approval would strongly influence the construction of the Tongue River Railroad and the expansion of various ports along the Pacific coast. Though presented to the public as three separate projects, the development of the Otter Creek mine, the construction of the Tongue River Railroad and the expansion of West Coast ports are interconnected undertakings.

These three destructive projects are actually segments of a larger strategy for out-ofstate coal companies to make money by convincing Montana agencies to allow our state to become a coal colony for China.

If Otter Creek Valley is overrun by Arch Coal, Montanans will suffer the endless effects of air pollution, aquifer depletion, property value loss and misdirected tax dollars. Eastern Montana’s most prosperous agricultural region should not be sacrificed for temporary corporate gain. The hazardous implications associated with private and public agencies’ elaborate plan to mine and transport Otter Creek coal are not worth the risks. I hope state agencies set higher standards for the uses of Montana’s natural resources.

Mary Ellen Wolfe Bozeman

Reconsider SB 295

Ashley Woodworth: Glazed. Just glazed. Dairy fare: Cheese. Any kind, but usually raw goat cheese.

Daniel Cully-Foster: Apple fritters. No chocolate?: Peanut butter. I eat it straight off of the spoon.

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It’s disappointing that the legislature tabled Senate Bill 295, the bill to repeal the oil and gas tax holiday. Had it passed, the bill would have provided millions in new revenue to communities in eastern Montana that are facing major infrastructure expenses due to the oil boom.

Now, instead of generating new funds to address the impacts, the legislature is moving forward proposals that raid the general fund. All of the remaining bills that are still moving forward take this approach.

Why are we giving the oil and gas industry a break while simultaneously taking general fund money that could go to essential services such as education and health care?

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The industry is creating the impacts, and oil prices are at their highest in decades. There is no doubt that oil companies are making good money. North Dakota and Wyoming both have higher tax rates than we do.

“Eastern Montana’s most prosperous agricultural region should not be sacrificed for temporary corporate gain.”

It simply is not fair for Montana taxpayers to pay for industry-generated impacts because the oil and gas companies don’t want to pay their fair share.

I think the legislature needs to really think through the implications of raiding the general fund. Who will benefit? Will it be the taxpayers or the industry? Maybe we should reconsider SB 295.

Lana Sangmeister Nye

Fix SB 375 We agree that elections should be about candidates, ideas and voters. And we agree that the amount and sources of money funding elections should be visible to all, not hidden or “dark” without disclosure or identification. Many 2012 Montana elections were rife with that dark money use and many regard those elections as unfair.

There is one legislative effort that has a chance to fix dark money but, unfortunately, it is also causing significant collateral damage to good parts of Montana’s existing campaign laws. We write today to publicly ask Gov. Steve Bullock and Sen. Jim Peterson to fix Senate Bill 375, the so-called “TRACE Act,” as it now moves from the Senate to the House for consideration.

SB 375 addresses the serious problem of dark money. We agree with that portion of the bill. SB 375 also has provisions that increase current funding limits on contributions to candidate campaigns (thereby

overriding previous voter-passed initiatives).

We oppose these parts of SB 375 because they would lead to less disclosure and even more big money in our elections from special interests and the wealthy. Those provisions buck 100 years of voter intent on campaign finance and are inconsistent with the recently approved Initiative 166.

First, SB 375 would wrongly repeal Montana’s aggregate PAC limit law. The current aggregate PAC limit is set at $2,150 for the Senate and $1,300 for the House. Prior to its passage in 1983, some candidates would receive as much as two-thirds of their campaign funds from PACs. For 30 years, PACs have had a very limited role in Montana legislative races. Repealing the aggregate PAC limit would remove this protection and mean more special interest and wealthy contributor involvement in Montana elections.

The PAC limit law has also limited the role of special interest lobbyists because they can no longer influence candidates through unlimited PAC contributions.

Second, SB 375 wrongly increases current contribution limits. The increases are dramatic in size. For example, the amount a political party can give to a House legislative candidate would increase from $650 under the current law to $5,000. These changes undermine the will of Montanans since current limits were set by Initiative 118, passed by voters in 1994. And despite legal challenge by dark money groups these limits have been upheld.

Most Montanans are not wealthy people, so increasing the amount of money individuals can give only benefits the wealthy, including those from out of state. We saw this illustrated recently with the report that two billionaire Texans and their wives were the top donors giving over $50,000 in 2012 to Montana legislative candidates. Unless fixed, SB 375 would give these Texans the possibility of tripling their current contributions in some cases, and to easily contribute well over $100,000 in upcoming elections. But that’s just if they give as individuals. Unless the PAC provision is removed, SB 375 would allow them to create multiple PACs through which they can funnel unlimited money to avoid contribution limits altogether.

In the recent debate on the Senate floor, Sen. Peterson said he would work to make corrections to his bill as it moved through the House. We hope both the senator and the governor will amend SB 375 and keep in place Montana’s current contribution limits and disclosure thresholds.

C.B. Pearson Common Cause Montana Missoula

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, March 27 The Missoula City Council begins efforts to implement a “Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness.” The plan calls for more efficient use of resources that are already being devoted to the homeless population.

Thursday, March 28 The Hamilton school board votes unanimously to cut nearly $370,000 from the district’s budget, eliminating nine staff positions. The board also votes to use $49,000 from the district’s Impact Aid Fund to buy 27 security doors and 20 cameras to improve school safety.

Friday, March 29 A man robs Walgreens on Brooks Street at gunpoint, demanding Oxycontin, and then flees in a Lexus. Law enforcement pursues the suspect, stopping the vehicle with spike strips outside of Arlee. Michael Scott Burke, 31, is taken into custody.

Saturday, March 30 An estimated 2,000 kids turn out for the 13th annual Easter Eggstravaganza on The Oval at the University of Montana. The Sweets Barn in Lolo donates 30,000 pieces of candy for the event.

Sunday, March 31 A sheriff’s deputy finds a young couple mixing sea salt and super glue in a parked car behind Missoula’s Super Walmart. The pair admits to selling the substance to people looking for meth. Tiffany Johnson, 18, and Joseph Nelson, 21, face felony drug charges.

Monday, April 1 Hellgate High School student Chance Geery, 18, of Milltown, dies when hit by a vehicle on Mullan Road. Law enforcement says it appears Geery died of blunt force trauma to the head. An investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.

Tuesday, April 2 The Poverello Center receives a check for $12,500 from Pearl Jam’s Ten Club. The gift comes from sales of a recording of the band’s September 2012 concert at the Adams Center.

Kids swim and dive for plastic eggs in exchange for prizes during an underwater egg hunt at Currents Aquatic Center Friday afternoon.

Proceeds from the event benefit Share the Fun Youth Recreation Grant, a scholarship fund created to assist low income kids so they can take part in activities at the facility.

Transportation

Waiting for the bus On Tuesday morning at the Missoula bus depot, Tim Reid had just arrived from Washington, D.C., and was eager to get back to Polson. A woman working at the bus depot counter informed him, however, that bus service to Polson is no longer offered.

Reid could only shake his head and walk outside.

He sat on a bench next to his four overstuffed bags, not far from two Rimrock Stages coaches that sat idle. Reid didn’t know yet how he’d get to his destination. After so many hours on the road, he couldn’t even articulate his frustration. “I’m sorry, I’ve been on a bus for four days,” he said.

Reid is one of hundreds of travelers who have been stranded and rerouted as a result of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s March 22 shutdown of Montana’s only commercial passenger bus service, Rimrock Stages.

During an inspection of the Billings-based company’s fleet, FMCSA discovered 79 federal safety violations, including 33 that individually mandated the vehicles be placed out of service.

FMCSA found that Rimrock did not have controls in place to ensure that its buses were mechanically sound.

“These violations and conditions of operation substantially increase the likelihood of serious injury or death,” the administration stated in its March 22 order.

The inspection came on the heels of a federal crackdown sparked by two high-profile crashes last winter, one in San Bernardino, Calif., and another in eastern Oregon. The incidents, which killed a total of 17 people and injured dozens more, prompted FMCSA on Feb. 14 to announce that it would aggressively inspect what it called “high-risk motorcoach companies.”

Rimrock has had three accidents in the past year, with one accident causing two fatalities.

Rimrock’s shutdown is prompting other operators to fill the gap. Last weekend, Minnesota-based Jefferson Lines began running a once-daily trip between Missoula and Billings. Idaho operator Salt Lake Express, meanwhile, aims to launch two additional trips daily between Billings and Missoula. The north-south route between Missoula and the Flathead remains unserved.

Rimrock Stages, meanwhile, is committed to resuming service. Jean Forseth, whose family owns the company, says that though it has been a financial challenge,

Rimrock has made the required repairs and is waiting for clearance from FMCSA. “Without income coming in, it’s getting tougher,” she says.

Jessica Mayrer

Milk

The raw law Montana Rep. Champ Edmunds, R-Missoula, grew up drinking raw milk. His family operated a small dairy near Pinewood, S.C., and to this day Edmunds says he’s “a fan.” So when Bitterroot resident Chris Rosenau approached Edmunds with a bill legalizing the sale of raw milk in Montana, Edmunds gladly took up the issue.

“Raw sounds so bad,” says Edmunds, a 2014 candidate for the U.S. Senate. “Really it’s just fresh, natural milk.”

House Bill 574 passed the House with 96 votes March 26. The measure would create permits exempting small dairies—those with fewer than 15 lactating cows— from various government regulations, and enabling them to sell unpasteurized milk on premise to consumers. In the simplest terms, Edmunds says, “it allows somebody

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For opponents of the bill, however, the issue is far more complicated. Concerns voiced in testimony last month ranged from increased competition for larger milk producers to the potential for outbreaks of disease among humans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, raw milk is “at least 150 times” more likely to cause outbreaks than pasteurized milk.

Christian Mackay, executive director of the Montana Department of Livestock, said pasteurization requirements are the state’s primary safeguard against brucellosis spreading to humans.

“This bill would leave the backdoor open,” Mackay testified, “and make undulant fever a human health concern once again.”

Rosenau counters that her original draft of HB 574 actually included brucellosis and tuberculosis testing requirements for raw milk. The language was removed after the DOL’s testimony that the testing provision would cost the state nearly $300,000 a year.

“Thing is, now it’s too late in the process … to add those testing parameters back in,” Rosenau says. “It’s sort of like DOL cut their nose off to spite their face.”

HB 574 was instead amended to require small dairies to post warning labels, a move Edmunds believes will adequately address health risks. He adds the labels will also protect the state by transferring liability to the consumer.

The bill has yet to go before the Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Committee.

Alex Sakariassen

Mars has accumulated a vast fortune from his ownership share of Mars, Inc. Activists claim that linking his candy company to coal extraction will pressure him to reconsider his stake in the railroad.

“Forrest Mars, who helped make Mars, Inc. what it is today, is financing a key element of a fossil fuel project that will cement our world’s reliance on dirty coal energy,” says Nick Engelfried of Coal Export Action. “We want Mars to divest himself from the Tongue River Railroad, and if he divests it will pressure other financiers to either put up more money or drop the project altogether.”

Mars originally opposed development of the railroad because it would have cut across his vacation ranch in eastern Montana. However, he bought an ownership stake in the railroad and used his influence to redirect its route, which now avoids his ranch altogether.

“He did take a minority ownership position in the company that owns the Tongue River rail line development permits,” says Kelly McGrail, a spokesperson for Mars, Inc. and Forrest Mars Jr. “This gave him the oppor-

Coal

Sweet statement Candy lovers be advised: According to environmental advocates, some of your favorite brands—from M&M’s and Three Musketeers to Snickers and Twix—are behind the effort to ship coal from eastern Montana strip mines to power plants in Asia.

On Thursday, March 28, local activists with Coal Export Action, a group that opposes coal extraction, swept through the Albertson’s on East Broadway and affixed stickers to a variety of candy products sold by Mars, Inc. The stickers read: “Warning: This Candy Finances Dirty Coal Energy.” It was one of 12 such protests in eight different states around the country.

Mars, Inc., a leading candy manufacturer, drew the ire of anti-coal activists when its owner and namesake, Forrest Mars Jr., put his financial support behind the Tongue River Railroad. If built, the rail line would carry coal from the proposed Otter Creek strip mine in Montana’s Powder River Basin to ports in Oregon and Washington, cutting across public and private land on its way west. The coal would be sent to developing nations like China.

tunity to protect 700 square miles of the Tongue River Valley … without standing in the way of economic development that may benefit the citizens of Montana.”

Coal Export Action activists dispute the claim that Mars’ ownership stake in the railroad was meant to protect anything but his own property. They say they will continue to “rebrand” Mars, Inc. products until Mars divests from the project.

Jimmy Tobias

Open space

Central Park revival The conversation about what to do with a 160-acre chunk of public land in central Missoula has waxed and waned over the past decade. Grand plans have been floated to the public about establishing a “Central Park” that would encompass the Missoula County Fairgrounds, the YMCA, Spartan Park and Playfair, to name a few. Some

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Names of fallen Montana soldiers engraved on the Grateful Nation Memorial at the University of Montana. On March 27, Gov. Steve Bullock signed a bill declaring the site an official state memorial to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.

A week before the deadline to announce candidacy for the Missoula County Public School board elections, local real estate agent John Suprock bought an advertisement in the Missoulian offering a $10,000 campaign contribution to anyone who sought to unseat incumbent board members. Specifically, Suprock targeted Toni Rehbein, Scott Bixler, Joe Toth and Drake Lemm, all of whom voted in favor of Superintendent Alex Apostle’s 13 percent pay raise. The March 21 advertisement stated, “Let’s get some common sense back on the School Board.”

“My biggest issue is people getting elected to office and then not voting representative of the people who elected them,” Suprock recently told the Indy. “It’s time for a change.”

Suprock’s bounty succeeded in generating buzz. Local media picked up on it and Bixler, who is running for re-election, filed an official complaint with the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices, claiming Suprock’s ad lacked requisite “paid for by” disclosures and violated Montana’s nominations statute.

But Suprock’s wife, Laurie, the fine arts secretary with MCPS, says she supports her husband’s efforts. “People are pretty in favor of his feelings,” she says. “It’s not about money. It’s about change.”

(When asked if he was concerned about his wife’s employment status when planning the ad, Suprock replied, “I didn’t think that should be a problem. I guess that’s all I should say.”)

Whether spurred by Suprock’s gimmick or not, last week’s filing deadline did find a number of unlikely candidates calling for change— none more so than Michael Beers, a coordinator for Summit Living Center and stand-up comic. Beers, who was born with VACTERL association, a condition that can cause limb defects and cardiovascular anomalies, feels the MCPS board is sometimes onedimensional in terms of perspective.

“On paper, I should not have succeeded.

Whether because of disability, family income, being adopted—all these things are red flags,” says the 2001 Hellgate graduate. “But my teachers went above and beyond. It took a village to get me to graduation. And this was way before Graduation Matters.”

Beers says he is running not because current members are doing a bad job, but because his is a voice not currently represented. “There are a hundred stories I think back to going through MCPS that made me the person I am today,” he says. “I just want to add my perspective.”

Beers plans to finalize a strategy for the May 7 election this week. He’s not yet sure how he’ll fund his campaign; there’s been no word from Suprock.

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designs included large lakes and arboretums, others featured throughways for Stephens Avenue and Pattee Creek Drive. None have made it past the PowerPoint and tagboard phase.

Last week, Missoula County commissioners signed a joint resolution officially establishing a partnership among the various city, county and public school landowners in the Central Park area. The lakes and roads and improved ball diamonds may still be a long way off, if they happen at all. But the new Central Park partnership does mark a renewed recognition that “we’re all in this together,” says County Commission Chair Michele Landquist.

Fairgrounds director Steve Earle says the Central Park concept was revived nearly a year ago during discussions of the fairground’s ongoing master plan, developed by contractor Crandall Arambula. The conversation proved brief, Earle adds, but the directors of the various entities sharing the 160-acre plot agreed to meet with the goal of establishing a stronger, more official relationship.

“As we massage that Crandall Arambula plan to meet the needs of the fairgrounds itself,” Earle says, “we need to look at what happens around us as we take the boundaries down so that we’re not creating a single entity that’s one-fourth of what should be a total public entity.”

The partnership will likely also alleviate resource concerns for the city, the county, the YMCA and nearby schools. For example, Earle questions why those agencies would each need separate lawnmower fleets and maintenance barns when the property is largely contiguous. Sharing such resources would not only cut down on costs, Landquist says, but reduce the footprint of structures in Central Park.

It’s still too early to tell how far the Central Park partnership will go, but the agencies involved have already identified several projects that could improve public access and connectivity. The partnership’s first public meeting will take place at 5 p.m. April 29 at the fairgrounds as part of a grant-funded audit of parking space in the area. Earle says another goal could be to build a yearround trail through the property from South Avenue to 34th Street, and to establish a joint parking lot.

“There doesn’t have to be a distinct property line,” Earle says. “You can share a little bit and help each other.”

Alex Sakariassen

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In 1998, Amy Capolupo failed a pre-cal- she applied to the UM School of Social the roughly 1,200 UM students registered culus class. Capolupo had struggled with Work. Her GRE scores were poor (the GRE, with DSS, Capolupo says that about 400 use reading, writing and math her entire life. she says, has some catching up to do when “screen reader” software, which reads comWords on a page appeared jumbled, math it comes to disability services), and, despite puter documents out loud (Capolupo herproblems were non-sequential. Sometimes a marked improvement in her grades since self uses a program called JAWS). But the she needed friends to read her assignments her first semester, her undergraduate tran- software is not yet ubiquitous in UM classand edit her papers. Her grades that fall, her script was less than stellar. She was wait- rooms. Just last fall the Alliance for Disability first semester at the University of Montana, listed. But Capolupo remained persistent. and Students at the University of Montana, along with a number of were so poor she was at individual UM students, risk of losing her financial filed a complaint with the aid. When Capolupo was U.S. Department of Edutold by the university to cation, claiming that large visit the Disability Services portions of UM course for Students she feared her work is inaccessible to college career might be students with disabilities. over.

Capolupo says every “I wanted no part of it. computer on campus I thought that those servneeds to have reader ices were part of a system software and that every designed to keep me online assignment needs down,” she says today. “It to be compatible with meant I was a failure. I was those programs. stupid for having to go to But in terms of probthat office.” lems, access to technolDespite herself, she ogy is relatively solvable went to DSS, which then (she hopes every comwas located in the baseputer will have “reader” ment of Corbin Hall, a consoftware by next fall). A verted dormitory that less simple fix is dealing houses the offices of adwith what Capolupo calls junct professors, teaching “attitudinal challenges.” assistants and miscellaShe says students with neous administrators. She photo by Cathrine L. Walters disabilities are sometimes remembers exposed pipe hanging from the ceiling, Amy Capolupo, who wrestled with learning disabilities in reluctant to use DSS, and buzzing fluorescent lights school, has worked at the University of Montana’s Disability faculty members are too Services for Students for 10 years. She was named director of often unaware of the servand a “weird ominous tap- the program last month. ices that are available. ping” (she later learned it was the sound of the then-DSS director She argued with the department chair that Capolupo says this boils down to changing her transcript reflected a lack of access to the way people think, and as with any civil using a white cane).

She met with DSS student coordinator educational tools, not a lack of capability or rights issue, it will take time. “The goal is for Mary Morrison and Capolupo calls the con- hard work. The chair was moved and faculty members to do what they do best,” she says, “but to do it for all students.” versation they had eye-opening. “She told Capolupo was accepted.

Wellenstein agrees that he and his colHer graduate school adviser, Charlie me that learning disabilities are a real thing and that there was no systematic plot to Wellenstein, remembers Capolupo as a stu- leagues are “trying hard” to make learning keep me down in life,” Capolupo says. She dent whose determination to overcome her accessible for everyone, but changing UM’s recalls Morrison drove the point home with challenges doubled as an act of advocacy. culture will be a slow process.

At the beginning of each semester, simple questions: “How many hours a week “In the past, Amy had a difficult time in do you spend on your math homework? school, but once she realized that it was Wellenstein hands out a syllabus that inpossible, all it took was hard work. And cludes a paragraph explaining that if any How many hours did you spend failing?”

Nearly 15 years later, Capolupo calls hard work never bothered Amy,” he says. student requires special accommodations that day a “life changing moment.” She “She’s a strong personality, and she’s not to let him know. He says UM still has work to do until such a paragraph is no longer wasn’t intellectually less-than. The rules going to back down.”

In 2004, during her second year at the necessary. “It should just be there. A stuthat governed her learning processes were just different. She started to think School of Social Work, Capolupo worked as dent with those needs should be able to about learning disabilities not as a cate- an intern at DSS as part of her practicum. come into a classroom without ever having to ask for accommodations. The process gory of limitations but as a matter of civil She has been there ever since.

Today, Capolupo feels UM is “on the should be seamless,” he says before admitrights. Capolupo says that day set her life on a new trajectory. On March 17 she was right track” when it comes to equal oppor- ting, “but I have no idea what that will look tunity for students with learning impair- like. That’s Amy’s job.” named the director of DSS. Capolupo made the transition from ments, but she says there is still work to be jrogers@missoulanews.com DSS student to staffer 10 years ago. In 2003, done. One issue has to do with access. Of

[news]

Overwhelmed Public defender backlog reaches the breaking point

by Jessica Mayrer

On Feb. 15, frustration prompted all 10 than just money and time. Gillespie notes On March 6, Alan Wayne Williams wrote from Fergus County Jail to the Mon- members of the Public Defenders Commis- that lawyers have an ethical obligation to tana ACLU, saying that he’s going to repre- sion to unanimously approve a resolution give clients an effective defense and a failure sent himself because his court-appointed stating that if cases don’t decline, or if law- to do so could jeopardize professional makers don’t increase funding, or some standing. “These public defenders can be attorney refused to return his calls.

“I have eliminated the service of my combination of both, regional offices will sanctioned,” he says.

Low pay, a high workload and ethical public defender and am now preceding stop taking new clients.

“The criminal justice system will prob- concerns drive attorneys from OPD, Gillepro-se,” wrote Williams, who’s incarcerated for violating the terms of his probation on ably be disrupted,” Gillespie wrote in a let- spie says. For instance, he says that during ter distributed to the governor, legislature the past 18 months, seven of OPD’s 11 Hea 1998 forgery conviction.

Williams’ claim is similar to dozens of and state Supreme Court. “Charges may lena office attorneys resigned. The office others lodged against the Office of the State have to be dismissed. Jail time may not be serves clients as far south as Whitehall and Public Defender and compiled by the Amer- imposed without the assistance of counsel. as far north as Augusta. In 2012, OPD had ican Civil Liberties Union of Montana. Surcharges, fees, fines, and costs may not an overall lawyer turnover rate of 27 percent; among support staff, that number was Among the most serious allegations are be collected.”

Gillespie says that the commission felt 34 percent. those that hold that defendants are being Missoula Democratic Rep. Kim Dudik denied their constitutional right to a speedy compelled to give notice after a disheartenserved in the House subtrial and that bond reduccommittee that helped tion hearing requests are igcraft OPD’s budget during nored, leaving criminal the current legislative sesdefendants to sit in jail sion. She was dismayed as longer than they would her colleagues allocated otherwise.

OPD less than $6 million in Montana ACLU Execuadditional funding for the tive Director Scott Crichton next two years and essensays those allegations are tially ignored a mounting symptoms of a state-funded issue. public defender system “It was just like putthat’s stretched to the ting a Band-Aid on a gushbreaking point. “The coming vein, or something” she plaints we see, I think, are says. “(It) was going to just the tip of the iceberg,” hold the blood in for a little he says. photo by Cathrine L. Walters bit but it wasn’t going to This year, Montana’s public defender system will The ACLU of Montana has compiled dozens of letters that al- solve the problem.”

Unsatisfied with the represent roughly 32,000 lege the Office of the State Public Defender is failing to provide House’s work, Dudik, new low-income clients in effective legal representation to low-income clients. who’s also an attorney, is civil and criminal cases across the state. As a gateway to the correc- ing couple of months. In August, the office now asking state lawmakers to pass House tions system, Crichton notes that OPD’s asked the governor for 77 additional full- Joint Resolution 20. It would authorize a time staffers and additional funding to pay comprehensive study of OPD. problems have broad implications.

“This is what I see as another way to “If we can do it right on the front end,” contract attorneys—a total of $12 million he says, “we should be seeing cost savings annually for the next two years to top off its fine tune our system, not wait for a lawsuit,” for the counties, in terms of how long existing annual base budget of more than Dudik says.

Helena Republican Rep. Steve Gibson they’re holding people. The county jails are $22 million. The governor trimmed that reovercrowded all over the state, the courts, quest back to 37 staffers. By the time OPD’s is supporting the effort. He agrees that OPD every part of the criminal justice system is request came out of the House last month, is underfunded, but says money isn’t the affected by an underfunded public defender lawmakers had pared the proposed budget only issue. “The answer is just not to throw more and more FTE’s every session, the back even further. system.”

“If it stays where it’s at, that means problem is bigger than that,” he says.

The issue is timely as the Montana LegThe Senate is scheduled to address islature this week is working to craft OPD’s we’re going to have to lay off three lawyers,” OPD’s budget this week. Crichton warns budget, one that will set staffing levels for Gillespie says.

Since 2011, there’s been a 21 percent that if legislators don’t come forward to adthe next two years.

Richard “Fritz” Gillespie chairs the caseload increase for public defenders. OPD equately fund constitutional mandates, the Public Defender Commission and is attorneys, meanwhile, earn less than their state could be looking at a lawsuit. “(Lawmakers) need to take bold accharged with overseeing OPD. He’s the counterparts. Office attorneys with five or first to acknowledge there’s a problem. more years experience receive an annual tion to make up for eight years of negliThe office simply doesn’t have enough re- salary of $58,762. According to a study con- gence,” he says. “And if they aren’t willing sources to fulfill its obligations, Gillespie ducted in 2010 by the state Human Re- to that, than we’ll have to look at our says, and he’s repeatedly told lawmakers sources Division, that’s about $40,000 less other options.” than market value for lawyers in the region. as much, to no avail. jmayrer@missoulanews.com For attorneys, the issue is about more “It’s frustrating,” Gillespie says.

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[opinion]

Fear factor Who you calling an eco-terrorist?

by Robert Leo Heilman

It was not really surprising but, well, disappointing to hear that I’d been called an “eco-terrorist” by one of my neighbors. The news was secondhand, of course, which somehow made it worse. Whoever pronounced the judgment, whether she or he, hadn’t bothered to tell me about it, but let it slip, off-hand, as if it were a well-known fact.

“Him? He’s an eco-terrorist,” as though there was nothing more that need be said, as though I had it printed on my business card, “Bob Heilman, Eco-terrorist.”

I did what people usually do when confronted with something odd and shadowy and disturbing. I feigned indifference, laughed and pretended that it amused me.

After all, what else can you do in such a situation? It was merely an anonymous slander, not meant for my ears anyway and no doubt committed by someone whose life is probably a good deal sadder and more wretched than my own.

Still, I resented the accusation. The wound formed a scab and I couldn’t resist picking at it. I began foolishly marshalling my arguments, standing before an imaginary judge and jury, reviewing decades of my statements both public and private to see if there was anything I’d ever said or done that would lead a reasonable person to conclude that I am a menace to my neighbors.

At first, I focused on the first half of the odd compound word, “eco,” as in “ecology.”

Yes, I’d spoken and written about environmental matters. I can’t help it, having lived in Douglas County, Ore., during a time of harsh words and desperate acts centering around what are known as forest management practices.

Generally, I’ve come down on the side

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of the soil, water, sunlight and air. But, I’ve always been of two or three minds on this and nearly every other matter. I suppose it’s a natural approach for me, a character trait that led me to writing and one that has been reinforced by the craft itself, with its necessary habit of carefully observing and then describing what I see.

Besides, I have worked in the woods and the lumber mills, and my sympathies have always been with working-class people like myself. Of all the many sides in the old-

“Although I have always opposed extremism and its violent expression, somehow someone is afraid of me” growth forest debate—government, science, industry, environmental and community— I’ve always sided with the working people.

They, the workers, seem to be the least at fault and the most often misrepresented.

They have been reviled by environmental activists and the subject of great crocodile tears shed by corporations allegedly worried about their well-being.

Terror, then, the second half of the ungainly compound may explain this. Although I have always opposed extremism and its violent expression, somehow someone is

afraid of me—frightened enough to denounce me as a terrorist. Why me? Why anybody? I cannot say, except that it is human nature to try to put a face to your fear.

I can’t say that I blame my accuser much. We have been told to be afraid many times by our local politicians and business leaders who, for reasons of their own, keep telling us to fear the future and to blame each other. The word itself has come into use from politics and not from any need to accurately describe people.

When fear grows, the temptation grows to embrace ideology. A rigid and simplistic systematic approach offers the comfort of relief from doubt and the promise of a readymade answer to every troubling question.

We fear moral ambiguity with its obligation to admit that we don’t always have a simple answer, that we might be wrong, that, many times, the choices are not clearly right or wrong but often the hard, sad choice between tragedies.

Conflict, I believe, is unavoidable in a free society; compromise, I believe, is essential to preserving it. Complexity is what I find wherever I look, whether at the natural systems which provide us with life or the culture and politics with which we deal with nature and each other.

Still, it’s an unsettling experience, sad and a little scary to know that for someone in my little home valley my face is the face of what they fear.

Robert Leo Heilman is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He lives in Myrtle Creek, Ore., and is the author of Overstory: Zero, Real Life in Timber Country.

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN! - Two weeks after someone stole Briana Priddy’s wallet and used her identity to write hundreds of dollars worth of bad checks, Priddy was waitressing at a restaurant in Lakeland, Colo., when a woman came in with a group, ordered a drink and presented Priddy’s stolen ID to prove her age. “But I didn’t say anything,” Priddy said. “I handed it back to her and said ‘Sure, I’ll be right back with your margarita.’” She called police, who arrested the 26-year-old woman. Noting the suspect is old enough to buy a drink with her own ID, police official Steve Davis declared, “Dumb criminal. That’s the first [word] that comes to mind. We found some narcotics in this woman’s possession, so she’s in quite a bit of hot water. (Denver’s KUSA-TV) Police said Michael Oliva, 34, tried to rob a bank in Trimble, Mo., by pointing a gun at a teller and demanding cash. The teller dropped to the floor and shouted for help. Another bank employee saw the masked robber leaning over the counter and pointing his handgun at the teller, so he got a Smith & Wesson .357 revolver from his desk and fired two rounds, one of which struck Oliva in the jaw. He fled, but police caught him and identified his weapon as a plastic toy gun. (Kansas City’s WDAF-TV)

COINCIDENCE OF THE WEEK - After Florida’s Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad was ticketed for driving 44 miles per hour in a 35-mph zone on a Tallahassee street, the DOT raised the speed limit on the road to 45 mph. Prasad said the change occurred after the DOT conducted a study that showed the previous speed limit “was artificially constrained.” (Florida’s Capitol News Service) SECOND-AMENDMENT CHAMPIONS - After raising only $10 last year to buy new equipment, this year the Atwood-Hammond Little League enlisted the support of the Atwood Armory in Atwood, Ill., to raffle off an AR-15 military-style assault rifle. “It’s for a good cause,” Atwood Armory co-owner Charidy Butcher said, “for the kids.” (Decatur’s WAND-TV) THE TWO-WHEELING LIFE - A bicyclist association that promotes safety objected to a measure in the Maryland House of Delegates that would require all cyclists to wear helmets. Shane Farthing, executive director of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, said mandatory helmet use might discourage people from riding bikes and that fewer bikes on the road could limit “the safety-in-numbers effect.”

(The Washington Post) The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment addressed the issue of bicycle safety by funding research by automaker TNO to develop an exterior airbag. It covers the lower portion of the windshield, creating a softer landing than a pane of glass for a human skull flying through the air at 25 miles per hour. A camera positioned beneath the rear-view mirror can determine if a vehicle is approaching cyclists or pedestrians, and sensors in the bumper activate the airbag if they detect contact. (TNO) Swedish industrial designers Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin unveiled the Hövding, a concealed bicycle helmet designed to inflate in .01 second in the event of an accident. “We wanted to see if there was a way to change today’s helmets and wanted people to wear them by free will, not by law,” Haupt said.

“We found out people wanted something that was almost invisible that didn’t destroy their hair or annoy them, something with the possibility to change the looks of the helmet like they can with mobile phone shells and wigs.” Costing $600, the Hövding resembles a collar, but it contains an air bag, similar to the ones in cars. The air bag is shaped like a hood and is triggered when sensors (a combination of accelerometers and gyroscopes) pick up “abnormal movements of a bicyclist in an accident,” according to the company’s website. (ABC News)

HABERDASHERY FOLLIES - Police said a maintenance man at a Houston apartment building shot a man in the foot after the two argued for 30 minutes about the victim’s missing pants. Sgt. M.D. Moses said Michael Jolivette, 32, accused the maintenance worker of taking his pants from an electrical box where he left them. (Houston’s KPRC-TV) When a police officer spotted a man walking along a street in Millville, N.J., with smoke coming from his jeans, the officer urged the man to take off the jeans to prevent injury. Lt. Ed Zadroga said the man refused, telling the officer it was too cold out. The man had to be taken to a hospital and then flown to a burn center. Zadroga said the fire probably started when vodka spilled out of a bottle in the man’s pocket and was ignited by a lit cigarette. (South Jersey Times)

RIDE OF A LIFETIME - One man died and another was injured when the inflatable ball they were harnessed to while bouncing down a ski slope in Russia veered off course, careened along a jagged ridge and plunged over a precipice. It then picked up speed for almost a mile before slamming into rocks. The victims paid $10 to ride in the plastic ball, called a zorb. The accident at the Dombai ski resort followed a rash of winter sports injuries, which prompted an investigation that found 50 unlicensed operations and guides on the mountain. (The New York Times) SMALL CONSOLATION FOR THE EGYPTIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY - The U.S. Census Bureau announced it is dropping the word “Negro,” used since 1900 to describe black Americans in its surveys, in favor of “black” or “African American.” (Associated Press)

KEMO SABE OF THE EAST - A Japanese lawmaker who goes by the name of Skull Reaper A-Ji was banned from attending sessions of the Oita City Assembly for refusing to remove his mask. A-Ji, who’s also a professional wrestler, campaigned wearing the mask and was elected, but his fellow councilors declared it is inappropriate to conceal his identity and noted that he was violating a rule stating that “a person taking the floor shall not wear items such as a hat.” A-Ji responded, “If I take my mask off, I’m an entirely different person.” (Time)

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT - New York City authorities accused Matthew Matagrano, 36, of using bogus credentials to impersonate a Department of Corrections investigator and sneak into several city lockups, where he mingled with inmates for hours. The convicted sex offender aroused the suspicions of guards at Rikers Island when he moved inmates from one cell to another. (The New York Post)

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S

ometime in February, the sign appeared above the old Del’s Place on East Broadway: “Treasure State Donuts,” proclaimed in a large, officious font. The sign has been viewed by thousands of passing motorists and pedestrians every day, but the store isn’t set to open until Friday, April 5, at 6 a.m. The sign’s presence alone creates a sort of anticipation not usually found among new storefronts in Missoula.

“People are banging down the door,” says co-owner Erin McEwen, and she’s hardly exaggerating.

In the weeks since the sign went up and McEwen and her husband, Dmitri Murfin, started prepping the kitchen, and head baker Stephanie Lubrecht worked on perfecting the doughnut recipes, a constant stream of curious would-be customers approached Treasure State’s doors. Many saw the “Coming Soon” notice on the front door and turned around, but a determined few continued into the shop. During one recent afternoon, as Lubrecht was being inter-

viewed, there were regular interruptions from people looking for doughnuts, including one pregnant woman. Each time Lubrecht would stop the interview, politely turn to the doughnut seeker and say, “We’re not open yet, but we will be soon—sometime in April.” Not 15 minutes later, another person was walking in the door.

There’s a certain magnetic pull to handmade, freshly fried doughnuts. It’s that pull that finally compelled Murfin and McEwen to launch the new business and run it in addition to Bridge Pizza, which they own with McEwen’s parents.

Murfin says he and Lubrecht, a longtime Bridge manager, have always daydreamed of dishing up doughnuts simply because they love them. Lubrecht takes it one step further, tracing her passion for fried dough treats back to childhood trips with her brother to the old Sugar Shack on Higgins Avenue in the mid-’90s.

Doughnuts have been around for so long—way before the Sugar Shack—that

they’ve become an iconic part of our culture. They’re mentioned in the Bible and were a staple during the Great Depression. Over the years, they’ve evolved from blue-collar mainstay, epitomized by the likes of Homer Simpson and beat cops, to fashionable hipster delicacy as seen with the success of specialty shops like Portland’s Voodoo Donuts. A February 2013 Saveur article reported that Americans collectively ate about 216 million doughnuts in 1929. The same article estimates that today we eat about 10 billion each year, or about 33.3 per person.

When it opens, Treasure State will be Missoula’s first locally owned, stand-alone doughnut shop in more than a decade, and the first of any kind since Krispy Kreme closed in 2005. It’s not like doughnuts are impossible to find in Missoula— they’re abundant in supermarkets, small bakeries and farmers market stands already—but a downtown storefront promising hand-dipped, freshly powdered, newly glazed doughnuts is a nod to the past that’s impossible

not to savor. It’s enough to get an eager clientele knocking down the door—and enough to entice a look back at what makes such a simple treat so special.

To discuss doughnuts with any depth, it’s important to first understand what it is we’re talking about.

The American doughnut family tree has two branches: cake and yeast. Dough for the latter is mixed once, set to rise in a giant ball, rolled out and cut into shapes, set to rise again and then fried. With more air pockets in the dough, yeast doughnuts allow for the injection of jellies or creams.

Cake doughnuts are made with chemical leaveners, like baking soda and baking powder, and mixed into a batter before being dunked in hot oil. These sturdier creations typically call for a simple vanilla or chocolate icing. Old-fashioned doughnuts are like

by Kate Whittle • photos by Cathrine L. Walters

Treasure State Donuts plans to offer several slightly unusual varieties, like orange-and-pistachio glazed doughnuts.

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The phonetic spelling “donuts” was introduced in the 1920s by the New York Doughnut Machine Corporation, seeking to make it easier for non-English speakers to understand.

cake doughnuts, but made with sour cream in the batter and flipped twice, which causes them to petal out.

There’s no single go-to formula for making a doughnut. While developing their own recipes (which, rest assured, have since been perfected), the Treasure State founders say they’ve made plenty of bad batches. When asked how something could go wrong, all three groan.

Murfin recounts trying to make a creamfilled French cruller: “It’s supposed to be this like, fluffy, hollow, eggy thing, and it was actually, like, this burnt, greasy, egg foam—” “Cracker,” says McEwen, finishing the sentence.

Doughnuts rely on many variables, including yeast action, humidity, air temperature and fryer reliability. A difference of eight degrees in frying temperature can make or break a batch.

Lubrecht says no one is precisely sure who cut the first doughnut hole, though it has an obvious functionality. “They fry evenly and have room to expand,” she says.

Doughnut varieties without them, like Bavarian creams, have to be rolled with a hairbrush-like device to poke small holes in the bottoms to help them cook through.

Variations of the doughnut appear throughout the world—and have for centuries. In Leviticus 7:12, the Lord is offered “cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.” Doughnuts continued to play a part in religion as Christians made doughnuts to use up lard and sweets before Lent, the season of repentance and fasting. Israelis celebrate Hanukkah with jelly doughnuts called sufganiyot.

Almost every culture has some kind of fried dough treat, and the Treasure State founders have done their homework on some global varieties. Lubrecht is a fan of the lumpy, sugar-dusted German schneeballen—“I just like to say it,” she says—and Murfin rattles off different types including Tuscan custard-filled bom-

boloni, Indian syrup-soaked gulab jamin and Greek nut-sprinkled loukoumades.

“You know, it’s remembering back when oil was precious, doughnuts were a celebratory thing,” Murfin says.

Most historians trace the American iteration of the doughnut to Dutch olykoeks, or oily cakes, a spiced, fruit-and-nut studded fried dough ball. In John T. Edge’s

2006 book Donuts: An American Passion, he describes what was essentially the first U.S. doughnut shop. In 1796, a Dutch woman named Joralemon offered olykoeks and coffee from her Manhattan store.

From there, doughnuts pop up sporadically in American text, including fiction, like in the 1819 Legend of Sleepy Hollow, where Ichabod Crane finds a Dutch family’s tea table set with “the doughy dough nut, the tenderer olykoek, and the crisp and crumbling cruller.” In real-life, news accounts talked of lard-fried rings used to cheaply feed men in Colorado and California mining camps through the mid-1850s.

Doughnuts became prevalent following two major developments in the early 20th century. During World War I, volunteer women served up millions of doughnuts to troops, nicknamed doughboys, fighting in the trenches. The fried cakes served as comforting reminders of home for the troops, who came back to the states with a new taste for doughnuts. (Though a Smithsonian magazine article clarifies that “doughboy” derived from a Civil War nickname for foot soldiers, and is unrelated to doughnuts.)

The other development is less romantic, but perhaps a more practical explanation of why doughnuts became so popular. In 1920, Russian-born New Yorker Adolph Levitt invented the first successful automatic doughnut machine, which pressed and fried the dough. Smithsonian says selling the machines to bakeries earned Levitt $25 million a year by the early 1930s.

Watching automatic doughnut machines in operation was part of the draw: A 1931 New Yorker article rhapsodizes about watching Levitt’s machine, seeing “doughnuts float dreamily through a grease canal in a glass enclosed machine, walk dreamily up a moving ramp, and tumble dreamily into an outgoing basket.”

Thanks to the rise of automatic machines and the abundance of flour, oil and sugar—courtesy of advancements in agriculture and U.S. crop subsidies—several small doughnut-and-coffee chains, nicknamed “sinker and suds” joints, sprang up starting in the 1930s. Two would become the biggest chains of today: Krispy Kreme and Dunkin’ Donuts.

As chains spread, so did pop culture references. In the 1934 film It Happened One Night, Clark Gable’s character instructs Claudette Colbert’s heiress how to dunk a doughnut. Today, our most famous doughnut eater is the illustrated Homer Simpson; his Wikipedia picture shows him holding a partly eaten pink doughnut.

The references are not always so cute, however. One theory as to how the stereotype of lazy, doughnut-scarfing police officers came about is that, before fast food restaurants and 24-hour gas stations, street stands and doughnut shops were the most accessible cheap food for cops walking around on late-night patrol.

Doughnuts now offer a way to jab at authority, like the “Bad Cop, No Donut” stickers that appeared after the Rodney King riots in 1992.

Windmill Village baker Nancy Martin makes her special-recipe doughnuts in a turkey fryer.

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But sometimes people have fun with the stereotype: The Boston-area company Doughboy Police and Fire Supply started out as a doughnut shop that offered police supplies on the side. It eventually dropped the doughnuts and now strictly deals in safety items and riot gear.

From Ichabod Crane to Homer Simpson, American doughnuts have come a long way since their beginnings as craggy fried dough balls in 18th century Manhattan shops. We still think of doughnuts as special, but they’re also commonplace. In many ways, doughnuts are an everyday expression of pure American abundance.

A few years ago, cupcakes were all the culinary rage. Blogs and magazines devoted features to the art of the cupcake and their often jaw-dropping variations.

Boutique cupcake chains sprouted up in hip neighborhoods in bigger cities. But the cupcake has since fallen: Slate predicted the end of “The Cupcake Bubble” in a 2009 article.

If inanimate sweets were in a competition for American popularity, doughnuts would be winning. While cupcakes have a physical advantage against doughnuts— they’re sturdier, thus perfect for lavish decoration—and are significantly easier to bake in a home kitchen, doughnuts offer a striking cultural advantage: they’re gender-neutral.

Cupcakes are perceived as being girly.

No matter how many Butch Bakeries or Father’s Day-themed sports cupcake recipes there are, no small-town Montana biker is going to walk into a cupcake shop.

That small-town Montana biker would, however, feel no threat to his masculinity by pulling up his Harley to a doughnut shop and ordering a maple bar.

Make no mistake: Cupcakes aren’t going anywhere. But it’s doughnuts com-

Handmade doughnuts fill the Rosauers bakery counter.

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manding attention now, partly thanks to a rise in hipster-friendly novelty shops.

Take Portland’s popular Voodoo Donuts. The regional chain—there are two stores in Portland and one in Eugene—is known for its creativity, irreverence and attitude. For example, the menu features a $6 cream-filled “cock and balls” doughnut, and the 24-hour shop is a destination for the downtown Portland bar crowd, as well as daytime tourists.

Voodoo Donuts isn’t alone. On the opposite coast, New York’s Doughnut Plant is known for its artisanal selections, such as a square doughnut filled with peanut butter and blackberry jam and a matcha-green-tea-glazed cake doughnut.

At Treasure State, Lubrecht isn’t yet quite so daring, but she is working on the recipe for an orange-and-pistachio cake doughnut. It tastes like a doughnut, but also provides a combination of flavors not usually associated with fried dough.

It’s no wonder that exotic doughnuts have proved profitable. Novelty versions of classic goods tend to satisfy two desires: for the familiar, and for the new. We can be assured that an unusual doughnut will taste a little different, but it’s still wrapped up in the same comforting, doughy package.

While novelties are memorable, the most common American doughnuts are mass-produced in a supermarket or chain store. Big chains use premixed flour and yeast brew that are combined in a mixer, proofed and then pushed through an extruder, which cuts out the shapes and drops them onto a conveyor belt that sends them into the fryer.

At Treasure State, Lubrecht scoffs at the chains that use frozen dough. It’s even worse if chains use pre-fried frozen doughnuts and reheat them in the desti-

Stephanie Lubrecht, head baker at Treasure State Donuts, cuts rings out of yeast dough.

nation store’s oven. While doughnuts’ ubiquity is undoubtedly because they’re easier to mass-produce by machine than other kinds of pastries or baked goods, some still insist that they’re better the oldfashioned, handmade way.

That’s the philosophy at Missoula’s Rosauers supermarket, where baker Jennifer Seitz puts in the effort to churn out doughnuts from scratch. At 9:30 on a recent weekday morning, Seitz is just coming back from her lunch break. She wears a smudged white apron and tucks her short straight bob behind her ears. She explains her routine simply.

“I get here at 3:30,” she says. “We start the doughnut dough first.”

Seitz and two other employees cut the doughnut dough, run it through a roller machine to press the rings to a uniform height, and set it in the proofer.

Once the yeast doughnuts are proofed, or the cake batter is mixed, another employee works the fryer.

Seitz started working at the front of the Rosauers bakery counter after high school. In the 12 years since, she’s risen to the top of the bakery heap—or, in corporate terms, the bakery manufacturing manager. “I’m the youngest [head] baker in the chain,” she says.

She says the hours are tough: She has two young kids, and after her husband gets home and the family eats dinner, she hits the hay at 7 p.m.

The hours are tough, but the work is consistent even in an economic downturn.

Seitz says Rosauers makes 50 dozen doughnuts every day, from Berliners to Danishes to maple bars, each slathered in rich, buttery icings or filled with pockets of silky cream. And she’s willing to put her doughnuts up against anyone’s, because handmade doughnuts “just taste better,” she says.

Far from the bustle of the Reserve Street supermarket, 40 miles from Missoula in the shadow of the Mission Mountains, a small-town shop offers about 50 doughnuts a day derived from an old family recipe.

Ravalli, population 119, sits on a curve of Highway 93. Just off the west side of the highway is the unassuming, homey front of the Windmill Village bakery. Step inside, and the place smells of yeast and feels like a well-kept, decades-old institution, with a tchotchke-filled kitchen, vinyllined tabletops and a suspender-wearing old-timer sipping coffee and staring at newcomers.

The business, started by Nancy and Dave Martin only about a decade ago (they claim to not precisely remember), is becoming a legend in western Montana as having some of the best doughnuts around.

As Nancy Martin works on a batch of doughnuts on a recent afternoon, she needs no coaxing to expound on the glories of her product. She believes firmly,

for instance, in freshness, so she makes her doughnuts throughout the day. “You can’t beat a warm doughnut,” she says.

Just then, Martin opens a camping-coolersized turkey fryer, lifts out a couple tanned doughnuts and sets them to cool for a moment.

Martin makes her doughnuts based on a recipe passed down by her mother.

The end results are enormous, pillowy wonders, teetering and craggy like the mountains visible outside the window.

Biting through the chocolate or vanilla glaze reveals tender but substantial dough with a slightly salty, almost pretzel-like flavor. Windmill doughnuts are satisfying, and demand another bite.

“I had to make ’em big,” she says.

“This is ranch country. Out here we’re used to eating a pound of beefsteak, so when you make a doughnut, you make a doughnut.”

Martin won’t reveal what makes her doughnuts so special. One report outed the secret ingredient as mashed potatoes, but Martin claims there’s “another” secret that she won’t reveal. Ingredients aside, anyone can see the obvious extra heft to the Windmill’s products. It makes a $1.25 vanilla glazed ring more than enough for breakfast. “One time I took a dozen and weighed them out, and they came out to five pounds,” Martin says.

Martin, who’s from Thompson Falls, says she spent years working in the steel manufacturing industry before she and Dave decided to move to Ravalli to be closer to her aging parents. They bought

an undeveloped property and set up tents and ran a farmers market before constructing the building that’s now Windmill Village.

Martin says the business started as a farmers market with a small amount of baked goods. The farmers market dwindled after other towns, including Polson and Arlee, started their own. After a few years, she says the bakery made more money than the market.

“At first I had two ovens, this size,” she says, outlining a small square with her hands, “And I could fit one pie in each one.”

The Martins have since more than doubled the kitchen size, and now offer her doughnuts at the bakery and the Polson farmers market in the summer.

Martin also used to only make one batch of doughnuts in the morning and let them sell out every day. Now, she gets to work around 4 or 5 a.m. and keeps making doughnuts until well after lunchtime.

Martin says she meant for doughnuts to be another side item in the bakery, but people latched on to them with a passion.

The Windmill’s Facebook page is filled with testimonials, including pleas for them to ship to other states. Martin has some theories of why her business has taken off.

“Getting a warm doughnut reminds you of that cozy home feeling, being secure and loved and …,” she pauses. “It just reminds me of my childhood, I guess.”

Consider your first memory of doughnuts. What does it conjure? Do you think of your mother’s homemade maple bars, as Martin does? Trips to the Sugar Shack on Higgins with your family, like Lubrecht?

Doughnuts have the power to take us to specific times and places of childhood—often the happiest and most comforting times. Ice cream is the most comparable sweet, but you don’t eat ice cream for breakfast. Maybe it’s as simple as a Pavlovian reinforcement, the pairing of a sugar high with family and comfort, embedded in our brains.

“Doughnuts are not health food,” Lubrecht says. “It’s a treat.”

Perhaps the people banging down the door at Treasure State are excited because they are drawn to something that they innately know will be comforting and sweet.

Whether we’re eating a doughnut at our favorite college coffee shop, or grabbing a maple bar out of the box in the office, or stopping at a warm bakery in Ravalli on a rainy-day road trip with friends, we’re allowed to go back to being kids for a second. We may not be soldiers, but it’s the same feeling that momentarily transported World War I troops back home while stuck in the trenches.

Doughnuts are, no matter how ordinary and abundant, a treat. They’re a brief bite of nostalgia before we carry on with our day.

Apple fritters meet the fryer.

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[arts]

Zero sum Jen Erickson’s drawings build on memory loss

by Kate Whittle

W

hen I was a kid, I was terrified and fascinated by a series of books called Scary Stories, by Alvin Schwartz. The stories were run-of-the-mill campfire tales, like a spider laying eggs on a sleeping girl’s face, or someone finding a toe in their soup. The scary parts that stuck with me were Stephen Gammell’s surreal illustrations, which were maybe too spooky to be appropriate for kids. (Newer editions of the books feature much more benign artwork.) Gammell created eerily beautiful and grotesque creatures, looming skulls and decaying faces floating against abstract landscapes, all in wispy, gray-shaded strokes.

Floating skulls or zombie girls made for a brief chill at bedtime, but I could draw up the covers and feel safe. As I get older, I become more aware of the frights that my cozy bed cannot ward off: senility, dementia, the fragility of the human body.

Idaho artist Jen Erickson’s large graphite drawings are abstract, but they instantly reminded me of those Scary Stories. Perhaps it’s because much of Erickson’s

body of work is based on themes that are scary for grown-ups, such as death and loss of memory. Her latest series, Elude, opening this month at the Brink Gallery, showcases drawings of meandering, almost fractal shapes composed of thousands of tiny zeros.

In her artist statement, Erickson explains that the zeros represent the “breakdown of time and memories and the sense of loss that this creates … They act as empty remnants of understanding, tiny capsules of memories and knowledge that have been lost.”

Erickson’s melancholy imagery comes out of surprisingly scientific and mathematical pursuits, like data entry work and biology classes. She sounds cheerful in conversation over the phone from her home in Hayden, Idaho, just north of Coeur d’Alene, and at one point pauses to say, “Hang on a second, my daughter just fell down the stairs.” She laughs and explains that her clumsy 9-year-old will be fine, and continues.

“In between undergrad and grad school, I was working in data entry jobs, where you’re trying to pre-

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serve all this information,” she says. “It got me thinking about where our own thoughts go when we die.”

Many of Erickson’s drawings look like microscope slides, and she’s heard people compare them to the slides of cells called gram stains. She thinks now that she was subconsciously influenced by her first few undergraduate years at the University of Montana, where she started out as a biology major. Erickson soon found that she preferred the art world, but scientific images and terms still appear in her work. Her early drawings were made up of binary code. Now, she drops the ones from the code and takes a few weeks to a few months to painstakingly create meandering structures made up of zeros. She calls it a “meditative process.”

“I never really have a preconceived notion of what they’re going to look like, it’s more of a reactive process,” she says. She thinks of her structures as math equations, where one step leads naturally to another to keep a balance.

Erickson says she’s surprised when people pick

up on the influences in a highly abstract piece. “People would come up and, without reading my artist statement, would talk about memory loss,” she says.

“I’m always really excited when that happens.”

Erickson says it wasn’t any specific event that got her thinking about memory loss, other than a normal, everyday contemplation of age and mortality. The artist’s own cheerfulness, despite her subject matter, seems to show how we can acknowledge death without letting it consume us. It’s easy to get caught up in the looming specter of loss, but eventually we regroup. Kids fall down stairs and dust themselves off.

Life—and death—are natural, ongoing cycles. We can draw or write or think about it, and then carry on.

The Brink Gallery, 111 W. Front St., hosts a First Friday reception for Jen Erickson’s Elude April 4, from 5 to 8 PM. arts@missoulanews.com

[music]

Back in the garage White Mystery cuts to rock’s core

Czar, Old Haunts This Tacoma band calls itself many things, including “chaotic hardcore,” “mathcore” and “jazzcore.”

While quibbling about genre names can go on forever, Czar ignores the label that, unfortunately, comes most to mind: screamo. Czar’s jabby guitars, dissonant keyboards and white-noise-screech vocals remind me of all the bands I saw in high school at a Billings coffee shop called Yellowstone Perk. Nobody ever bought coffee there, but a lot of kids wearing Hot Topic T-shirts showed up on weekends to drink Mountain Dew and awkwardly head-bob or punch each other to screechy bands dressed the same way.

I would like to pretend this was eons ago, but it was

roughly 2007. I quit going to screamo shows the instant I got better friends, and it surprises the hell out of me that not everyone else has done the same.

There’s a line between metal that is hard-hitting and complex, and metal that is gimmicky and overblown. Czar, judging by its 2011 album Old Haunts and a preview track from the new Shark Cancer, could be pretty rad if some of its tempo changes and spastic instrumental frills were pared away. The original hardcore music of the ’80s taught us that less is more. (Kate Whittle) Czar, Lb.!, Shramana and Con/sequence play the VFW Sat., April 6, at 9 PM. $5.

Lotus, Build The jamtronica scene is full of quality live bands making electronica-influenced tunes on “real” instruments, but no other group in the genre delivers the juice with the deliciously filthy strut of Lotus. Dubstep wobbles and glitchy hip-hop samples get interwoven perfectly with gritty instrumental improvisation, effortlessly crossing genre boundaries but never losing sight of the dance floor mojo. On Build, Lotus accomplishes what many acts in both the jam band and electronic communities fail to do: create a thoroughly enjoyable album’s worth of entertainment in a studio environment.

Build has a more prog-rock influenced sound than the crunk party anthems on the group’s 2011 eponymous release, but instead of hindering the dance beats, it helps add structure to the compositions. There’s shreddy guitar riffs to make rockers raise the metal horns, enough slick synth lines and smart programming for electronica fans to feel comfortable, and bass lines mixed with hip-hop beats so greasy that everybody gets a chance to boogie. From the 21st century funk of “Middle Road” to the cyborg make-out jam “Massif,” this band’s decadent groove is the perfect meeting point between technology and organic musicality. (Jed Nussbaum)

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gent core, or has it merely ironized the conventions of the genre? By the same token, is garage a return to rock’s visceral roots, or is it the last spasm of a dying form?

It’s impossible to sound authentic once you know what authenticity sounds like. White Mystery is rock in the most modern sense: a little self-conscious, faced with the daunting task of surprising an audience that is waiting to be startled, and very loud.

Its gambit is that the last element will make up for the other two, or at least obliterate it for three minutes at a time. (Dan Brooks) White Mystery, Organs and Missoula’s Magpies, Boys and Haunted Maze play the VFW Wed., April 10, at 9 PM. $5/$7 for ages 18 to 20.

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After listening to several tracks from its forthcoming Telepathic, I can say confidently that White Mystery is my favorite nuclear-family garage duo with “White” in the name. Also, I hate the White Stripes.

Whether these two opinions are related—and whether merely having an opinion about the White Stripes in this context makes me old—will depend on whether you think garage is a real thing.

It is possible that one guitarist and one drummer, ideally related by blood, constitute the natural unit of rock and roll. This hypothesis satisfies the project of punk rock, which is to achieve the loudest possible expression of feeling with the fewest possible number of elements. It also reflects rock’s growing status as our generation’s jazz—a once-popular form in which the people who want to play it now threaten to outnumber the people who want to listen to it. Soon, the best venue for rock may literally be someone’s garage.

White Mystery is perfectly adapted to that model: It looks great, it is loud, and it’s just a little silly. It is possible that Alex White and Francis Scott Key White are not their actual names, just as it is possible that the lyrics “party with my friends in a psychedelic meltdown / Bigfoot, baby, you know how to rock it out” do not reflect their actual sentiments. Their loose snare drumming and up-down guitar riffs are a little out of synch, also probably on purpose. The vocals are alternately crisp and blown out, and their hair is incredible. The whole production is a distillation of the most vital elements of rock, or a pitch-perfect simulacrum of same.

So which is it? You can’t be raw and calculated.

Has White Mystery pared itself down to rock’s pun-

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[music]

Marketing metal Walking Corpse Syndrome takes next step

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The Wolf ’s Den in Polson seems an unlikely place to host a metal show. A small hole-in-the-wall bar that can maybe fit 100 people, it has a few tables, a dance floor and, on a recent Saturday afternoon, a jukebox playing Def Leppard’s “Love Bites.” The members of Walking Corpse Syndrome, one of Missoula’s longest tenured metal bands, gather around a pool table, burning the afternoon hours prior to showtime. The stage is tiny, especially for a six-member band that includes two full drum kits.

Small venues are a challenge Walking Corpse Syndrome faces often as it racks up the miles between small Montana cities, playing wherever it can.

“Trying to be a metal band from Montana is fucking hard,” says guitarist Matthew Bile as the band members convene around a tall table. “But we’re doing something that few other Missoula area metal bands have done, and that’s finding regional success while staying a Missoula metal band.”

In the coming weeks, Walking Corpse Syndrome will play other small Montana venues, Seattle, Spokane, the Tri-Cities and Salt Lake City. The tour and the band’s newfound resolve mark a return to form after a precarious couple of years.

Bile and drummer Shawn “Nocktis” Frazer founded Walking Corpse Syndrome in 2006. Bile says shortly after the release of its 2010 album, Narcissist, lineup problems, mounting debt and the pressures of jobs and family hastened the decision to put the band on a break.

“All of a sudden I lost my job, the recession has hit, people aren’t coming to shows, people aren’t buying merch,” Bile says. “People in the band are having kids and we aren’t making money, and we’re like, is this even worth it now?”

During the downtime, Bile took a gig as the touring guitarist for Hemlock, an established metal band from Las Vegas. The six-month break provided the motivation to get Walking Corpse Syndrome rolling again. Two new members, guitarist Ryan Kromdar and singer Leif Wintterowd, joined Bile, brothers Shawn and Greg Frazer on drums, and longtime bassist/violinist William “Sludge” Saylor, to begin work on a new album.

When a plan to use Kickstarter to raise $10,000 to record the new album didn’t work out—it stalled out around $6,000—Walking Corpse Syndrome reached out to its fanbase to offer free T-shirts, copies of the CD, whatever it took to get fans to contribute to the process to make it happen. The members call their efforts the “Corpsestarter” campaign. Ultimately, they were able to raise enough money to devote 10 days in the studio to record Alive in Desolation, which will be released April 5.

Yet the CD, for all the effort to bring it to life, is just one small part of the band’s overall plan for success. With the disc priced at just $5, and the tracks available for free download, they won’t get rich sell-

ing records. For the musicians, it’s all about building a fanbase. To that end, the band pays Facebook to generate ads for promotions. Its page has over 3,300 likes, and Bile estimates 300 to 400 people actually interact with them via the social media site. Besides Facebook and the band’s website, with links to ReverbNation, YouTube and Twitter, Walking Corpse Syndrome retains a mailing list of fans they reach out to regularly.

“Basically, if someone wants to know about our band,” Bile says, “we will contact them however they

Photo courtesy of Val Gothro

want to be contacted when a show or something is happening. We’ll email, Facebook, mail you a flyer, whatever. We will fucking call you on the phone if that is how you want us to contact you!”

They’re all but giving away the music in order to recruit more people to the cause, until, hopefully, they don’t have to keep day jobs because of the demand for Walking Corpse Syndrome shows and merchandise.

“Do you know of a metal band, or rock band, from Montana to make it big?” Bile asks. “They usually have to move to Seattle or Portland or someplace else.”

What does “making it big” actually mean these days? After all, plenty of bands that grace the covers of national magazines and tour the world are essentially penniless, or close to it, and end up hocking gear to survive when not touring. A recent cover story for New York magazine talked about indie stalwarts Grizzly Bear, and the members’ struggles to pay for rent and health insurance.

When reminded of the travails of other, more recognized bands, the members of Walking Corpse Syndrome look at each other and shrug, unperturbed.

“At least they’re self-sufficient when they’re on the road,” says Greg “Mr. Grimm” Frazer. “They’re doing it for their living.”

Bile agrees. “I would consider that making it big,” he says. “We don’t want to be Metallica. We just want to play shows every night.”

The bigger, the better.

Walking Corpse Syndrome, Universal Choke Sign and Mahamawaldi play the Palace Fri., April 5, at 9 PM. Free. arts@missoulanews.com

[film]

Back to the future Jurassic Park 3D demonstrates magic of models

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In June 1993, I stood in line at a Northern California multiplex with my then-roommates, awaiting our showtime for Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park.

One roommate in particular had been giddy for weeks leading up to its opening. To him, the reason for such anticipation was self-evident. “Big mechanical lizards!” he would intone with a sense of incredulity that there was even anything worth arguing about. “Big mechanical lizards!”

It seems like an odd choice of words, since much of the build-up surrounding Jurassic Park had noth-

Park may be memorable for its mainframe-created Gallimimus herd, or the Tyrannosaurus rex that chases down our heroes in their car, it was full of practical effects. The ailing triceratops the scientists encounter in the park, the Dilophasarus that attacks the park’s turncoat programmer Dennis Nedry ( Wayne Knight), the Brachiosaur that feeds near Grant and the kids, even several shots involving the T. rex and velociraptors involved animatronic versions designed by veteran Stan Winston (the original Terminator, Aliens), not digital creations.

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ing to do with mechanical lizards. It was all about the revolutionary use of computer-generated imagery to populate Spielberg’s adaptation of the Michael Crichton novel—about a would-be nature park full of genetically-recreated prehistoric creatures—with dinosaurs. It wouldn’t be the first showcase use of such technology, since James Cameron had beaten him to the punch a couple years earlier with Terminator 2’s liquid-metal T1000. But it was widely considered a new evolution in Hollywood’s ability to dazzle audiences with things it never could have showed us before.

And Jurassic Park was gonna need it. Like the book from which it came, the movie would have to be propulsively action-driven just to get past the technobabble of dino-blood extracted from amber-encased mosquitoes that set up the premise. The movie in particular would also have to overcome the distracting characterization of paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern)—who swings wildly between competent scientist, finger-wagging feminist and “what, little ol’ me know anything about chaos theory?” bimbo—and the pairing of paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) with the grandchildren of park operator John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) so that the child-averse Grant could learn an important lesson in paternal care.

But while this week’s 3D re-release of Jurassic Park could have proven merely a historical curiosity of an era when this particular wizardry was still a novelty, rather than de rigueur, it actually offers a fascinating reminder of what distinguishes it from more recent CGI-driven adventures. Because while Jurassic

Watching Jurassic Park in 3D heightens the sense of what that real-world tactility contributed to the film.

The digital dinosaurs were extensions of the animatronic versions—doing the things it wasn’t possible to have a robot do—but it was the existence of the animatronic versions that heightened the sense that they were real. Anyone who has seen the “special edition” E.T. footage of the titular creature C.G.I.’d into a bathtub, or wondered what happened to Frank Oz’s puppeteered Yoda in the Star Wars prequels, understands the difference between a special effect that feels like a genuine inhabitant of the movie’s world, and a special effect that’s impressive but somehow false. For this transitional moment, it was necessary to cling to some of the past of special effects in order to enable its future.

So yes, Jurassic Park is often silly whenever its characters open their mouths and spout nonsense about Unix systems, and its final hour of nearly nonstop running is at times just as exhausting as it is exciting. And we’re still allowed to wonder how that barrier the T. rex strides over suddenly becomes a vertiginous drop when the car goes over the edge.

It’s also still got some terrifically effective set pieces, and even 20 years later seems wondrous when John Williams’ swelling score introduces us to this wildest of wild animal parks. Part of that wonder comes from realizing that the film wasn’t a phenomenon only thanks to the state-of-the-art stuff, but also thanks to the way we were able to accept it—in part because of those big mechanical lizards. arts@missoulanews.com

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OPENING THIS WEEK EVIL DEAD See if this sounds familiar: Five young friends go to a cabin for a weekend. They discover the Book of the Dead and can’t but help to summon evil demons. Everyone who has sex in the film dies. Oops, sorry about the spoiler.

Starring Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez and Jessica Lucas. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex and Showboat.

JURASSIC PARK 3D Universal Pictures calls this 1993 Steven Spielberg film “a groundbreaking masterpiece.” I call it a movie about our future! Cloning! Dinosaurs running amok! Me and Laura Dern! You and Jeff Goldblum! Me and Jeff Goldblum! Whatever, it’s rated PG-13. Carmike 12.

STOKER After a young woman’s father dies, her long-lost uncle arrives to take care of her and her mother.

Something insidious is definitely a-brewing. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode. Rated R. Wilma.

TYLER PERRY’S TEMPTATION Tyler Perry plumbs the depths of humanity’s depraved desires in this tale of adultery and deception. This is a fat suit-free film, folks. Starring Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Vanessa Williams and Brandy Norwood. Rated PG-13. Village 6.

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Don’t it make my brown eyes blue. Evil Dead opens Friday at Carmike 12, Pharaohplex and Showboat.

Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis. Rated PG13. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Showboat.

the tiger sex gags. Starring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Luke Vanek and Jim Carrey. Rated PG13. Village 6.

HAPPY PEOPLE: A YEAR IN THE TAIGA Werner Herzog’s documentary film shares the lives of the people of Bakhtia, a Siberian village deep in the heart of Siberian Taiga, where people’s lives have changed little over the last century. NR. Wilma.

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN A disgraced Secret Service agent is the only one who can rescue the president. Redemption, y’all, it’s the best. Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman. Rated R. Carmike 12, Village 6 and Pharaohplex.

THE CROODS Join the first prehistoric family for the very first family road trip and laugh for the very first time at Ryan Reynolds’ jokes. Starring the voices of Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone.

Rated PG. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Entertainer.

THE HOST Can Melanie save her friends and family and humanity from mysterious beings taking over human bodies and erasing precious memories?

Well, yes, most likely. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons and Jake Abel. Rated PG-13.

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OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL How exactly did homeboy become the Wizard of Oz? Learn how in this Disney creation story involving a small-time circus magician of dubious community standing who makes his way to the magic land of Oz. Starring James Franco, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Village 6 and Pharaohplex.

G.I. JOE: RETALIATION Great American heroes, the G.I Joes are at battle on two fronts: one involving mortal enemy Cobra, the other involving their own government. Somebody best watch out for that Stormshadow. Starring Channing Tatum,

THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE This is a tale pitting the old against the new, the hep versus the hip, the stale agin to the fresh (but mostly it’s about the stale jokes, nyuk, nyuk) as magicians compete against one another in a cutthroat magic competition. Bring on

ADMISSION A straight-laced Princeton University admissions officer thinks she may have discovered the son she gave up for adoption when she visits an alternative high school on a recruiting visit. What are the chances this gal will fall in love with the kid’s teacher and get everything she ever wanted out of life? 100 percent. Starring Tina Fey, Paul Rudd and Nat Wolff. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12.

Starring Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon and Billy Connolly. Rated PG-13. Wilma.

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The Montana Legislature recently passed a bill legalizing the salvage, consumption and/or donation to charity of animals hit and killed by cars—aka roadkill. The law applies to deer, elk, antelope and moose, and puts the state in the company of Alaska, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Florida and West Virginia in condoning the consumption of vehicle-tenderized meat. With deer populations at all-time highs in many regions—and car vs. deer collisions skyrocketing as well—it’s possible other states will follow suit with roadkill bills of their own.

Salvaging roadkill makes sense for several reasons. Wild game is some of the healthiest meat there is, and it’s a shame to let it rot by the road. Eating roadkill could save families a lot of money they would otherwise have spent on meat, which might have something to do with why the beef industry lobbied against the bill, citing food-safety concerns.

In addition to feeding people, salvaging roadkill would protect the lives of eagles, ravens, coyotes and other scavengers that typically feast on roadside carcass, and are sometimes killed themselves in the process. And the bill stands to save taxpayer dollars, as every carcass removed by a meat salvager is one fewer that road crews have to deal with—which typically entails hauling it to the dump for composting.

While the beef industry’s food-safety concerns may be motivated by the bottom line, there are, in fact, health issues to consider regarding roadkill consumption. Additionally, there are ethical issues to contend with, such as the possibility that some idiot might intentionally hit an animal as an easy way to harvest meat or collect antlers.

The way the law is written, a law-enforcement official must issue a permit to would-be roadkill eaters before a carcass can be legally removed from the scene. And the law specifies that the collision must be accidental. But it’s not out of the question—or unprecedented—that motorists might decide not to hit the brakes, especially if the animal has an impressive set of antlers. It’s amazing how irrational some people can act when a nice rack is involved. But such behavior, while punishable by law, is also self-limiting by the survival instinct. Anyone who’s crashed into a deer knows how fun that can be.

As far as the meat itself is concerned, the deer you hit yourself is more likely to be salvageable, while eat-

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ing a carcass you happen upon raises many unanswerable questions. The most important of these are when and how did the animal die?

The less you know about the answers the weaker your ability to evaluate whether the meat is worth dealing with. This is especially true in warmer seasons and warmer regions, which is why I was surprised to learn that Florida and West Virginia allow the harvest of roadkill; heat is one of the main enemies of meat quality.

As a hunter, not only do I want my meat to be safe, I want it to be perfect. Putting perfect meat in the freezer is a bit like pitching a perfect game in baseball. In baseball, if just one opposing player gets on base the magic is lost. And with meat, there is a long sequence of steps that must be completed correctly to ensure top quality. Whether the meat is acquired via hunting or car crash, the forces that create bad flavor and spoilage are virtually identical.

Despite my earlier joke about vehicle-tenderized meat, the part of the animal that took the brunt of the collision is likely to be ruined. Spoilage and bad flavor can emanate throughout the body from the point of contact, especially in the heat. But heat spoilage can happen even in mild weather, because a dead animal takes a long time to cool down. A hunter wants to open the body cavity as soon as possible to let the body heat escape, and the same would be true for roadkill.

Until you open it up, you have no idea what it looks like inside. It could be a total mess, with exploded guts and traumatized meat. Maybe the motorist that hit the deer managed to just run over the deer’s head, but it’s likely there will be some damaged meat. If the funk has not spread, you can probably cut away the bruised part. And if you’re too late, a trained nose will alert you of that when you open it up.

If safety concerns are truly motivating the opposition to the roadkill bill, it’s the meat itself that needs to pass the sniff test. And rather than make people drive by good meat so they can purchase their packaged pink slime at the store, it makes sense to educate the public on how to gauge meat quality as best they can, and allow the judicious eating of roadkill. It’s not a new idea, but it is an idea whose time has come.

[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 Mon-Sun. $ Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway • 728-8900 (across from courthouse) 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. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 When the sun shines, the trail along the Clark Fork beckons me for a stroll. As I pass Boone & Crockett I realize one quick side step up the hillside and I can stop at Bernice’s. Mmmmm. Iced coffee to help me kick into the last leg of my cruise and a chocolate chip cookie. Or an herb cream cheese hard roll and a loaf of Sourdough for tomorrow’s lunch. Tradition. While you kick into April remember Bernice’s can accent your spring adventure any time, any day. Open 6a - 8p seven days a week. xoxo bernice. $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses.

Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ 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 Mon.–Fri., 7:30–4, Sat. 84. 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. $ Cafe Zydeco 2101 Brooks • 406-926-2578 Authentic cajun cuisine, with an upbeat zydeco atmosphere in the heart of Missoula. Accomodates indoor and outdoor seating. Breakfast served all day.

Featuring Crawfish omlettes, beignets, and cafe au lait. Open Monday-Wednesday 11am-3pm, Thursday-Saturday 11am8pm, and Sunday 9am-3pm (Beignets available Saturday 11am-2pm, and All Day Sunday) $-$$ Ciao Mambo 541 S. Higgins Ave. 543-0377 • ciaomambo.com The vibrant energy at Ciao Mambo is fantastically accompanied by steaming hot pizzas, delicious assortments of pastas and of course authentic Italian wine. We focus on making sure that whether it be date night, family night, or business dinners we accommodate whatever the need! And do not forget there are always leftovers!

Open 5 to close every day, come make us your go to dinner destination! $-$$

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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. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc's is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you're heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc's is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and glutenfree options. NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Empanadas! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! (Happy Hour 3-6 PM Mon-Sat. 2 Empanadas for $7) 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. 9am-5pm Monday-Saturday. Downtown Missoula. $-$$

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Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. 721-6033 Missoula's Original Coffehouse/Café located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch 7 days a week+dinner 5 nights a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and espresso bar. HUGE Portions and the Best BREAKFAST in town. M-TH 7am-8pm, Fri 7am-4pm, Sat 8am-4pm, Sun 8am-8pm. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted cage free chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm $-$$ GoodieVille Paxson Plaza by Southgate Mall 406-728-0010 www.goodieville.com Missoula’s only Gluten-Free Bakery and Restaurant offers a full line of savories and sweets. We serve breakfast, lunch and dinner including Pancakes, Pizza, American and Indian fare. We also have extensive vegetarian and vegan options. Open Wed-Sat 7am-9pm and Sun 7am2pm. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St • 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Missoula's Tailgate Headquarters! We carry all of the spirits & accessories to make your tailgate party a success! Largest selection of spirits in Montana, including locally made whiskey, vodka, gin, rum and wine. We're located downtown with free customer parking. Grizzly Liquor was voted Missoula's #1 Liquor Store!

Open M-F 9-6:30, Sat 9-6. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula's best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. • 532-2056 This week at Brooks and Browns... Martini MONDAY ($4 select martinis).

TUESDAY (Burger + any draught beer $8). THURSDAY is Trivia Night. FRIDAY Tom Catmull 6-9pm SUNDAY: Easter Brunch from 9-2. + Sunday Funday (Happy Hour all day).

Have you discovered Brooks and Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula. $-$$

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Plonk Missoula HAPPIEST HOUR The big opening: Four hours before Plonk Wine Bar officially opens, owner Brett Evje is busy fielding deliveries, consulting with craftspeople and signing off on the various permits and licenses he needs in order to open. “I’ve had five hours sleep in the last four days,” he says, admitting that might be an exaggeration, but not by much.

Evje’s work, and that of his employees, is evident in the fully renovated historic building on North Higgins. Original interior brick walls have been restored. Wines from California, Italy and France line shelves throughout the establishment. Full bottles of Bailey’s, Tanqueray and Grey Goose wait to be tapped behind a custommade granite bar. Also behind the bar are local brands painted on the wall, remnants of the area’s cowboy culture. In the rear of the building, plush chairs are covered with pink and purple upholstery. Upstairs, a rooftop deck will be unveiled in May. Plonk first opened in Bozeman. It’s gained a following there for its fancy cocktails and savory appetizers. Evje, who co-owns the Bozeman bar, hopes to duplicate its success in Missoula.

What you’re drinking: “The signature cocktail is the GFC,” Evje says, referring to the Great Fucking Cocktail. It’s made with house-infused ginger vodka, fresh lemon and lime juice, muddled basil and simple syrup, and comes with a piece of candy ginger garnish. The GFC sells for $8.

Photo courtesy of Plonk

What else you’re drinking: Plonk features roughly 40 of its 250 proprietary cocktails at any given time.

What you’re eating: Western, Asian, French and Spanish flavors incorporated into an upscale dining experience. Appetizers include chicken and pear salad, bison empanada and a sprawling meat and cheese tray that sells for $16.

In Bozeman, Plonk’s $32 tenderloin is a top seller. Evje, however, acknowledges that Missoulians might have different tastes. “This town is a little more hip,” he says.

How to find it: 322 N. Higgins Ave., in the location of the old Army-Navy store. Plonk opened March 29.

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

Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We're the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ 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. $-$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. 721-1312 www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$ Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s.

Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. 543-7154 (on the hip strip) Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $6? Anyone is welcome to join us for a delicious meal from 11:3012:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food, great conversation and take some time to find a treasured item or garment in our thrift shop. For a full menu and other activities, visit our website at www.missoulaseniorcenter.org.

Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Serving country French specialties, Montana elk, Berkshire Pork, and delicious seafood dishes. Delectable salads and appetizers, as well as breads and desserts baked in-house.

Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Philly West 134 W. Broadway 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces inhouse so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. $-$$

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Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-214-2659 www.romainessalads.com We provide you with the convenience of delicious salads, sandwiches and soups. Our salads include over 30 wholesome ingredients. Our homemade soups change with the season as different ingredients become available. If hearty sandwiches are your favorite, then visit Romaines for one of our braised meat sandwiches. We also have a Montana Hummus sandwich made from Montana grown garbanzo beans. At last, local, fresh, and healthy! $-$$ Silvertip Casino 680 SW Higgins 728-5643 The Silvertip Casino is Missoula’s premiere casino offering 20 Video gaming machines, best live poker in Missoula, full beverage liquor, 11 flat screen tv’s and great food at great prices. Breakfast Specials starting at $2.99 (7-11am) For a complete menu, go to www.silvertipcasino.com. Open 24/7. $-$$ Sis’s Kitchen 531-5034 sisskitchen.com Wheat, Gluten & Allergen Free Foods.

Frozen & Dry Mix Products. Sis's Kitchen plays a part in Best of Missoula "Best Pizza" Winner's for 2008-2012.

Find our products at: The Good Food Store • Biga Pizza • Bridge Pizza • Pizza Cafe in Ronan (12"crust). $-$$ NOT JUST SUSHI We have quick and delicious lunch specials 6 days a week starting at $7, and are open for dinner 7 nights a week. Try our comfort food items like Pork Katsu and Chicken Teriyaki. We also offer party platters to go and catering for all culinary styles. Lunch 11:30-3 Mon-Sat. Dinner 5-9:30 Every Night. Corner of Pine and Higgins. Very Family Friendly. 549-7979. $-$$ 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. $-$$ Taco John’s 623 W Broadway 2600 S Reserve West-Mex® is about fresh taste and BOLD flavors. Taco John’s recipes make you smile and yell “OLÉ”. We combine hearty helpings of seasoned meats, crispy Potato Olés®, and flavorful cheeses with fresh-made Mexican specialties like burritos, tacos, and quesadillas. All topped off with bold sauces, spices and salsas. You’ll find West-Mex® cooking makes for an unbeatably satisfying meal. See you soon ... Amigo :) $-$$ 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 Dr. 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. $$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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April 4 – April 11, 2013

THURSDAYAPRIL04 Country fans, it’s time to get driven nuts

by Wrangler butts when country tunesmithers the Casey Donahew Band perform at Stage 112 in the Elk’s Lodge, 112 Pattee St. 10 PM. $15.

The ZACC’s Printshop Orientation Class teaches peeps everything you need to know to use the print shop. In just two hours you’ll be able to impress your friends and family with your knowledge in silk-screening, relief printing and woodcut printing. Once you get the tour you can work there during business hours. Limited to six people per month. To register call 549-7555.

Release some stress during T’ai Chi classes every Thu. at 10 AM at The Open Way Center, 702 Brooks. $10 drop-in class.

Call Chris at 728-0918.

nightlife

Teepee time. Painter R. David Wilson’s exhibit At the Base of the Blue Hills shows at the Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., Fri., April 5, from 5–8 PM. Free.

End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 2–7 PM Mon.-Sat. and 2–5 PM on Sun. 5646 W. Harrier. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com.

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Sip on some well-fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5– 9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call 549-8703.

KVD is no RVD, but who is?

There’s only room in this world for one moonsault expert. Kevin Van Dort performs for you beer enthusiasts at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 5:30–8 PM. Free.

After the revolution, we’ll need a new Betsy Ross, which is why you should pick up some tips every Thu. at Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., where its Sewing Lounge goes from 6 to 8 PM. $9–$10/hour.

Call 541-7171.

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 Road. 6–7 PM. Free.

Win $50 by using your giant egg to answer trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM. Plus, all-you-can-eat wings, $10 two-topping pizzas, $6 domestic pitchers and $7 Blue Moon pitchers.

Music that stays with you.

The program, featuring Lindsay Deutsch, violin soloist Danzon No. 2 – M´arquez Four Seasons of Buenos Aires – Piazzolla Symphony No. 4 –Tchaikovsky

SAT., APRIL 13, 7:30 P.M. SUN., APRIL 14, 3:00 P.M. The University Theatre Tickets: $10 to $40 Online at missoulasymphony.org Call 721-3194 or visit 320 E. Main St. Sponsored by

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Darko’s Pre-Concert Talk: One hour before showtime in the Gallagher Building next door.

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Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers.

200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30– 10 PM. Check in for some Hospitality, a Montana dramedy about love, land and loyalty. Featuring Margaret Johnson, Ann Peacock and Justin Fatz. Written by Leslie Stoll O’Neill and directed by Howard Kingston, at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. 7:30 PM. $15/$13 advance at eventbrite.com. (See Spotlight.)

Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center is for all those ready to sing in honor of our connection to one another and the earth.

519 S. Higgins (Enter through back alley door.). 7:30 PM. Free will offering.

Welcome to the machine that is Pinky and the Floyd, a Floyd tribute outfit that is on a Pink Floyd Retrospective Tour and is joined by Missoula’s Dolce Canto Choir for the full meal deal.

Wilma Theatre. 8 PM. $22/$20

advance at Rockin Rudy’s or by calling 542-0077.

Show ‘em that pop culture knowledge is just as important as having a job during Trivial Beersuit at the Lucky Strike Casino. Prizes for podium finishers. Karaoke follows. 1515 Dearborn. 8–10 PM. During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, amazing musicians could play some great jams. Just don’t tell your cousin Rapping Timmy about it. That guy’s version of “Santeria” is terrible. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 5421471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up.

Them hard working, music making Soul City Cowboys kick it at the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. 8:30 PM. Free.

Show up the rest of the room with your version of “Ninja Survive” when you hit the Dark Horse for Combat Karaoke hosted by Aaron B. and accompanied with drink specials. 1805 Regent Street. 9 PM. Free.

Comb out your sister’s hair and don your downhome party cape, Langhorne Slim & The Law come to town and they are going to take you there, with locals The Hasslers and Ryan Bundy. Palace, 9 PM. $8. Advance tickets at Ear Candy or stonefly-productions.com.

The Dead Hipster Dance Party is all kinds of sweaty, but ‘tis the droplets of the beautiful people.

Get a taste in the place where love and funk is in the air (sometimes they are the same scent).

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

The grass is blue and the party is on when African jam outfit Toubab Krewe take the Top Hat stage, 134 W. Front St. 9:30 PM. Free.

Slide on a blazer (don’t forget to roll up the sleeves) and drop some “In Soviet Russia” jokes at Missoula’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Signup by 9:30 PM to perform or just sit back and take in the funny.

Free.

Things are about to get more erotic than George Hamilton sunning himself at the Beverly Hilton Hotel circa ‘77, cuz Vera begins its month-long residency at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., with helper monkeys Monster with 21 Faces and creepers Forrest Friends out of the Jet City. 10 PM. $2.

FRIDAYAPRIL05 County Line brings that fine old country music to the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. 9 PM. Free.

Get a hit of cardiovascular exercise during Nia: The Joy of Movement, from 9 AM to 10 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $12/$10 members. Call 541-7240.

Leach yourself for your fellow man and donate blood at the American Red Cross, 2401 N. Reserve St. Ste. 6, from 10 AM to 2 PM. To schedule an appointment please call 1-800-REDCROSS. The Women’s Circle Group Acupuncture at Mountain Sage Acupuncture Clinic, 725 W. Alder St. Ste. 1, focuses on women’s health issues and sounds comfy and nice. 2–5 PM, last appointment at 4 PM. Sliding scale treatments $20-40 with a first time administration fee of $10. Call (503) 593-7073.

Teens go toward the literary light during the Missoula Public Library’s Teen Writers Group, which meets every Fri. at 3:30 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK.

nightlife End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 2–7 PM Mon.Sat. and 2–5 PM on Sun. 5646 W. Harrier. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com.

Sip on some well-fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive.

Call 549-8703.

Zumba is like partying without having the horrible feelings in the morning. Most importantly, you get into shape. Head down to the Lolo School lower gym, 11395 U.S. 93, every Mon., Wed. and Fri. to practice the exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning, dance, fitness party. 6 PM. $2 per class/ Lolo residents free.

May all your Friday nite dreamz come to Fruition, when the Americana/bluegrass band of that name plays Family Friendly Friday from 6 to 8 PM and again at 10 PM. Top Hat. Free.

Don’t yell out your ex-girlfriend’s name during Hump Day Bingo with Bob at the Lucky

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FIRST FRIDAY Visit the MAM for First Friday and explore Hamish Fulton’s conceptual artwork, 21 Pieces of Wood for a 21 Day Walk in Montana. Following the “leave no trace” wilderness ethic, Fulton did not remove any objects from the Beartooth Mountains, but instead kept a diary of ideas, poetry, and drawings as inspiration for his artworks and installations. 5 PM, with 7 PM curator’s talk.

Free.

Samara Lynde of Townsend shares lovable, fuzzy creatures with us at her Upcycled First Friday exhibit, 517 S. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

Jen Erickson shares her spiff-a-riffic drawings at the Brink Gallery, 111 W. Front St., in her exhibit Elude, this First Friday. 5–8 PM. Free. (See Arts.)

Photos of one fine nation are the art de jour at Jennifer Driscoll’s exhibit Across America ... Again. Framing Studio, 411 East Alder St. 5–8 PM. Free.

The second annual Bead Challenge competition exhibit takes place at the Tides Gallery in Bathing Beauties, 501 S. Higgins Ave., showcasing the winner’s finished pieces. 5–8 PM. Free.

Slikati Photography, in collaboration with the Bare Bait Dance Company, brings us a photographic exhibition called A History of Dust. “This gravity-flouting series imagines the dreams of its former resident mannequins, with dancers as wanton motes caught in electric sunbeams.” Lake Missoula Tea Company, 126 E. Broadway #22. 5–8 PM. Free.

Hey Sophie, the artwork of local musician and UM student Emmet Ore is on display at Betty’s Divine, 521 S. Higgins Ave. The exhibit, entitled The Choices, features pieces ranging from colored pencil and ink on paper to acrylic on canvas. 5-8 PM. Free.

Be pricked by Dan Towell’s barbed wire art pieces, which also incorporate recycled materials in his exhibit Twisted Art. 4 Ravens Gallery in Corvallis. 5–8 PM. Free.

Like they do on the PBS channel, Jason Bohman live paints at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

Preview light-themed pieces by local artists before The Light Show auction on April 27, at Living Art Studios, 725 W. Alder St., #17 (Warehouse Mall). 5–8 PM. Free.

Lovely ladies and swell artists get ‘er done at the VFW, 245 W. Main St. I’m talkin’ ‘bout Sarah Shitstorm and Andrea Cross Guns, of course, who exhibit their works for all the world to gaze upon. 5–8 PM. Free.

Caw-caw, The Artists’ Shop, 127 N. Higgins Ave., hosts Birdfest 2013, featuring avian arts in many mediums including artists Don Jones (photography), Steve Thorstenson (ceramics), Kate Davis (photography), Juan de Santa Anna (photography), Ann Franke (calligraphy) and Monica van der Mars (jewelry). 5–8 PM. Free.

I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him and hold him and call him George. Samara Lynde exhibits her work at Upcycled, 517 S. Higgins Ave., from 5–8 PM. Free.

Monte Dolack introduces his sixth Montana state license plate design titled “Placid Lake Sunset, Dog is My Co-Pilot.” Monte Dolack Gallery, 139 W. Front St. Music by the Mountain Breathers. 5–8 PM. Free.

Ky Carry exhibits feather mobiles and Adena Hofer shows off her jewelry creations at Satori Massage, 240 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

Strike Casino where you’ll win prizes. Beware: $5 mini-fishbowls served all day. Bingo starts at 6:30 PM. Speak the language of fashion and say stuff like “hot mess” and “cloying” at the 7th annual Project Selvedge fashion show. Contestants spend eight weeks battling for supremacy and only one can be called the victor. Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave. 6:30 PM. $1.

Prospect Hill picks its way back to Missoula to play Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St., with local support from High Voltage and Airstream Safari. 7 PM. $15/$12 advance.

The grass be blue at the Ruby Jewel Jamboree which features The Claire Lynch Band, at Ruby’s Inn, 4825 N. Reserve St. 7 PM. $22/$18.50 advance/$2 discount MRBA, seniors and veterans. Visit rubyjeweljamboree.com.

The crazy kids are at it again at the River’s Mist Gallery of Fine Art, 317 Main St., in Stevi, which hosts the Fourth Annual Stevensville High School Art Show. 6–9 PM. Free.

Everybody get, uh, cozy tonight at Fishbowl Friday: Teach Me How to Snuggie, with art display by Tiphanie Runyan, plus electronic tunes from DJs including Mark Myriad, KidTraxiom, DJ Coma, Kount Dubyula and Logisticalone.

7 PM. Badlander. Free, including $5 fishbowl drinks. Custom Snuggies will also be available for purchase.

Check in for some Hospitality, a Montana dramedy about love, land and loyalty. Featuring Margaret Johnson, Ann Peacock and Justin Fatz. Written by Leslie Stoll O’Neill and directed by Howard Kingston, at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. 7:30 PM. $15/$13 advance at eventbrite.com. (See Spotlight.)

Britain’s National Theatre presents People, a play written by Alan Bennet and directed Nicholas

Missoula artist R. David Wilson’s exhibit At the Base of the Blue Hills, opens at the Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave. 5–8 PM. Free.

Hytner. Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 seniors/$11 students.

It’s been a while since Rob Quist and Tim Ryan have played together. According to the literature it should be epic. Symes Hotel in Hot Springs. 8 PM. Free.

Turns out there is justice in the world after all. The Justice Band plays tunes to fairly dance by at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. 8 PM. Free.

Whoot-whoot and scoot on down to the Union Club for an evening of soul music and dancing in Tevas when Zeppo MT hits the stage. 9 PM. Free.

Zebulon Kosted releases another fury-filled album and is joined by local derelicts and dune buggy drivers Nequiter, Shramana and False Teeth. Elk’s Lodge, 112 Pattee St. 9 PM. $5.

Acuity Design hosts a First Friday 3D printing event, with live demonstrations of Acuity’s printers accompanied by an exhibition of finished 3D art pieces on display.

Stop by the office, 240 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 16, above Hide and Sole. Includes hors d’oeuvres. 5–8 PM. Free. (See Spotlight.)

Oh lordy, it’s Brother Mercy dropping tuneage at Frenchtown’s Alcan Bar, 16780 Beckwith. 9 PM. Free.

Soak it up and sing it down to some 67,000 tunes when The Outpost Restaurant & Saloon, 38500 W. Hwy. 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free. Call 273-4733.

Better be on the lookout for White Walkers at the Palace tonight, when Walking Corpse Syndrome, Universal Choke Sign and Mahamawaldi play the Palace. 9 PM. Free. (See Music.)

John “Poncho” Dobson hosts open mic at Fergie’s Pub every Fri., where you’re bound to mingle with a mix of resort celebs, odd locals and dizzy soakers. You never know who’ll show up and play. It could be you. Starts at 3 PM. 213 Main Street in Hot Springs. Sign up

ahead at 406-721-2416 or just show up.

SATURDAYAPRIL06 The boys are back in town, but we are gonna talk about the men, the Dodgy Mountain Men, who rustle up some bluegrassy licks while you sip your beer beverages at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6–8 PM. Free.

Get a hit of cardiovascular exercise during Nia: The Joy of Movement, from 9 AM to 10 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $12/$10 members. Call 541-7240.

Get musical while finding your flow when Brian Baty leads a live music Vinyasa yoga class, which features music by Nathan Zavalney, this and every Sat. from 9:30–

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[calendar] 10:45 AM at Inner Harmony Yoga, 214 E. Main St. Ste. B. $10 dropin/$8 students drop-in, with various prices for punch-card holders.

Call 581-4093 or visit yogainmissoula.com.

The Missoula Winter Market is a family-friendly market much like the Saturday markets, but indoors and during wintertime! Come and enjoy local crafts, artisans, food and entertainment every weekend at 10 AM. 2036 Mullan Rd. Visit missoulawintermarket.com.

Quantum Consciousness and the Art of Being Human with Amit Goswami, Ph.D.

Public Lecture

Friday, April 5, 7:00-9:00pm Urey Underground Lecture Hall • UM Campus Tickets $15.00/$10.00 for students Available at Water Lilies - 401 W. Broadway Ste. C Missoula, MT or by calling Kathy at 406-880-2636

www.redwillowcenter.org

Step one: Admit you have a problem (usually it’s a propensity for exaggeration and/or filling out dream journals). Step two: Attend Writers Anonymous, an adult writing workshop in the Missoula Public Library boardroom every first Sat. of the month. 10 AM– noon. Free.

For those interested in the notso-distant past, the Daly Mansion Spring Lecture Series features Paul Mogenson’s talk “Bribery and Legalized Thievery.” This lecture covers the battle between Marcus Daly and Fritz Heinze, as well as other assorted characters of Butte’s past. Shady business, y’all. 251 Eastside Hwy. 10 AM. Free.

Never fear lovers of fresh, local vittles, the Heirloom Winter Market at the Missoula County Fairgrounds in the Floriculture Building offers you remedies of local produce, meat, baked goods, jam, honey and so much more. 11 AM– 2 PM. Your bedtime tales of collegeage debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721BOOK. The guild that sews together, stays together, so join Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., for Craft Vigilantes, its monthly Modern Quilt Guild for beginners and pros alike. 12–5 PM. $20 (first few sign-ups are free).

Author David Neiwert reads and signs his book And Hell Followed Her, at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 2 PM. Free.

After toiling away this fine spring break the kids are ready to perform Alice in Wonderland at the Missoula Children’s Theatre, 200 N. Adams St. Performances at 3 PM and 5 PM. $9/$7 seniors/$5 for ages 18 and under.

nightlife End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice

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when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 2–7 PM Mon.Sat. and 2–5 PM on Sun. 5646 W. Harrier. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com.

Sip on some well-fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive.

Call 549-8703.

A bunch of ragtag musicians with who-knows-what kind of instruments get together from 7 to 9:30 PM on the first Sat. of every month for the Bitterroot Valley Good-Time Jamboree at the Grange Hall, 1436 S. First St. in Hamilton. This month there are Irish tunes, cowboy poetry, jazz and western swing. $3 donations are encouraged. Call Clem at 961-4949.

Need some laffs? Comedian Owen Benjamin has you covered with a double-hitter night, with performances at 7 and 10 PM. $15/$25 VIP. Tickets available at ticketfly.com.

The Missoula Folklore Society Contra Dance features the Sleeping Child Spring Band and Morna Leonard giving the call at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. Lessons at 7:30 PM, dance from 8–11 PM. $9/$6 members.

Visit missoulafolk.org.

Check in for some Hospitality, a Montana dramedy about love, land and loyalty. Featuring Margaret Johnson, Ann Peacock and Justin Fatz. Written by Leslie Stoll O’Neill and directed by Howard Kingston, at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. 7:30 PM. $15/$13 advance at eventbrite.com. (See Spotlight.)

Turns out there is justice in the world after all. The Justice Band plays tunes to fairly dance by at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. 8 PM. Free.

County Line brings that fine old country music to the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. 9 PM. Free.

The Northern Lights be shining bright and sounding amight perfect for a night of dancing with that gal from the Town Pump on Reserve.

Rent a cabin, lovebirds, or take the shuttle. Lumberjack Saloon, 2000 Graves Creek Rd. 9 PM. Free.

Blue & The Vagus Nerve play with vim and verve when the group does the do-whack-a-do down at the Union Club. 9 PM. Free.

Soak it up and sing it down to some 67,000 tunes when The Outpost Restaurant & Saloon,

38500 W. Hwy. 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free. Call 273-4733.

Shredding gut stompers and technical wizards Lb.! return to Missoula with the sole intention of doing the village, the whole freakin’ village. The duo is joined by Czar, as well as locals Shramana and Con/Sequence. VFW, 245 W. Main St. 10 PM. $5. (See Music.)

Absolutely with DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are like Shabba-Doo and Boogaloo Shrimp, saving rec centers one beat at at time. Get hip to their jamz, hippies. Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until midnight. $2.

Prove that partying ain’t no sin at the Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana’s drag show tonight, featuring drag performance, dance tunes and the chance to win “Seven Deadly Sin”-themed gift baskets. Proceeds benefit the ISCSM scholarship fund. $5/$10 for ages 18 to 20. Palace.

Oh lordy, it’s Brother Mercy dropping tuneage at Frenchtown’s Alcan Bar, 16780 Beckwith. 9 PM. Free.

SUNDAYAPRIL07 Shane Clouse hops onto his steed and makes for the Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., for an afternoon of country times.

4–7 PM. Free.

Catch new thoughts with the Science of Mind Community during a Sunday service via the Internet when Rev. Kathianne Lewis spreads a spiritual message for your viewing pleasure at the Carriage House in Hamilton, 310 N. Fourth St., at 10 AM. this and every Sun. Free. Call Barb at 375-9996.

The Missoula Winter Market is a family-friendly market much like the Saturday markets, but indoors and during wintertime! Come and enjoy local crafts, artisans, food and entertainment every weekend at 10 AM. 2036 Mullan Rd. Visit missoulawintermarket.com.

This is the kind of mass I can really get behind. The Missoula Area Secular Society presents its Sunday M.A.S.S. Lunch, where atheists, secular humanists, agnostics and other freethinkers meet the first Sun. of every month for lunch at 11:30 AM in the Elbow Room. 1855 Stephens Ave. Free to attend, but the food costs you. Visit secularmissoula.org.

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life in plastic Skynet has arrived. Sort of. The artificial intelligence system made famous in the Terminator film franchise seems to be ever closer to ruling over us and exterminating the human race. Perhaps I’m a bit paranoid, but technology has become increasingly adroit at mimicking human activity, and last time I checked, humans expend a lot of energy trying to eliminate one another, so why wouldn’t our artificially intelligent creations be interested in doing the same? But I digress.

Lately, the interwebs have been abuzz about 3D printing. While news websites often focus on the technology’s ability to possibly create automatic weapons and build vehicles seemingly out of thin air in order to gain page views, 3D printing hasn’t proven to be too nefarious just yet. Ben Malouf, an artist who graduated from the University of Montana with a BFA in ceramics and an MFA in integrated digital media, works with engineer Michael Manhardt to create unique works using

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

of engineering and some computer skill could conceivably copy most any sculptor’s work. This is a new problem for sculptors, whereas “painters got over this years ago,” according to Malouf.

With new technology there is always a struggle between the new and the old ways, but the benefits

WHAT: Hot Plastic and Robots, a First Friday 3D printing exhibit and demonstration WHO: Ben Malouf and Michael Manhardt WHERE: Acuity Design, 240 N. Higgins Ave. (above Hide and Sole) WHEN: Fri., April 5, from 5–8 PM HOW MUCH: Free

machines that Malouf describes as “fine-tipped automated glue guns exuding hot plastic.”

Sounds simple enough, and the machines look simple enough, too. Think Erector set meets Tinker Toys: brightly colored cogs, basic stainless metal pieces, a motor. The plastic or nylon material comes out in thin layers and builds upward, following instructions similar to computer-aided drafting programs. The use of open source software for 3D printers means that anyone with an understanding

Your bedtime tales of collegeage debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Kick out the jams down the ‘Root at the dining room of the Sapphire Lutheran Homes, corner of 10th and River streets. Players of all levels are invited to bring their guitars, mandolins, harmonicas, fiddles, banjos, dobros, or other acoustic instrument. Music includes old-time country, bluegrass, swing, cowboy, folk, old standards, etc. Folks who want to play or just listen are encouraged to come. For more information, call John at 381-2483. Free.

seem to outweigh the negatives when it comes to using 3D printing to create art, particularly for those of us who have spent our entire lives among computers. Malouf says, “For artists working digitally, 3D printing bridges the digital with the tangible.” In other words, one can imagineer a piece on a computer and watch as it slowly comes to fruition, one layer at a time, before his or her eyes.

After toiling away this fine spring break the kids are ready to perform Alice in Wonderland at the Missoula Children’s Theatre, 200 N. Adams St. Performances at 3 PM and 5 PM. $9/$7 seniors/$5 for ages 18 and under.

nightlife End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 2–7 PM Mon.Sat. and 2–5 PM on Sun. 5646 W. Harrier. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com.

Hear the words of vets and upand-comers during the UM MFA program’s Second Wind Reading Series at the Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. This week’s readers are Saman-

—Jason McMackin

tha Duncan & James Nokes. 5 PM. Free.

Explore the idea of open intelligence and the peace, happiness and skillfulness that exists within you during the Balanced View open meeting, which runs every Sun. from 6-7 PM in the meeting room of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free, but donations accepted. Enter from the back entrance. Visit greatfreedom.org for more info.

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 and DJs. Live jazz starts at 8 PM with Josh Farmer, The Vanguard Combo and Front Street Jazz. Free.

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Whoa-oh, don’t need no Maaco at Community Collision, a “night of various styles of music” with Traffic Jam, Cartel Chic and Eden and the Gardeners at the Palace. 9 PM. Free.

workshops in poetry, fiction and non-fiction with instructors Mark Gibbons, Brian Buckbee and Russ Van Paepeghem. $175. For a schedule and to register visit 406writersworkshop.com.

Bellow out your favorite pop tune so you can impress your friends and perhaps win a prize during a karaoke contest this and every Sun. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. $3 Fireball specials. Call 721-1798.

Come on down for Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth.

(It ain’t called Wall Street Wednesday, amiright?) $1 from every drink sold is donated to a different nonprofit each Monday. Family friendly, from noon–8 PM.

MONDAYAPRIL08 Forget about ninja turtles, this month’s President’s Lecture Series talk is given by Keith Devlin, Stanford University mathematician best known as “The Math Guy” on NPR’s Weekend Edition, titled “Leonardo and Steve: The Young Genius Who Beat Apple to Market by 800 Years.” 8 PM. Free.

SAFE Crisis Line Volunteer Training begins in Hamilton this month, and the group is looking for a new batch of good eggs to help out. Call Theresa at 363-2793 Ext. 12.

Join the secret society of writers and learn the ways of the old ones at the 406 Writers’ Workshop, which begins three six-week spring

Submissions are due today for the 3rd Annual Last Best Printfest. This year’s portfolio exchange theme is: Obsession. For more details and to submit to a portfolio visit zootownarts.org.

The Rough Cut Science Seminar Series shows off the brainiacs of Montana’s scientific community, with presentations on current research each week at 4 PM in the University Center Theater. Visit montanaioe.org/rough-cut-series for the schedule.

nightlife Zumba is like partying without having the horrible feelings in the morning. Most importantly, you get into shape. Head down to the Lolo School lower gym, 11395 U.S. 93, every Mon., Wed. and Fri. to practice the exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired,

calorie-burning, dance, fitness party. 6 PM. $2 per class/ Lolo residents free.

Occupy Missoula General Assembly meets at the Union Hall above the Union Club at 6 PM. Visit occupymissoula.org.

The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. 6:30 PM. Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $12 buy-in.

The Bonner Milltown Community Council Meeting talks cleaning up the Blackfoot River and ensuring public access to the Milltown State Park, as well as the mechanics of a community survey about economic development and services. Bonner School Library. 7 PM. The Bitterroot Human Rights Alliance, Montana Human Rights Network and Montana Women’s Vote hosts an informational meeting on expanded Medicaid at the River Street Theater, 421 N. Second St., Hamilton. Learn what the benefits of the expansion are, or be a nay-sayer, either way, be nice.

7 PM. David Horgan & Beth Lo play straight-up jazz at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave., from 7–10 PM. Free.

Glitter bomb. Experimental pop outfit Religious Girls do work at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., Mon., April 8, at 10 PM, with J. Sherri, William Ingrid and Conservative Dad. $3/$5 for those 18–20.

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in the historic Masonic Hall 406-529-9477 126 E. Broadway,

Ste.22 Wide selection of tea & tea bar.

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[calendar] Say what you like, Judd Nelson is totes dreamy. Fall in love all over again at the Top Hat’s Monday Movie Night showing of The Breakfast Club. 7 PM. Free. 18 plus.

Get mindful at Be Here Now, a mindfulness meditation group that meets every Mon. from 7:30 to 8:45 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Open to all religions and levels of practice. Free, but donations appreciated. Visit openway.org.

Surely all you hip kids will know what we mean when we say Milkcrate Monday is hosting Trap Night Quarterly, a night of trap music with DJs including MR WIZARD and Tigerlily. 9 PM. Palace.

Free, with $5 PBR pitchers. (If you give up, trap music is “southernstyle hip-hop beats mixed with elements of electronic music.”)

Open Mic with Joey Running Crane at the VFW, 245 W. Main, seems like a fine idea, especially with 2-for-1 drink specials for musicians and the working class. 10 PM. Free. Call him up and get yourself a slot at 229-0488.

’Til things are brighter, I'm the Man in Black. The Cash Hyde Foundation presents an evening of reggae with Pato Banton at the Top Hat Lounge, 134 W. Front St., 8 PM. Free.

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You know it’s gotta be a real party when DJ Super Steve rocks the karaoke with the hottest Kamikaze tuneage this side of the hemisphere at the Dark Horse. Are

[calendar] you brave enough to let the computer pick your songs? 9 PM. Free.

Pull up your pants and pedal to the VFW, 245 W. Main St., for a visit from Religious Girls, J. Sherri, William Ingrid and Conservative Dad. 10 PM. $3/$5 for ages 18-21.

TUESDAYAPRIL09 The Montana Musicians and Artists Coalition hosts the Musician Showcase at Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St., an evening of tuneful live tuneage made by locals for locals. 8–11 PM. Free. 18 plus.

Dance cuz everybody’s watching at the American Cabaret Style bellydance class at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. This class is great for beginners and experienced dancers alike. 6– 7 P M. Visit madronadance. wordpress.com.

This month’s Marjorie A. Crawford Literature Seminar features the delicious sounding work, Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, and is facilitated by Shawn Wathen. Missoula Public Library.

9:30-11:30 AM in the meeting room.

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.

Hey hunters and other liars, come on down to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conference room for Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters, at 5205 Grant Creek Dr., and work on your elk-camp locution with the best. All are invited.

Noon–1 PM. Free.

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

nightlife It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, 2520 S. Third St. W., presents Black Mountain Boys Bluegrass from 5:30 to 8 PM. Free. Call 327-0900.

It’s a very romantic Tuesday evening when Larry Hirshberg serenades the Top Hat for a dinner show from 6 to 8 PM. Flirtatious winks optional. Free.

Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a non-violent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Noon. Free.

kindness partaken Nobody can be as mean to you as your loved ones. No one can be as kind, too, though. Both types of family dynamics are explored in Hospitality, the original “dramedy” opening at the Crystal Theatre Thursday. Missoula playwright Leslie Stoll O’Neill’s story focuses on Matilda, the caretaker of her family’s bed-and-breakfast on an estate in a Montana lakeside resort town.

As the play begins, Matilda, a middle-aged woman played by O’Neill, is about to lose the property because of nefarious neighbors’ scheming. Her sisters and wise-cracking aunt arrive for an annual family gathering, and bring all their quibbles with them. Expect plenty of witty lines and brutal honesty, like when Aunt Martha greets Matilda, saying, “You look just like your father.”

“Thanks,” Matilda responds. Martha retorts, “It wasn’t meant as a compliment.”

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of action,” Kingston says. He’s also appearing briefly in Hospitality as the slick “bastard” who’s the son of the scheming neighbors. The play is more of a quiet character study than action-filled adventure, but it

Where: Crystal Theatre When: Thu., April 4 to Sat., April 6 and Thu., April 11 to Sat., April 13, at 7:30 PM How much: $15/$13 in advance at eventbrite.com or call 406-241-8425

Find your dance and yourself at Turning the Wheel’s Tapestry class, which is a self-expressionfilled improvisational dance bonanza.

Headwaters Dance Company studio, 1042 Monroe St. 7:30-9 PM. $10. Proceeds benefit Turning the Wheel’s school programs.

“So much depends upon a red wheelbarrow...” Learn to mine great lines from that fabulous mind of yours just like William Carlos Williams when you join other seasoned and novice poets for Poetry Club every Tuesday at 8 PM at the ZACC, 235 N. First. W. 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: What is the largest member of the weasel family in North America? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

The Arlee Community Development Corporation Board Meeting takes place at 6 PM in the Arlee High School Business Lab. The meeting is open to the public.

For more information, contact Kelley at 726-5550.

Enjoy tasty bites and tastier ear-bites when Joan Zen plays the Top Hat dinner show from 6 to 8 PM. Free.

What: Hospitality

Hospitality is the directorial debut for Howard Kingston, a veteran local actor who recently played Tevye in the University of Montana’s Fiddler on the Roof. “It’s been challenging because there’s not a lot

calorie-burning, dance, fitness party. 6 PM. $2 per class/ Lolo residents free.

comes with lessons about secrets, betrayal and, Kingston says, a twist at the end. You never know when a family member will surprise you.

—Kate Whittle

WEDNESDAYAPRIL10 Hear some classic swing, embraceable you, when The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra performs at the Dennison Theatre at 7:30 PM, featuring a great vocalist commemorating the band’s most famous singer: Frank Sinatra. $15/$13 seniors and students.

Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s, Morgenroth Music and Electronic Sound and Percussion.

nightlife Learn why Mary, Mary, is buggin’ at the Bug Club meeting, where peeps interested in invertebrates can find locations to study these creatures. This first meeting determines field trip sites and club leadership roles. Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. 5:30–6:30 PM. Free.

Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre now offers daytime children’s dance classes. Creative Movement for ages 2.5 - 3 and pre-ballet for ages 4 -5. Visit www.rmbt.org, email rmbts@aol.com or call 5495155 for more information.

See the still lives of woodpeckers and other critters at the opening of An Aesthetic Taxonomy: Artwork Inspired by the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum. In the exhibit, UM students and staff combines fine art and taxidermy.

Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. 6 PM. Stay for an lecture on lynx by John Squires of the Forest Service at 7 PM.

This week’s Mansfield Center Spring 2013 Lecture Series hosts Terry Weidner, Professor of Political Science, UM, who gives a talk called “The US ‘Pivot’ to Asia and the Impact on US-China Relations,” at the Mansfield Center Conference Room in the Mansfield Library. 12:10 PM. Free.

Zumba is like partying without having the horrible feelings in the morning. Most importantly, you get into shape. Head down to the Lolo School lower gym, 11395 U.S. 93, every Mon., Wed. and Fri. to practice the exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired,

Looking for the ultimate athletic experience? Need something fun to do this spring? Then register for the Missoula Ultimate Frisbee Spring League. No prior experience necessary. Fee includes disc, shirt, beer (21+) and fun times every Wed. evening at 6 PM through May 29. Playfair Park, 1600 Bancroft St. $45. Visit missoulaultimate.com.

Show the Man how big your gray matter can get at Super Trivia Freakout. Win a bar tab, shots, and other mystery prizes during the five rounds of trivia. Badlander. 6:30 PM. Free.

Hey, spring is here and TV ain’t exactly pumping out the good stuff these days, so get off your bum for a few and take Cathy Clark’s West Coast Swing Class at the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent Ave. 7 PM. $5.

Learn about the toll food-insecurity takes on people at the screening of A Place At The Table, which uses expert opinions by nutritionists, sociologists and people on the ground working to eliminate hunger in the U.S. to reveal how people are affected. Brought to you by the Missoula Food Bank.

Carmike 12. 7:30 PM. $12. For tickets visit tugg.com/events/3339.

It must be spring, Tech N9ne is back and rapping his backside off at the Wilma Theatre. 7:50 PM. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and www.ticketweb.com. Pub trivia answer: The wolverine.

Watch Dr. Phil bust a move at Manhattan Project Presents: The Sound Advice Show, which includes a confession booth, live painting by Neeko Page and DJs SounSiva, Feldman, Ryan D and Dar. Palace. 9 PM. Free.

Everybody play nice with your brothers when Cain and Fable and the Skurfs grace the Top Hat starting at 9 PM. Free.

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.

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[calendar] Red-headed road warriors and allout rawk and roll dynamos White Mystery return to town to burn it down when they perform at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., with Organs, and locals Magpies, Haunted Maze and Boys. 9 PM. $5/$7 for those 18-21. (See Music.)

THURSDAYAPRIL11 Leave the pommel horse in the gym and battle your demons with beers and tuneage by Muzikata instead, at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6–8 PM. Free.

Release some stress during T’ai Chi classes every Thu. at 10 AM at The Open Way Center, 702 Brooks. $10 drop-in class. Call Chris at 7280918.

People who have Parkinson’s disease, as well as caregivers and professionals who work with the disease, can meet for the Missoula Parkinson’s Disease Support Group the second Thursday of each month at the Montana First Credit Union, 3708 N. Reserve St. Call Cindy Cone at 728-8283 or Ann Houston at 5438939 for more info. Free.

Experience nature the Jennifer Racicot Bardsley way at the opening of her exhibit Path of Least Resistance. University Center Gallery. 4–6 PM. Free.

nightlife End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 2–7 PM Mon.-Sat. and 2–5 PM on Sun. 5646 W. Harrier.

Call 830-3296 and visit missoula winery.com.

The UM American Indian Student Services hosts an eight-week Insider/Outsider Film Series, at the Payne Family Native American Center on the UM campus, and has a strict “B.Y.O.F. (bring your own frybread)” policy, according to the group’s press release. This week’s film is Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. 5–7 PM. Free.

Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. The UM Opera Theater hooks you up with that good singing stuff at the Music Recital Hall. 7:30 PM. $11/$6 seniors/$5 students.

The Cash Hyde Foundation presents a reggae evening at the Top Hat with Pato Banton at 8 PM. Free. All ages.

Show ‘em that pop culture knowledge is just as important as having a job during Trivial Beersuit at the Lucky Strike Casino. Prizes for podium finishers. Karaoke follows.

1515 Dearborn. 8–10 PM. During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, amazing musicians could play some great jams. Just don’t tell your cousin Rapping Timmy about it. That guy’s version of “Santeria” is terrible.

8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up.

Hear bands battle blissfully with bandoleers of bass, booming guitar and beautiful voices at Top of the Mic 4, a yearly music contest for area musicians.

Sean Kelly’s, 130 W. Pine St. 9 PM. Free.

The Dead Hipster Dance Party is all kinds of sweaty, but ‘tis the droplets of the beautiful people. Get a taste in the place where love and funk is in the air (sometimes they are the same scent).

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

Show up the rest of the room with your version of “Ninja Survive” when you hit the Dark Horse for Combat Karaoke hosted by Aaron B. and accompanied with drink specials. 1805 Regent Street. 9 PM. Free.

Mark Duboise and Crossroads make that country music and that music makes you make babies out in the boondocks. Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. 9 PM. Free.

Burst your ear holes and bust an old time groove in your robot walkers at Archaic Revival, an evening of elecCome and knock on our door. Rock and roll trio Vera plays each Thursday this month, with various tronic music with Lil Sassy and DJs openers, at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., at 10 PM, as part of the monthly residency series. $2.

Rockstocki, HAuLi and Nic Jaymes, at Sip on some well fermented spirthe Palace. 9 PM. Free. Also includes its when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which The Helmet Project invites folks to check current economic system and bring love to a 2-for-1 well drink special. runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, out a bevy of creative helmets re-imagined your fellow humans. Sponsored by Transition at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call by local artists at Missoula Bicycle Works, 708 Town Missoula. Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins S. Higgins Ave., where folks can bid on one Ave. 7 PM. Free, but donations are accepted. It’s National Poetry Month, don’t you know, 549-8703. and perhaps a bit of verse from Tennyson of the wearable works. Proceeds benefit the The Bitterroot Public Library’s Fellow- Tanner Olsen Memorial BMX Park. Tunes by The Missoula Democrats Central will do: “For now the Heavenly Power / ship Club meets from 6–7:30 PM to discuss The Boxcutters. Libation and snacks available. Committee Meeting takes place at the Mis- Makes all things new, / And thaws the cold, soula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. and fills / The flower with dew; / The blackthe book Cares That Infest: Between Man 6:30–9:30 PM. Free. (See Agenda.)

7 PM. and Happiness by Cecil A. Poole. The book birds have their wills, / The poets too.” Send suggests different methods to gain peace of Win $50 by using your giant egg to answer Check in for some Hospitality, a Montana your event info to me by 5 PM on Fri., April trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia mind. Free. dramedy about love, land and loyalty. Featur- 5 to calendar@missoulanews.com. AlterNight at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, ing Margaret Johnson, Ann Peacock and nately, snail mail the stuff to The CalemanTreasure State Toastmasters invites you to 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM. Plus, all-youJustin Fatz. Written by Leslie Stoll O’Neill and dar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., get your locution on and become fixated orcan-eat wings, $10 two-topping pizzas, $6 dodirected by Howard Kingston, at the Crystal Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543atorically at their weekly meeting. Community mestic pitchers and $7 Blue Moon pitchers.

Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. 7:30 PM. 4367. You can also submit stuff online using Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free.

The film Occupy Love explores how the Oc- $15/$13 advance at eventbrite.com. (See a link that says “submit an event.” cupy movement can usurp the power of the Spotlight.)

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n the ‘90s, us boys used to play ultimate Frisbee in Physical Education class. It was awesome because it was outside and the field was next to the tennis courts, the springtime home of the girls’ PE classes. So playing ultimate was a chance to strut and preen and “accidentally” toss the disc over the high Cyclone fence and make small talk with otherwise unapproachable lasses once we were inside the enormous outdoor cage, under the guise of recovering the disc. Of course, the best part was when coach would yell at us if we dawdled for too long. “McMackin,” he’d yell, ”get out of there and toss off.” Yes, Coach So-andso referred to throwing the disc as “tossing off.” At the time, it was as embarrassing as it was funny.

But, hey, we’re all adults here, and spring is a time of rebirth and renewal, a time to show everyone that

you still got some of that athletic mojo and a desire to crush your enemies and see them driven before you.

Spring is the time to get back out on the field for Ultimate Frisbee Spring League. You need not be the fastest or strongest, nor the craftiest; you need only to want to impress the moms or dads pushing their enormous strollers through the park as you toss the disc to victory.

—Jason McMackin Missoula Ultimate Frisbee Spring League takes place at 6 PM every Wednesday at Playfair Park, 1600 Bancroft St. $45 fee includes disc, T-shirt and adult beverages. To register visit missoulaultimate.com.

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FRIDAY APRIL 5 Whitewater guide school offers novice river runners an opportunity to learn how to safely lead whitewater trips and earn Swiftwater Rescue Technician certification over the course of five days on the Blackfoot and Clark Fork rivers. $485. Call 2140245 or go to montanariverguides.com.

SATURDAY APRIL 6 Wrap up the ski season and ring in spring with some style and aplomb at the Whitefish Mountain Resort Pond Skim. This contest gives skiers and boarders alike the opportunity to skim across an 80-foot pond in the costume of their choice. Limited to 60 participants who are 21 and older. Visit skiwhitefish.com.

Run for all the right reasons at the 2013 Buttercup Run in Arlee. What are the right reasons? Well, healthy stuff for one. Also the Friends of Arlee Schools, Inc. has given over $100,000 to graduating Arlee seniors in scholarships since 2000, as well as about $50,000 to classrooms/teachers to augment supplies in the form of grants. Whoa. This year a half-marathon has been added, and there is a miler, 5K and 10K. Visit buttercuprun.com for fees and schedules.

MONDAY APRIL 8 Stretch it out, Ringo, at REI’s Yoga for Outdoor Fitness, where you can learn the basics and develop balance, endurance and strength (inner and physical). Indeed. 6:30 PM. Free.

Fly, captain fly, to the Five Valleys Audubon program “Ecology and Evolution of Baby Birds,” with Dr. Ken Dial, UM prof and developer of the school’s flight lab. Gallagher Business Bldg. Rm 123.

7:30 PM. Free.

TUESDAY APRIL 9 Hiking ladies rejoice, the Dirt Girls are taking a trip up Mt. Sentinel and they’d like you to come along.

Meet at the Maurice Ave. trailhead near the corner of Maurice and South Ave. 6 PM. For questions email montanadirtgirl@gmail.com.

World class expedition kayaker Doug Ammons offers a multi-media presentation called “The Line” in which he speaks about the concept of “the line” in adventure sports and how it is used in other

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sports and activities. UC Theater. 7 PM. Free. Visit rockymountaineers.com.

Become one with the skunk bear at the screening of Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom, a PBS “Nature” documentary that uncovers the lives of the largest land-dwelling member of the weasel family.

Following the film, a short panel discussion by experts on wolverine biology and the recent federal proposal to protect wolverines under the Endangered Species Act. Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. 7–9 PM. Free, with suggested donation of $3.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 10 See the still lives of woodpeckers and other critters at the opening of An Aesthetic Taxonomy: Artwork Inspired by the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum.

In the exhibit, UM students and staff combines fine art and taxidermy. Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. 6 PM. Stay for an lecture on lynx by John Squires of the Forest Service at 7 PM. Looking for the ultimate athletic experience?

Need something fun to do this spring? Then register for the Missoula Ultimate Frisbee Spring League. No prior experience necessary. Fee includes disc, shirt, beer (21+) and fun times every Wed. evening at 6 PM through May 29. Playfair Park, 1600 Bancroft St. $45. Visit missoulaultimate.com.

Of course Montana is home to one of the largest Canada lynx populations. Learn about them kitties at the Dr. John Squires’ Evening Lecture “Canada Lynx: Managing Montana’s Most Elusive Cat,” at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. 7 PM. $4 suggested donation, MNHC members free.

THURSDAY APRIL 11 During the Clark Fork Coalition Walks & Talks: Exploring Missoula’s Urban Islands, see firsthand the impact that invasive trees are having along the Clark Fork River at Missoula’s recently purchased conservation lands parcel with Conservation Lands Manager Morgan Valliant. Learn about the city’s weed management strategy, how to ID invasive plants and how this parcel will be used for public access. Participants should meet at California St. along the north side of the river. Noon. For more information visit clarkfork.org calendar@missoulanews.com

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On The Simpsons episode titled “Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment,” the great Homer Simpson made a cogent toast to the Jehovian power of alcoholic beverages: “To alcohol: the cause of—and solution to—all of life’s problems.” Indeed, Pat Scharfe of Missoula Bicycle Works has experienced the positive benefits of hoisting a pint now and then.

While sipping a Blackfoot Brewing Co. beer, Scharfe noticed an ad for the annual On Deck skateboard deck art auction, where artists turn blank decks into all sorts of repurposed masterpieces. The On Deck fundraiser left him wondering if, under a similar setup, people would snatch up cycling helmets. And so the The Helmet Project was born.

Scharfe contacted Bell Helmets and the company offered up 24 white helmets to get the project started. Scharfe then enlisted a wide variety of artists to participate, including Courtney Blazon, Jennifer Bardsley, Ron Miller and Bound by Glory tattoo

artists Aaron Dor Dixon and Joel Valkner. Most of the helmets auctioned will be wearable, although certainly only on special occasions, such as a naked crit.

The project had to have a purpose, though; a solution to one of life’s problems, if you will. Therefore, all the proceeds benefit the Tanner Olsen Memorial BMX Park.

Olsen, a promising young snowboarder and all-around athlete, was killed in a car accident in 2011. Via various fundraising efforts, Olsen’s family and friends have raised approximately half of the $100,000 needed to start on the project. The Helmet Project will help close the gap even more.

—Jason McMackin The Helmet Project silent art auction benefitting the Tanner Olsen Memorial BMX Park takes place at Missoula Bicycle Works, 708 S. Higgins Ave., from 6:30 to 9 PM, with a performance by The Boxcutters, as well as hors d’oeuvres and beverages.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY APRIL 4 The film Occupy Love explores how the Occupy movement can usurp the power of the current economic system and bring love to your fellow humans.

Sponsored by Transition Town Missoula. Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. Free, but donations are accepted.

Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center is for all those ready to sing in honor of our connection to one another and the earth. 519 S. Higgins (Enter through back alley door.). 7:30 PM. Free will offering.

The Missoula Democrats Central Committee Meeting takes place at the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. 7 PM.

SUNDAY APRIL 7 This is the kind of mass I can really get behind.

The Missoula Area Secular Society presents its Sunday M.A.S.S. Lunch, where atheists, secular humanists, agnostics and other freethinkers meet the first Sun. of every month for lunch at 11:30 AM in the Elbow Room. 1855 Stephens Ave. Free to attend, but the food costs you. Visit secularmissoula.org.

MONDAY APRIL 8 SAFE Crisis Line Volunteer Training begins in Hamilton this month and the group is looking for a new batch of good eggs to help out. Call Theresa at 363-2793 Ext. 12.

Come on down for Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth. (It ain’t called Wall Street Wednesday, amiright?) $1 from every drink sold is donated to a different nonprofit each Monday. Family friendly, from noon–8 PM. Occupy Missoula General Assembly meets at the Union Hall above the Union Club at 6 PM. Visit occupymissoula.org.

The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. 6:30 PM. The Bonner Milltown Community Council Meeting talks cleaning up the Blackfoot River and ensuring public access to the Milltown State Park, as well as the mechanics of a community survey about economic development and services. Bonner School Library. 7 PM.

The Bitterroot Human Rights Alliance, Montana Human Rights Network and Montana Women’s Vote hosts an informational meeting on expanded Medicaid at the River Street Theater, 421 N. 2nd St., Hamilton. Learn what the benefits of the expansion are, or be a nay-sayer, either way, be nice. 7 PM.

TUESDAY APRIL 9 Knitting For Peace meets at Joseph’s Coat, 115 S. Third St. W. All knitters of all skill levels are welcome.

1–3 PM. For information, call 543-3955.

Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a non-violent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Noon. Free.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 10 This week’s Mansfield Center Spring 2013 Lecture Series hosts Terry Weidner, UM professor of political science, who gives a talk called “The US ‘Pivot’ to Asia and the Impact on US-China Relations,” at the Mansfield Center Conference Room in the Mansfield Library. 12:10 PM. Free.

The Arlee Community Development Corporation Board Meeting takes place at 6 PM in the Arlee High School Business Lab. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, contact Kelley at 7265550.

Learn about the toll food-insecurity takes on people at a screening of A Place At The Table, brought to you by the Missoula Food Bank. Carmike 12. 7:30 PM. $12. For tickets visit tugg.com/events/3339.

THURSDAY APRIL 11 The film Occupy Love explores how the Occupy movement can usurp the power of the current economic system and bring love to your fellow humans.

Sponsored by Transition Town Missoula. Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. Free, but donations are accepted.

The Missoula Democrats Central Committee Meeting takes place at the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. 7 PM.

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 email 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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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 HONEY• Honey is a sweet dog who needs several things -- an active family to match her high energy level, a loving family to give her lots of attention, and a stable home that will be hers forever. She's been passed around way too much, and consistency may be what she needs most of all.

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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 ROSCOE•Summer is upon us, which means outdoor activities will take center stage.

Whether your favorite activity is going for walks, hiking, or swimming, why not take a best friend with you? Roscoe is a lover of outdoor activities. He is great with other dogs and has lived with cats.

GRAVY•This handsome California Little is eager for a new Montana life. Though he cannot tell us directly, we sense he has had some hard times in his life. He is looking for an adult family who can remind him that the tough times are in his past and the furture holds lots of pleasant walks, treats, and kindness from humans.

CARLY•Kooky Carly is a 2-year-old orange girl. She is a confident gal who knows what she wants and doesn't take any heat from anyone. A bit independent, she will talk to you when she wants to be petted or have a little snack but mostly just hangs out on her own.

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She would really love a new understanding owner who is willing to show her the way around the area so she can become comfortable in her new surroundings.

MR. MYSTERY•Mr. Mystery is a big sweet boy. He carries an air of confidence with him and makes friends everywhere he goes. He absolutely loves dogs and possibly believes he is one. In his previous home he was known for tagging along on walks and hikes with the resident dogs the entire way and would then snuggle with them back at the homestead.

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NESSA• I didn’t see a “No cats allowed” sign anywhere so I marched right up to the open door and went in….the place was named for a cat after all. The Red Lion. I was hoping for a meal and a nice warm bed out of the rain.

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He is a bit shy, but will come out of his igloo to wiggle his whiskers in hopes of getting a treat.

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"The most important thing to remember is this: to be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.”" - W.E.B. Dubios

ADVICE GODDESS

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

By Amy Alkon

TO GIVE AWAY

THE MATH TO TRUE LOVE You need to tell men to never be the first to say those "three little words." A woman will tell you she's ready to hear them by telling you first. It seems the dating gurus agree: When a man says "I love you" first, he throws the attraction physics all off because he lowers his value in the woman's subconscious.

—Concerned Guy When you're looking into a woman's eyes and there's that awkward moment of silence, there are plenty of things you can say besides "I love you"—like, "I was going to say something, but now I'm not" or "Have I told you I've started drinking the blood of freshly killed unicorns?"

It is wise to avoid spewing mush all over a woman on, say, the third date. The premature "I love you" tends to translate as "I really don't know you, beyond how you like your steak, but I love any woman who doesn't block my calls or spot me coming down the sidewalk and duck into a real estate office and beg them to hide her." Of course, what really lowers a man's "value in the woman's subconscious" is being someone who needs a "dating guru" to help him be calculating; he can't just be. Women value men who don't seem to be living by others' dictates—men who are spontaneous and fun and don't have a faraway look in their eyes because they're trying to recall something they heard on some dating webinar.

Now, a lot of men have childhoods that don't exactly lead them to walk the planet feeling like they own the place. So, it's understandable if you began your dating life as a wimpy, approval-seeking suckup, but if you continue along those lines, you're a lazy, wimpy, approval-seeking suckup. Having value in a woman's eyes takes having value in your own, which takes doing the work to develop self-respect instead of just fencing off that huge sinkhole in your self so no squirrels or neighborhood dogs fall in.

Once you have self-respect, it'll seem ridiculous to pull out some dating calculus book to figure out what to say to a woman and when. The right words will just flow at the right time out of genuine feeling that's developed between you.

Sure, there's always that chance that some woman who seemed into you will have an attack of the commitment heebies or decide that she doesn't feel the same way. If you're more of a man's man than a worm's worm, this won't be a statement on your worth. It's just a sign

that you need to look for a woman who wants you as much as you want her. If you're secure, chances are you'll eventually find a partner who won't want to leave you—and not just because you always open the door for her when she gets that look in her eye that says, "I can't wait one more moment to pee on the neighbors' rosebushes."

OVERTHINKING OF YOU My fiance and I split up three months ago. Our relationship was serious and lovely, but we just weren't feeling it anymore. We are friendly and communicate frequently but avoid awkward topics—like dating other people.

We're in the same industry, and I would hate for someone to snap a picture of me and a date and put it on Facebook for him to stumble on. Wouldn't it be better if he learned I'm seeing somebody else from me, and vice versa?

—Tiptoeing Forward Can't you just let him get his information about you the old-fashioned way, by sneaking over with a tall ladder and peering through your blinds? Dating other people after ending an engagement is an awkward topic—which seems the perfect reason to continue to avoid discussing it with your now exfiance. But say somebody does snap a picture of you and a date and toss it up on Facebook. Unless your ex has only 12 Facebook friends or he's monitoring Facebook like a bald eagle hovering over a prairie rat, he might miss the photo. And even if he does see it, assuming it doesn't involve tongue, who's to say whether it's you and your next candidate for fiance or you and some guy who dropped by your office? Although you two "weren't feeling it anymore" and it's natural that you'd both be looking to feel it with other people, once you've loved somebody, you probably can't help but feel a little pang at the thought of them blithely falling into the arms of somebody else. So, maybe consider ambiguity a gift—one that lets you believe the deadening silence between you is the sound of him in his garage building a drone camera to spy on your every move.

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

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Community donations are accepted on location. PIOM offers FREE clothing to those in need, and affordable for all at 3/$5!

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COLUMBIA FALLS SD #6 has the following openings for the 201314 school year (proper Montana certification required): *HS Guidance Counselor *JH Social Studies Teacher *JH Keyboarding.

HAB TECH I 2 FT positions providing services to Adults w/ disabilities in a res/com setting. Supervisory experience preferred. (1) Sunday- Wednesday: 12p-10p, 5pm. $9.45/hr. (2) Tuesday-Friday: 2:30p-9p, Saturday: 10a-10p. $9.45/hr.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Art cannot be modern," said Austrian painter Egon Schiele. "Art is primordially eternal." I love that idea. Not all of the artifacts called "art" fit that scrupulous definition, of course. Katy Perry's music and the film Wreck It Ralph may have some entertainment value, but they're not primordially eternal. I bring this up, Aries, because I think you have entered a particularly wild and timeless phase of your own development. Whether or not you are literally an artist, you have a mandate to create your life story as a primordially eternal work of art.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "All my best ideas come from having no answer," said pioneer filmmaker John Cassavetes, "from not knowing." I hope that testimony cheers you up, Taurus.

As hard as it may be for you to imagine, you are on the verge of a breakthrough. As you surf the chaotic flow and monitor the confusing hubbub, you are brewing the perfect conditions for an outburst of creativity. Rejoice in the blessing of not knowing!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Sant is a Hindi word that comes from a Sanskrit verb meaning "to be good" and "to be real." Personally, I know a lot of people who are either real or good.

But few are both. The good ones tend to be overly polite, and the real ones don't put a high priority on being nice. So here's your assignment, Gemini: to be good and real; to have compassionate intentions even as you conduct yourself with a high degree of authenticity; to bestow blessings everywhere you go while at the same time being honest and clear and deep. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you have the power to pull off this strenuous feat.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Let's take a look back at the first three months of 2013. How have you been doing? If I'm reading the astrological markers accurately, you have jettisoned a portion of the psychic gunk that had accumulated in you during the past six years. You have partially redeemed the shadowy side of your nature and you have to some degree ripened the most immature part. There's also the matter of your heart. You have managed some healing of a wound that had festered there for a long time. So here's my question for you: Is it possible for you to do more of this good work? The target date for completion is your birthday.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Naturalist Charles Darwin formulated the theory of evolution, which has been one of history's most influential hypotheses. A crucial event in his early development as a scientist was a five-year boat trip he took around the world when he was in his twenties.

The research he conducted along the way seeded many of his unique ideas. The writing he did established his reputation as a noteworthy author. And yet before his journey, his father tried to talk him out of embarking, calling it a "wild scheme" and "a useless undertaking." Did your parents or other authorities ever have a similar response to one of your brilliant projects? If so, now would be a good time to heal the wound caused by their opposition.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I've got three sets of affirmations for you, Virgo. Say them out loud and see if they might work for you. 1. "I will be engrossed in fascinating experiences that feed my curiosity, but I will not be obsessed with grueling frustrations that drain my energy." 2. "I will be committed to love if it opens my eyes and heart, but I will not be infatuated with maddening conundrums that jiggle my fear." 3.

"I will give myself freely to learning opportunities that offer me valuable lessons I can use to improve my life, but I will be skeptical toward rough-edged tests that ask far more from me than they offer in return."

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Pole of inaccessibility" is a term that explorers use to identify places on the Earth that are hard—and interesting!—to get to. On each continent, it's usually considered to be the spot that's farthest from the coastline. For instance, there's a pole of inaccessibility near the frozen center of Antarctica. Its elevation is over 12,000 feet and it has the planet's coldest average temperatures. As for the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, it's an area in the South Pacific that's most remote from land. By my reckoning, Libra, you would benefit from identifying what your own personal version of this point is, whether it's literal or metaphorical. I think it's also a great time to transform your relationship with it.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Every April, the ancient Romans celebrated a festival known as Robigalia. Among the rites they performed were ceremonies to exorcize the god of rust and mildew. I suggest you consider reviving that old practice, Scorpio. You would benefit from spending a few days waging war against insidious rot. You could start by scrubbing away all the sludge, scum, and gunk from your home, car, and workplace. Next, make a similar effort on a metaphorical level. Scour the muck, glop, and grime out of your psyche.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I'll be waiting." Tinkerbell says that to Peter Pan in J.M. Barrie's famous story. Sometime soon, I think you should whisper words like those to a person or animal you love. It's time for you to be as romantic and lyrical as possible. You need to bestow and attract the nourishment that comes from expressing extravagant tenderness. For even better results, add this sweetness from French poet Paul Valéry: "I am what is changing secretly in you." And try this beauty from Walt Whitman: "We were together. I forget the rest."

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) had an ecstatic relationship with the California wilderness. He studied it as a scientist and he worshiped it as a mystical devotee. During the course of his communion with the glaciers and peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains, he came close to seeing them as living entities that evolved over long periods of time. "Glaciers move in tides," he wrote. "So do mountains. So do all things." With Muir as your inspiration, I invite you to identify the very gradual currents and tides that have flowed for years through your own life, Capricorn. It's prime time to deepen your understanding and appreciation of the big, slow-moving cycles that have brought you to where you are today.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): American author William Faulkner won a Nobel Prize for literature, an indication that he had abundant talent. The prose he wrote was often experimental, cerebral, and complex. He was once asked what he would say to readers who found it difficult to grasp his meaning "even after reading it two or three times." His reply: "Read it four times." My counsel to you, Aquarius, is similar.

When faced with a challenging event or situation that taxes your understanding, keep working to understand it even past the point where you would normally quit. There will be rewards, I promise.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "Dear Rob: I just consulted an astrologer, and he told me that my planets are very weak because they're in the wrong houses and have bad aspects. Please tell me what this means. Am I cursed? Is there any way to remedy my afflictions? - Paranoid Pisces." Dear Pisces: Whoever told you that nonsense is an incompetent astrologer. You shouldn't heed him.

There's no such thing as one's planets being weak or being in the wrong houses or having bad aspects.

There may be challenges, but those are also opportunities. Luckily, the coming weeks will be prime time for you Pisceans to overthrow the influence of inept "experts" and irresponsible authorities like him. Reclaim your power to define your own fate from anyone who has stolen it from you.

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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, April 9, 2013, and will then be opened and publicly read in the Jack Reidy Conference Room, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the following: City of Missoula Crosswalk Epoxy Painting – 2013 Improvements Project 13-005 This project consists of epoxy painting crosswalks at 19 locations throughout the City of Missoula. 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 013-005 “Crosswalk Epoxy Painting - 2013”. 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 1406-444-7734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor performing work on a “Public works contract” shall not pay less than the latest Montana Labor Standard Provisions minimum wage 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,

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county, municipality, school district, or political subdivision or for nonconstruction 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 April 9, 2013. 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)552-6079. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the city’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, until 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the following: City of Missoula Curb and Sidewalk Improvements Catlin St. – S 3rd St. W to 12th St. W Project 09004 This project consists of installing approximately 14,000 square feet of new sidewalk and 5,000 lineal feet of new curb, associated asphalt repairs and other miscellaneous work. 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 09-004 Catlin St. - S 3rd St. W to 12th St. W 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

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s 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 1406-444-7734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor performing work on a “Public works contract” shall not pay less than the latest Montana Labor Standard Provisions minimum wage 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 nonconstruction 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 April 16, 2013. The City of

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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)552-6079. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the city’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk

CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON STREET VACATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Missoula, Montana, passed Resolution Number 7764 at their regular meeting held on March 25, 2013: A resolution declaring it to be the intention of the City Council of the City of Missoula, Montana, to close and vacate portions

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE MISSOULA CITY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT will be conducting a public hearing at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, 2013, Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following items: 1. A request by Doug Harby to replace an existing shed in his front yard setback for a property located at 1633 Belair Place in the R5.4 zoning district. SEE MAP G.

PUBLIC NOTICE The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana.

2. A request by Woodbury Corporation for a variance to allow for an increase in the maximum parking requirement for property located at 3626 and 3630 Brooks St. SEE MAP H.

1. Zoning Request – Decker Zoning

A request from Decker Investments, Inc., represented by Paul Forsting of Territorial Landworks, Inc. to zone an unzoned property near the Wye to CI1(Light Industry). The property is legally described as Tract 1 of COS # 6341 in Section 21, Township 14N, Range 20W, PMM. See Map B.

If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling Development Services at 552-6630. The City of Missoula will provide auxiliary aids and services. For additional information regarding the variance request you may contact Ben Brewer at 552-6052 or email bbrewer@ci.missoula.mt.us.

will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 141, 201, 216, 293, and OS53.

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 4/22/2013 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 4/25/2013 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale.

All Sales final.

COPPERSTONE STOR-ALL will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent on April 22nd, 2013 at 12 noon. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc. household goods.

A live auction will be held Monday, April 22nd at 12:30 pm at 8700 Roller Coaster Rd, Missoula, MT 59808. 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.

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PUBLIC NOTICES of Eaton Street between South 3rd Street and South 4th Street (located in Section 20, Township 13 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M.) The City Council will hear all matters pertaining to the proposed street vacation at its regular meeting on April 8, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine St. The full resolution is on file and open for inspection in the City Clerk’s Office from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday at City Hall, 435 Ryman, Second Floor. For more information, contact Jessica Miller, Public Works at 552-6347. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC, City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on April 22, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Cham-

bers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to hear public comment on the following two ordinances: An ordinance to amend Chapter 20.45 “Accessory Uses and Structures“ sections 20.45.060 (Accessory Dwelling Units) Title 20, City Zoning Ordinance of the Missoula Municipal Code, expanding the applicability to all single dwelling residential districts and revising the standards. An ordinance to amend Chapter 20.60 “Parking and Access” Section 20.60.020 (C) (Off-Street Parking Schedule) Title 20, City Zoning Ordinance of the Missoula Municipal Code, revising the parking requirements for parcels containing two units including accessory dwelling units. All persons interested may appear and provide comments at the hearing or may file written comments with the City Clerk prior to the date of hearing. Mail any

comments to: Public Hearing Comment, City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. For further information contact Tom Zavitz, Development Services at 552-6632 or Laval Means, Development Services at 552-6628. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on April 15, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to hear public comment on a resolution to adopt Reaching Home: Missoula’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness. For further information contact Ginny Merriam, Communications Officer Director, at 552-6007. 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 Notice The Missoula Fire Department has applied for a permit to burn the Mountain Water Company Caretaker’s Cottage located at its intake dam on Rattlesnake Creek, 5309 Rattlesnake Drive, Missoula, as a training exercise in late April or May, 2013. The public is invited to comment in writing. Comments must be received by 5:00p.m. on April 24, 2013 at the Health Department, 301 West Alder, Missoula, MT 59802.

Fax: (406) 258-4781.

E-mail: scoefield@co.missoula.mt.us. More information and a copy of the application are available at the Health Department. Phone (406) 258-4755.

MISSOULA COUNTY Attention Residents of Lewis & Clark RSID 8918 and Sunset West RSID 8925 The Annual Drinking Water Quality Report, also known as the Consumer Confidence Report for the monitoring period of January 1st through December 31, 2012 is available upon request by calling Tami Quinn at 406-370-1838.

MISSOULA COUNTY Missoula County Invitation to Bid Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Missoula County Public Works Department until 10:00 A.M., Wednesday April 17th 2013 at which time bids will be opened and read in the Public Work’s Conference Room for the purpose of applying Magnesium Chloride Dust Palliative to approximately 40 miles of gravel roads

Annual Drinking Water Quality Report, 2012 El Mar/New Meadows Water System/RSID 8916 PWSID#MT0000517 We’re very pleased to provide you with this year's Annual Quality Water Report. We want to keep you informed about the excellent water and services we have delivered to you over the past year. Our goal is and always has been, to provide to you a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. Our water source is ground water from seven wells. El Mar/New Meadows water system is a Rural Special Improvement District and is managed by Missoula County Public Works. No regular meetings are held. We have completed a source water protection plan that provides more information such as potential sources of contamination to our drinking water supply. This plan can be found online at http://nris.state.mt.us/wis/swap/swapquery.asp.

Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.

Contaminants that may be present include: Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria that may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife; Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally occurring or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial, or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming; Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm water runoff, and residential uses; Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff, and septic systems; Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities. In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.

We’re pleased to report that our drinking water is safe and meets federal and state requirements.

El Mar Estates/New Meadows water system monitors for constituents in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The table below shows the results of any detects in our monitoring for the period of January 1st to December 31st, 2012. For constituents that are not monitored yearly, we have reviewed our records back the last 5 years.

TEST RESULTS

All of our Lead and Copper results are in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule. We now monitor for lead and copper every 3 years. The 90th percentile of Lead is .001 ppm and the 90th percentile of Copper is .09 ppm.

Important information about Lead in Drinking Water: If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. Missoula County is responsible for providing high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components.

When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.

The Test Result table uses terms and abbreviations you might not be familiar with. To help you better understand these terms we’ve provided the following definitions: No Detects (ND)- laboratory analysis indicates that the constituent is not present. Parts per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter (ug/l) - one part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2000 years or a single penny in $10,000,000. Parts per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (mg/l) - one part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000. Action Level (AL) - The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow. Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) - The “Maximum Allowed” (MCL) is the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology. Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) - The “Goal” (MCLG) is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety. Picocuries per liter (pCi/L)-picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water.

Our system had no violations. We’re proud that your drinking water meets or exceeds all Federal and State requirements. We have learned through our monitoring and testing that some constituents have been detected.

The EPA has determined that your water IS SAFE at these levels.

MCL’s are set at very stringent levels. To understand the possible health effects described for many regulated constituents, a person would have to drink 2 liters of water every day at the MCL level for a lifetime to have a onein-a-million chance of having the described health effect.

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and other microbiological contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791). We ask that all our customers help us protect our water sources, which are the heart of our community, our way of life and our children’s future.

If you have any questions or concerns about El Mar/New Meadows drinking water, please feel free to call Tami Quinn at 406-370-1838.

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throughout various geographic areas within Missoula County. All work is to be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications on file in the Office of the Public Works Department and shall be performed under the supervision of the Director of Public Works or his designated representative. Specifications and bid procedures can be obtained at the Office of Public Works at 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT. Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract and in the form specified in MCA 18-1-203, for example: cash, cashier’s check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft, any of which must be drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the state of Montana or a banking association incorporated under the Laws of Montana; or a bid bond or bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the state of Montana. THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE lowest responsible qualified bidder whose bid proposal complies with all the requirements. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “Proposals for 2013 Missoula County Road Dust Abatement Program” and addressed to: Missoula County Public Works 2013 Dust Abatement Bid 6089 Training Drive Missoula, MT 59808 MISSOULA COUNTY Notice of Close of Regular Voter Registration and Option for Late Registration Notice is hereby given that regular* registration for the Special District Elections to be held on May 7th, 2013 will close at 5:00 p.m., on April 8th, 2013. *NOTE: If you miss this regular registration deadline, you may still register for the election by showing up at the county fairground’s Election Center, up to and including on Election Day. Between noon and the close of business on the day before Election Day, you can complete and submit a voter registration card, but you will need to return to the local election office on Election Day to pick up and vote a ballot. All active and inactive electors of the Seeley Lake Rural Fire District are entitled to vote at said election. All electors, as defined in Title 13, who resides in the Missoula Irrigation District or any holder of title to lands within the district who present a proof of payment of taxes on the lands at the Election Center is eligible to vote in the election. Ballots will be automatically mailed to Active Electors only. If you are a registered voter and do not receive a ballot, contact the county election office to update your information as necessary and receive a ballot. Persons who wish to register and who are not presently registered may do so by requesting a form for registration by mail or by appearing before the County Election Administrator. If you have moved, please update your registration information by filling out a new voter registration card and submitting it to the county election office.

DATED this 8th day of March 2013. /s/ Vickie M. Zeier Missoula County Election Administrator MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE OF HEARING MACLAY BRIDGE PLANNING STUDY FINAL REPORT Notice is hereby given that the Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a Public Hearing on the Final Report that has been issued for the Maclay Bridge Planning Study. The Maclay Bridge Planning Study identifies reasonable options to address safety, geometric, and environmental concerns based on needs to increase safety and efficiency for the traveling public.

Missoula County staff will provide a summary of the Final Report that recommends replacing the Maclay Bridge with a new structure on South Avenue. The Planning Study was funded by the Montana Department

of Transportation and replacement of the Maclay Bridge is eligible for Federal Off-System Bridge Program funding. Upon completion of the Hearing, the Missoula Board of County Commissioners will provide a letter of instruction to the Montana Department of Transportation indicating how Missoula County wishes to proceed with this project. The Commissioners will conduct the hearing at a Special Public Meeting on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, beginning at 4:00 PM, at the Missoula County Administration Building, 199 West Pine, Missoula, MT 59802, Room Admin B14, lower level. Any person wishing to be heard on the matter may submit written or other materials to the Commissioners and/or speak at the hearing. Comments may be submitted any time prior to the hearing by phone, mail, fax or e-mail to the Board of County Commissioners, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, Fax: (406) 721-4043, Phone: (406) 258-4877; E-Mail: bcc@co.missoula.mt.us. Comments may also be submitted by personal delivery to the Commissioners at the Missoula County Administration Building, 199 West Pine, Missoula, MT 59802, Second Floor. Additional information on the hearing may be obtained from Lewis YellowRobe (258-4651, lyellowrobe@co.missoula.mt.us) or Erik Dickson (258-3772, edickson@co.missoula.mt.us).

Printed copies of the Final Report are available for review at the Missoula County Commissioners office (199 West Pine), the Missoula County Community and Planning Services office (317 Woody) and the Missoula County Public Works office (6089 Training Drive). An electronic version is available at the Missoula County Public Works website at www.co.missoula.mt.us/PublicWorks/. BY ORDER OF THE MISSOULA BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DATED THIS 1st DAY OF APRIL, 2013 MISSOULA COUNTY Notice of Public Hearing The Missoula County Parks and Trails Advisory Board will conduct public hearings on the following items on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. in Room B14 located at 199 West Spruce St in Missoula. The Parks and Trails Advisory Board will forward their recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners. Transfer of Ownership of Alvina and Hellgate Parks from Missoula County to the City of Missoula for continued use as a parkland. The Alvina Park property is legally described as a 23,382 square foor public park dedicated with the Greendale Addition, a subdivision located in the SW of Section 14 and the SE of Section 15, T13N, R19W, P.M.M. Hellgate Park is legally described as a 3.85 acre public park dedicated with the Gateway Gardens #2 subdivision, a subdivision located in the N 1/2 of Section 26 and the of the SE of Section 23, T13N, R19W, P.M.M. Request from Missoula Horseman’s Council to renew the lease of approximately sixty (60) acres of Missoula County land located within the Big Sky Park, near Tower and Spurgin Roads. The land is described as portions of Tract 1 and Tract 5 of COS 3323, located in the E1/4 of Section 24, T13N, R20W. The purpose of the lease is to operate and maintain an existing equestrian crosscountry jump course, riding trails and exercise track and to manage the site for bird and small mammals in accordance with the Big Sky Park Plan. Request from American Legion Swan Valley Post 63 to renew a lease from Missoula County on property legally described as a five (5) acre area located directly north of the Condon Airfield and immediately east of Montana State Highway #83 in an existing cleared area in the SE , SW , Section 25, T21N, R17W. The property is owned by the United States Forest Service and under Special Use

PUBLIC NOTICES Permit by Missoula County for the purposes of operating and maintaining a public park/playground known as the Condon ball field that is located on National Forest System lands.

Your attendance and your comments are welcomed and encouraged. The request is available for public inspection at the Missoula County Parks Office, 317 Woody, Missoula, Montana.

If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 258 4716. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.

MISSOULA COUNTY SECTION 00100 INVITATION TO BID Missoula County seeks bids for grading and drainage improvements and reconstruction of the Momont Road, chip sealing Expressway and improvements to the Butler CreekExpressway intersection. Sealed bids will be accepted by: Missoula County Public Works Office, Attn: Greg Robertson, P.E., 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808 until 10:00 AM local time on April 12, 2013 , and then publicly opened and read aloud in the Conference Room at the offices of the Missoula County Public Works. The project consists of the construction of the following: Reconstruction of portions of Momont Road, Industrial Road and Alloy South. Recycling existing asphalt and base gravels Installing 12” HDPE drainage pipe across Expressway Installing chip seal and asphalt epoxy paint along Expressway. Installing paint striping and signage. The contract documents consisting of drawings, specifications, and bidding documents may be examined or obtained at the office of Professional Consultants, Inc., 3115 Russell, Missoula, MT 59801. The required deposit is $ 50.00 per set, which is nonrefundable. In addition, the drawings and project manual may also be examined at the Missoula Plans Exchange, 201 N. Russell, Mis-

soula, MT (406) 549-5002. There will be a Pre-Bid Conference at 10:00 AM, April 8, 2013 in the Missoula County Public Works conference room, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808. Interested CONTRACTORS are encouraged to attend.

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). Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect, Helena, Montana 59604-8011. Information on registration can be obtained by calling 1-406444-7734. CONTRACTOR is not required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project, but must have registered prior to execution of the Construction Agreement.

All laborers and mechanics employed

by CONTRACTOR or subcontractors in performance of the construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by Missoula County and the State of Montana. The CONTRACTOR must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Each bid or proposal must be accompanied by a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, or Bid Bond payable to Missoula County, in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bid.

Successful BIDDER(s) shall furnish an approved Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Insurance as required shall be provided by the successful BIDDER(s) and a certificate(s) of that insurance shall be provided. Sealed bids shall be marked. Upper Miller Creek Road Reconstruction. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled

time for the public opening of bids, which is 10:00 AM local time on April 12, 2013. Missoula County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals received, to waive informalities, to postpone the award of the contract for a period of not to exceed sixty (60) days, and to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid which is in the best interest of the OWNER. The Contractor is required to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-13-57 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BETTY C. MELTON, 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 LANCE L. MELTON, 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 11th day of March, 2013 /s/ Lance L. Melton, Personal Representative. REELY LAW FIRM P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for the Personal Representative. By: /s/ Shane N. Reely Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DV-13-340 Dept. No. 1 Ed McLean NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Jesse Thomas Whiddon-Allen, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Jesse Thomas Whiddon-Allen has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from Jesse Thomas Whiddon-Allen to Jesse Thomas Whiddon and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 8th day of May, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. in the Missoula Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, in courtroom number 1. At any time before the hearing, objections my be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons

against the change of name. DATED this 22nd day of March, 2013. (SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Cady Sowre, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-18 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF CHERYL L. BAKER a/k/a CHERYL BAKER McGILL, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Timothy S. McGill 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 Timothy S. McGill, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Dan Cederberg, PO Box 8234, Missoula, Montana 598078234, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 19th day of March, 2013. CEDERBERG LAW OFFICES, P.C., 269 West Front Street, PO Box 8234, Missoula, MT 59807-8234 /s/ Dan G. Cederberg Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-13-227 Dept. No. 2 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Paul Anthony Gaebel, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Paul Anthony Gaebel to Paul Anthony Emrich. The hearing will be on April 9th, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 02/26/2013. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Andrew Brunkhart, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-13-347 Dept. No. 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Notice of Hearing on Change of Name In the Matter of the Name Change of ROBIN RENAE GOULD, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from ROBIN RENAE GOULD, to ROBIN RENAE GOULD-JONES. The hearing will be on April 30, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 03/28/2013. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court by: Maria Cassidy, Deputy Clerk of Court

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-13-67 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOY ANN MADSEN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to David Madsen, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct.

DATED this 25th day of March, 2013, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ David Madsen BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for David Madsen, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-13-35 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOYCE A. ANDERSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Carl Anderson 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 (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 West Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct.

Dated this 27th day of March, 2013 /s/ Carl Anderson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Joyce A. Anderson /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-13-50 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ELIZABETH HALL, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Per-

sonal 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 Robert Buckner, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C., 1821 South Avenue West, Third Floor, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 13th day of March, 2013. /s/ Robert Buckner, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-2013-48 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: MAE LOUISE MURPHY, 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 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 Joseph Murphy or Catherine Hazenberg, the Co-Personal Representatives return receipt requested, at c/o Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C., 1821 South Avenue West, Third Floor, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 14th day of March, 2013. /s/ Joseph Murphy, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-13-60 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM C. FISCHER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Joseph Louis Fischer, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane PC, PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 14th day of March, 2013. /s/ Joseph Louis Fischer, Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. /s/ Joseph

Louis Fischer WORDEN THANE, P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative /s/ Jane E. Crowley MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY. Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-13-64 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BENJAMIN F. FLAIG, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Bryan J. Flaig, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg, P.C., PO Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 19th day of March, 2013, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Bryan J. Flaig, BOONE KARLBERG, P.C. By: /s/ Thomas H. Boone, Esq., PO Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Bryan J. Flaig, Personal Representative STORAGE UNIT AUCTION On Thursday, April 18th at 1:30 p.m., an auction will be held at Hellgate Canyon Storage located at 730 Clyde St., Missoula, MT 59802 to sell furniture, clothing, household items, etc. stored by Daniel Bullchild (unit #47) and Michael Keeney (unit #56)for unpaid rent.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 07/23/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200719267 Bk 802 Pg 669, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Apryl Lange was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Mortgage, LLC, its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and Stewart Title of Missoula County was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title of Missoula County as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 3 in Block 2 of El Mar Estates Phase 1, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201013933 B: 863 P: 224, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. 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 07/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 13, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $197,851.58. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $187,435.02, 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 June 21, 2013 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, whereis 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.Northwest-

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PUBLIC NOTICES trustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7021.14860) 1002.242605-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 07/15/09, recorded as Instrument No. 200917604, Bk 843, Pg 1246, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Jhawn D. Thompson and Misty J. Thompson, as joint tenants was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Mann Mortgage, LLC was Beneficiary and Western Title and Escrow was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Western Title and Escrow as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lots 12, 13, 14 and 15 in Block 14 of the Townsite of Frenchtown, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 1 of Plats at Page 57, together with the Northerly half of vacated Bedard Street adjoining said Lots 12, 13, 14 and 15 in Block 14 of the Townsite of Frenchtown as vacated by Resolution recorded April 7, 1966 in Book 2 of Micro Records at Page 533. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201119250, Bk 885, Pg 877, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. 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 07/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 28, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $177,965.15. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $159,856.94, 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 June 10, 2013 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, whereis 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# 7023.97589) 1002.207163-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/23/10, recorded as Instrument No. 201008049 B: 858 P: 1335, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Bruce N. McGlashan was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Mann Mortgage, LLC, its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 19 in Block 8 of West View, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201224171 B: 904 P: 1248, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. 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 08/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 30, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $230,530.17. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $220,192.86, 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 June 11, 2013 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# 7037.100067) 1002.241839-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/31/10, recorded as Instrument No. 201017175, Bk. 865, Pg. 668, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Casey James Shelden, unmarried 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: The West one-half of Lot 10, all of Lot 11 in Tract 12 of School Five Acre, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 10/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 8, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $88,424.58. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $84,862.87, 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 June 20, 2013 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

SUSTAINAFIEDS 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# 7023.104666) 1002.242571-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 3, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THE NORTH 62.5 FEET OF LOTS 4, 5 AND 6 IN BLOCK “F” OF CAR LINE ADDITION NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. RECORDING REFERENCE IN BOOK 776 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1248 TOGETHER WITH A UTILITY EASEMENT AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 540 OF MICRO RECORD AT PAGE 2153. Walter J. Crawford, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on March 27, 2009 and recorded on April 3, 2009 under Document No. 200907483, Book 836, Page 918. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company. 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 $1,112.17, beginning October 1, 2012, 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 1, 2013 is $156,497.99 principal, interest at the rate of 5.12500% now totaling $3,471.84, late charges in the amount of $135.33, and other fees and expenses advanced of $509.74, plus accruing interest at the rate of $21.97 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: January 31, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene 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 31st day of January, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, know to me to be the Assistant 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, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Guild Mortgage V Craw-

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ford 41291.875 Published on 4/4, 4/11 and 4/18/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 20, 2013, 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 3 OF MART ADDITION NO. 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF MICHAEL ANNE LEPOLE, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Home123 Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 13, 2006 and recorded January 18, 2006 in Book 767, Page 1149, under Document No. 200601319. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust 2006-NC1, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-NC1.

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 $1,213.27, beginning August 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 2, 2013 is $164,744.47 principal, interest at the rate of 7.65% now totaling $44,179.56, escrow advances of $14,375.25, and other fees and expenses advanced of $7,145.82, plus accruing interest at the rate of $34.53 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: January 9, 2013 /s/ Shandale Gordon 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 9th day of January, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Shandale Gordon, know to me to be the Assistant 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/ Lisa Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Chase Vs. Lepole 41954.440 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEES SALE on May 20, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula

County, Montana: Lot 5 of D & E HOMESITES, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. ALAN W FUSSELL AND TONYA M FUSSELL, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to American Pioneer Title Insurance, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Beneficial Montana Inc d/b/a Beneficial Mortgage Co, as Beneficiary,

by Deed of Trust dated August 27, 2007 and Recorded November 14, 2007 in Book 808, Page 1500 under Document No. 200729863.

The beneficial interest is currently held by BENEFICIAL FINANCIAL I INC. successor by merger to Beneficial Montana Inc d/b/a Beneficial Mortgage Co. 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 $1,378.26, beginning April 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of December 31, 2012 is $129,889.83 principal, interest at the rate of 12.240% now totaling $54,386.72, late charges in the amount of $620.19, escrow advances of $14,003.87, and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,043.98, plus accruing interest at the rate of $43.56 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 shad 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 feast every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 11, 2013 /s/ Shandale Gordon 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 11th day of January, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Shandale Gordon, know to me to be the Assistant 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/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Hsbc Vs. Fussell 41472.441

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GATEWEST 728-7333 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom $600 across from Public Library, coinop laundry, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No pets, no smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 2306 Hillview Court #3 .

2bed/1bath in South Hills. W/D hookups, near Chief Charlo Elementary. $600. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 446 Washington Street. RENT INCENTIVE. 1bed/1bath, downtown location, coin-ops onsite, cat? $700 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 825 SW Higgins Ave. B3. 2 bed/1 bath HEAT PAID, patio, single garage, gas fireplace. $800. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

Gold Dust Apartments. 2 bed: $691 all utilities paid. Application fees waived through March.

Comes with Mountain LIne E-Z Pass. Missoula Housing Authority. Contact Jordan 549-4113 ext. 127.

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Solstice Apartments. 2 bed: $751. W/S/G & recycling paid.

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112 Studio $495. Near St. Patrick’s Hospital, separate room for bedroom, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, H/W/S/G paid. No pets, no smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 11689 Stolen Rock Court. 5 bed, 3 bath, 2 car garage on 3.15 acres. $319,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties.

880-4749. montpref@bigsky.net 1360 Starwood Drive. 4 bed, 3 bath in Grant Creek backing open space. 3 car heated garage, garden shed & deck. $449,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229. tory@montana.com 141 Burlilngton. Charming 4 bed, 1 bath with 2 car garage in Rose Park neighborhood. Wood floors under carpet, original hardware. $230,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com 1480 Cresthaven. 3 bed, 2.5 bath on over one private acre.

Open floor plan, dream master bathroom and double garage. $344,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.co m 1623 Wild Turkey Lane, Stevensville. Over 200 acre private ranch with creek surrounded by conservation easement land. $949,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula. 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoulaproperties.com 1700 Madeline. 5 bed, 3 bath at foot of Mount Sentinel. Vintage architecture, paned glass, wood floors. $685,000. Vickie & Chris Honzel, Lambros Real Estate 4 0 6 - 5 3 1 - 2 6 0 5 . vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 1930 Mullan Trail. 4 bed, 2 bath tri-level with deck, hot tub & 2 car garage. $245,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 5329229. tory@montana.com 2 Bdr, 1 Bath single-level Windsor Park home. $168,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 2 Bdr, 2 Bath Northside home. $160,000. Prudential Montana.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 210 Burlington. 4 bed, 2 bath well-maintained home with wood floors, fenced yard & single garage. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com 229 Mansion Heights. 4 bed, 4 bath Prairie Style with deck, patio, floor to ceiling windows and amazing views. $895,000.

Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229. tory@montana.com 2405 W. Kent $199,900. JUST REDUCED!! Very well maintained & updated 3 bed/2 bath home in central Missoula. Full basement with family room, bedroom, bath & unfinished storage area. Properties 2000. Call Pat Dauenhauer, 240-2442.

253 Strand. 2 bed, 1.5 bath with hardwood floors, coved ceilings, updated bath. Charming house

close to UM. $250,000. Go to MoveMontana.com for more information. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 2905 Larch Camp Road. 3 bed, 2.5 bath on 2.5 acres in Pattee Canyon.

Fully furnished. $639,000. Vickie & Chris Honzel, Lambros Real Estate 4 0 6 - 5 3 1 - 2 6 0 5 . vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath Pleasant View home. $205,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr. 2 Bath Windsor Park home. $215,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3279 Humble. 3 bed, 2.5 bath 2003 Parade of Homes with 3 car garage. $495,000. Vickie Honzel 406-531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 3455 Jack Drive. 4 bed, 3 bath Linda Vista home with large kitchen, double garage & parklike landscaping. $285,000.

Vickie & Chris Honzel, Lambros Real Estate 406-531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 3655 Jack Drive. 4 bed, 3 bath with day light walkout basement and 3 car garage. $290,000.

Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229. tory@montana.com.

4 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Grant Creek / Prospect Meadows home. $469,900. Prudential Montana.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4227 South 7th West. Beautiful sample home to be built. 4 bed, 2.5 bath with covered porch and 2 car garage. Lot available separately for $125,000. MLS #20121798, $325,000. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana 5 4 4 - 6 1 1 4 . jbooher@montana.com 4315 Melrose. 3 bed, 2 bath with vaulted ceilings, covered front porch and 2 car garage. $247,500. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties, 5417 3 5 5 . milyardhomes@yahoo.com 4433A Bordeaux. 2 bed, 2 bath with 2 car garage, fenced yard with pergola. Many upgrades including new flooring. $177,900.

Rochelle Glasgow, Missoula Prudential, 728, 8270. glasgow@montana.com 4705 Potter Park Loop. 2 bed, 1 bath partially finished basement & 2 car garage. $169,900.

4705 PotterParkMoveMoontana.com for more details. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5 4 6 - 5 8 1 6 . annierealtor@gmail.com 5209 Dutton Court. 5 bed, 3 bath with fantastic kitchen, laundry room and 3 car garage.

Near city park. $339,900. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5 4 6 - 5 8 1 6 annierealtor@gmail.com

5222 Forest Hill. 4 bed, 4 bath on over 3.5 acres near Bitterroot River adjacent to USFS land. $1,095,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estae 532-9229. tory@montana.com 5501 Prospect. 4 bed, 4 bath adjacent to common area in Grant Creek. Sun room, hot tub and many upgrades. $385,000.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 5846 Prospect Drive. 4 bed, 3 bath Grant Creek home with 2 car garage and great mountain views. $445,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros Real Estate 406-5312605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 6455 Linda Vista $289,900.

Stunning, warm cedar sided home situated on a large (19,000sq/ft) flat lot. One-level living!! 3 bed/3 bath home with a wide variety of amenities. A Must See! Properties 2000. Call Pat Dauenhauer 240-2442.

6544 McArthur. 3 bed, 2.5 bath with gas fireplace and 2 car garage. $240,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 6787 Linda Vista $284,000.

Very open and spacious 4 bed/2.5 bath home with double car garage. Great views of the Missoula valley. New carpet throughout home. Properties 2000. Call Paula Crews for details 360-8655.

Adorable Tree House Feeling Rattlesnake 2 bedroom 1.5 bath home for $195,000. Water-wise garden, seasonal ditch, awesome views of Jumbo, close to parks and town! 1907 Missoula Ave. KD. porticorealestate.com 2405227

Fantastic Home With View 6305 St. Thomas. 4 bed, 3 bath, updated and gorgeous setting with large private lot, double garage, landscaped and ready to move into! $310,000.

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Linda Vista Home to be built at top of Linda Vista with amazing views! One level living, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on corner lot on Jeff Drive. $279,900.

KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com

526 Minnesota #B. 2 bed, 1.5 bath energy-efficient condo with large front yard. $130,000.

Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com

Lot 16B MacArthur. 3 bed, 2 bath to be built with fantastic views. $189,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net Lovely Classic Home. Excellent Condition. 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Hardwood Floors, Fireplace, Central Location. 716 South 6th West. $269,000. 406-5423860 Remarkably Cute 2039 South 10th West. 2 bedroom home on large lot very centrally located near Good Food Store, bike trails and schools. Full basement and single garage. $185,000. KD, Portico Real Estate, 240-5227 www.porticorealestate.com

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 2025 Mullan Road. Mullan Heights Riverfront Condos. Large secure units with affordable HOA dues.

Starting at $144,900. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 8804749. montpref@bigsky.net

Call me, Jon Freeland, for a free comparative market analysis.

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2801 Highcliff Court #7. 2 bed, 1.5 bath in Grant Creek. Borders treed common area. $125,500.

Vickie & Chris Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 406-531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com

Elegant 3 bed, 3 bath with gourmet kitchen, open floor plan & deck. $475,000. Rita Gray, Lambros Real Estate 532-9283. ritagray@lambrosera.com

3100 Washburn #31. 2 bed, 1 bath fully remodeled with all appliances & gas fireplace. $100 HOA dues. $115,000. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana

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5108 Village View #6. 2 bed, 2 bath with private deck, patio and single garage. $165,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 5329229. tory@montana.com

6614 MacArthur. 2 bed, 2.5 bath townhome with amazing views. $194,500. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properites.

240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net 7911 Sugaree (Lolo) $319,000.

Check out one of Lolo Creek Trails nicest homes. Home offers 3 bed/3 bath, 1,700 sq. ft. on each floor. This is an excellent floor plan with good-sized rooms and vaulted ceilings. Properties 2000. Call Steve Schultz for details 240-1075.

803A Pattee Creek. 2. bed, 1.5 bath condo with garage in 55+ community. $129,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000, 2407653. pat@properties2000.com 839 Discovery. 2 bed, 1.5 bath at base of Mt. Jumbo. Patio, balcony, fenced yard & single garage. $170,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmailcom Open & Light & Green & Clean Efficiency abounds in this 3 bed, 2.5 bath stand-alone super-insulated condo with heated floors and so much more. $250,000. 1530 S 12th W. Near Good Food Store and bike trails. 240-5227. porticorealestate.com

State of the Art GreenBuilt Innovative stand-alone 3 bedroom condo with radiant floor heat, superior insulation, concrete countertops, yard and garage and more! $265,000 KD porticorealestate.com 2405227

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Townhome On The River Land Stewardship Program buyers must qualify. Call KD to find out more about this 2 bedroom 1.5 bath condo with the balcony facing the river and right next to the river trail and close to downtown. $135,000. 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. From $149,900.

Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, car port, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5465816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com

3.2 Acres in the Wye area. Gorgeous mountain and valley views. $65,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. Nearly 5 acres in Target Range with 3 bed, 1 bath home. Rural living in town. $499,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com 531 Minnesota. Two great East Missoula building lots. $55,000 each. Robin Rice Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 5980 Greg’s Way. Great building lot in development park.

Room for 12,000 sq.ft. building. $212.550. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana 544-6114. jbooher@montana.com

MANUFACTURED HOMES

Bear Gulch, Garnet Ghost Town.

40 acres bordering BLM land.

Great recreational property. $50,000. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana, 544-6114. jbooher@montana.com

1825 Burlington. Two central Missoula lots with 3 bed, 2 bath mobile. Great investment or first time buy. $89,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com

Bruin Lane Lots. Near Council Groves & The Ranch Golf Course. From $85,000. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana.

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715 Clements. 3 bed, 2 bath mobile & 1 bedroom house on 1/4 acre. $120,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties, 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com

Lot 3 Shindig Drive. Great multifamily or commercial fenced lot off Mullan Road. $130,000.

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

LAND FOR SALE

NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 11 acre parcel with Mission Mountain views. $215,000.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

207 Catlin. Development parcel in middle of Missoula. 1.54 acres for new project. $375,000 or can be leased at $1500/month. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana 544-6114. jbooher.com 23645 Mullan. Beautiful 14 acre treed meadow west of Huson.

Modulars on permanent foundation allowed. $169,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties.

240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net

4315 Melrose $247,500 Spacious 3 bed, 2 bath Pleasant View home near Hellgate Elementary.

Vaulted ceilings, covered front porch & 2 car garage

NHN Old Freight Road. Approximately 11 acres with Mission Mountain Views. $86,900.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 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. KD 2405227. porticorealestate.com

141 Burlington $230,000 Charming 4 bed, 1 bath with 2 car garage in Rose Park neighborhood.

Wood floors, original doors & hardware

Mullan Heights Riverside Condos Starting at $144,900 • Large secure units with affordable HOA dues

REAL ESTATE COMMERCIAL 1515 S. Reserve $450,000.

Tremendous Investment Opportunity! 32,580 sq. ft. lot with frontage on prime corner on Reserve Street. 22 storage units, a 3 bedroom/1,300 sq. ft. house with a 24x32 double garage.

Properties 2000, Don Sokoloski 544-7830 4616 Gharrett $1,300,000.

Church and SFR on 3.03 acres.

Zoned RLD-4. Outstanding community residential day care or personal care facility. Extra land for development. Properties 2000. Call Don Sokoloski for details 544-7830

TION! $8.00-$12.00 per square foot based on length of lease.

Prime highly visible end cap space @ 1,322 sq.ft. Properties 2000. Call Deana Ross 2394726.

OUT OF TOWN 102 Boardwalk, Stevensville. 3 bed, 2 bath on almost 3 acres with large 48’x30’ heated shop. $285,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties, 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 11027 Stella Blue, Lolo. Gorgeous 4 bed, 4 bath two story custom home. Gourmet kitchen,

spa-like master bath. $425,000.

Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229. tory@montana.com 13475 Crystal Creek, Clinton. 3 bed, 2 bath with large deck, 2 wood stoves & 2 car garage. $249,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 14205 Cambridge Road, Bonner. 4 bed, 4 bath on over 4 acres on Blackfoot River. Completely furnished. $695,000.

Vickie & Chris Honzel, Lambros Real Estate 406-531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 15305 Spring Hill Road, Frenchtown. Beautiful cedar 4 bed, 2.5

bath with 3 car garage & deck on acreage bordering Forest Service. $485,000. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

1978 Waters Edge, Bonner. 4 bed, 2.5 bath on 2.3 Blackfoot River acres. $419,999. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

170 South 1st Street, Clinton. 2 bed, 1 bath mini-farm on 2.2 fenced acres. 2 car garage, mountain views & walk to the river. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula, 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com

2 Canyon View Drive, East Missoula. 3 bed, 2 bath on large fenced lot. Basement with 2 bonus rooms and double garage. $192,500. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula, 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com

18715 Felicia Lane, Frenchtown.

4 bed, 2 bath manufactured home on 3.39 acres with 2 car garage. $194,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229. tory@montana.com

2351 Highway 83 West, Seeley Lake. 2 bed, 2 bath with base-

Lease Space – 1200 S. Reserve, Ste. A. HUGE PRICE REDUC-

Rochelle Glasgow Cell:(406) 544-7507 glasgow@montana.com www.rochelleglasgow.com

RICE TEAM

Robin Rice • 240-6503

Scott Hansen,VP, Construction Loan Specialist

Commercial Lease Space Fantastic opportunity to be neighbors with the awardwinning Homeword Organization. New, LEED registered, high quality, sustainably-built office space close to river and downtown. $11-$15 per sq.ft. KD 2 4 0 - 5 2 2 7 . porticorealestate.com

Gorgeous Victorian home zoned for commercial use in a great location $395,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area home on 6+ acres. $325,000.

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

When you need a construction loan expert, welcome home.

514 West Spruce. Great office space in vintage building near St. Pat’s. Upgrades to wiring, plumbing, roof & more. $244,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com

For Lease – 1200 S. Reserve, Ste. G. $11.50/sq.ft. 1,250 sq.ft. open office area with separate storage and break room. Office comes furnished with desks, chairs, filing cabinets etc. Properties 2000. Call Kristin Larson for details 672-7030

ment & 2 car garage on 2.4 lakefront acres. $583,000.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula. 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoulaproperties.com

NMLS UI # 712730

Real Estate Lending Center | 2601 Garfield | 329-1965 shansen@fsbmsla.com

1930 Mullan Trail $245,000

Affordable 4 bed, 2 bath tri-level. 2 car garage. Daylight basement with family room. Covered deck with hot tub.

NHN Derby, Msla MLS#: 20130743 $150,000

512 W. Artemos, Msla MLS#: 20131676 $390,000

Great commercial opportunity. Level 1.127 acres in Missoula Industrial Park. Easy access to utilities. Property features a security fence.

Professionally remodeled and decorated 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home with double car garage. Beautifully landscaped ½ acre offers best views around and privacy.

A Must See!

Deana Ross 239-4726 Dross@Properties.com

Don Sokoloski 544-7830 Soko@Properties2000.com

38487 Dandelion Lane, Polson • MLS#: 20131290 $485,000

NHN Bear Creek, Victor MLS#: 20130978 $225,000

129’ of Flathead Lake Frontage. 2.94 acres w/ stellar views across the lake of the Mission Mountains.

Property is split into 2 separate parcels. Power & phone to the property. 6 GPM well drilled in 2000. Great spot to build your dream cabin on Flathead Lake. Visit: www.FlatheadLakeLot.uCanBuyMe.com

Beautiful views from this desired west side property. The 20.53 acre piece would be a great spot to build your dream home and have your horses. Great access not far from highway and just off of a paved road. Fenced, septic, and irrigation water rights.

Kris Hawkins 396-6542 Kris@Properties2000.com

Kristin Larson 672-7030 Kristin@Properties2000.com

Missoula Properties 728-8270

Rita Gray Lambros Real Estate ERA 406-544-4226 www.ritagray.com

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REAL ESTATE 3416 Lupine, Stevensville. 3 bed, 2 bath log-sided home with wraparound deck and Bitterroot Mountain views. $289,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 5329229. tory@montana.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 45822 Meadowlark, Polson. 5 bed, 3 bath Lindal Cedar home on 1.46 acres with 150 feet of Flathead Lake frontage. $800,000. Jake Booher, Prudential Montana 544-6114. jbooher@montana.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $575,500.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com 606 Stargazer, Florence. 4 bed, 3.5 bath with 2 bed, 1 bath apartment on 5.75 acres. $495,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229. tory@montana.com 780 Tusas View Lane, Stevensville. 3 bed, 2 bath on

nearly 3 acres with 30’x40’ shop. $166,000. Rita Gray, Lambros Real Estate, 532-9283. ritagray@lambrosera.com 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.co Home On the River Stevensville River Road home on 1.87 acres. 4 bedrooms, views of the Bitterroot Mountains and right on the Bitterroot River. This is awesome! Attached garage plus detached RV garage. $340,000. KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com

2905 Larch Camp Rd

PRICE REDUCED $621,900

MORTGAGE & FINANCIAL

3 bed, 2.5 bath on 2.5 acres.

Pattee Canyon. Four car garage.

Amazing architecture.

Furniture included. Hiking trails on Public Lands out your door

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514 West Spruce $244,900 • Downtown Office Space Near St. Pat's • Great vintage building with upgraded Pat McCormick Real Estate Broker wiring, plumbing, roof & more.

Real Estate With Real Experience • 3 rooms, reception area & basement. pat@properties2000.com 406-240-SOLD (7653) • Zoned B2-2 Properties2000.com [C12] Missoula Independent • April 4 – April 11, 2013

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