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WESTSIDE STORY: DESPITE PROBLEMS, SOME SEE POV AS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE AREA

MARIE ANTOINETTE’S SECRET LIFE AS A ROLLER DERBY GIRL

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CRUNCHING NUMBERS ON MOUNTAIN WATER

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Voices/Letters Irony deficiency, trapping and growth ...................................................4 The Week in Review High-speed chase, Canadian football and “Smoke weed” ...........6 Briefs Organic milk, medical marijuana and health care................................................6 Etc. Crunching numbers on the Mountain Water case ...................................................7 News Poverello move brings fears of crime—and hopes for rehab.................................8 Opinion Social welfare spending isn’t the problem Helena needs to solve...................9 Feature The second annual Comix Issue......................................................................12

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Arts Alison Dillon gives a feminist makeover ................................................................20 Music The Shondes, The Twilight Sad and Infamous Stringdusters.............................21 Books Warrior unearths the story of Ronan’s American Indian boxer.........................22 Film Passion, paint and wallpaper in Mr. Turner .........................................................24 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................25 Munchies Happy endings .............................................................................................26 Happiest Hour Pickle shots ..........................................................................................28 8 Days a Week Needs more stick figures......................................................................29 Mountain High “A Portrait of the American Mountain Goat”.......................................37 Agenda The Many Faces of Women fundraiser .............................................................38

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Irony deficiency

STREET TALK Asked Tuesday, March 3, near the corner of Broadway and Higgins.

What’s your all-time favorite comic strip?

Follow-up: If you could be any comic book hero, who would you be?

Menachem M. Harrison: It’s an old Jewish one called “The Shpy.” It’s about a spy that has a lisp. It’s meant to teach children about right and wrong. Mutant’s rights: Professor X from X-Men. He’s a disabled person in a leadership position. He was able to overcome his weaknesses and that’s something that’s within all of us.

Dear Myra Greene: I’m no doctor, but your recent letter castigating Dan Brooks and the Independent suggests you may be suffering from a simple case of irony deficiency (see “Lost in translation,” Feb. 26).

Symptoms include Snark/Sincerity Reversal Syndrome and premature accusations.

It would explain your apparent belief that a savvy political observer like Brooks could live through last year’s campaign shenanigans and not be aware that one particular candidate was a Navy veteran.

(This despite the fact that whenever said candidate spoke four words, at least three of them were SEAL Team Six.) Please, Ms. Greene, seek help. Irony deficiency is nothing to mess around with. It can lead to Zinke poisoning.

Patrick Hutchins Missoula

Flood of questions R.J. Higgins: “Calvin and Hobbes.” I used to buy all those books back in the day.

Super smooth: I gotta go with Superman.

He’s just the all-around man. It doesn’t get much better than that … except for that damn kryptonite.

Mark Munro: I like “The Far Side.” Very funny. Stressed out: Well, I think it’s obvious, isn’t it? The Incredible Hulk.

Bronwen Harris: “Calvin and Hobbes.”

It’s so magical. You could spend hours reading them. Mess with the kitty and you get the claws: Catwoman. Because she doesn’t take shit from nobody.

Carol Evanger: The one I like lately is “Zits” because I have a teenager. Maybe “Doonesbury.” Warrior princess: Wonder Woman. There’s a lot to be said for those bracelets. Or Elasti-Girl because she could do so many things.

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Stop. Look. And listen: Missoula is poised for a growth spurt of such magnitude we won’t recognize the place once it’s done.

After colonizing Reserve Street, corporate greed-heads have discovered our eclectic, fun, comfy downtown. Massive penile constructions will continue to blot out the sun and disrupt the weather downtown. (Q: Doesn’t Missoula have a building height limit? How many multistoried edifices can dance on downtown MSO?) What about floods? It’s something to lose a parking garage, hotels, maybe an electric substation to a 100-year flood. So why are developers still lusting after that southwest corner at Orange and Front? Is government flood insurance (our tax dollars) supposed to pay for their greedy stupidity when that 100-year flood shows up sooner rather than later? (Q: What are MSO’s flood plane regulations?)

Do we really need more office space downtown? (Note to self: ask friendly realty contact for downtown office occupancy rates.) These developers must know something we don’t. Are Californians, Arizonians and New Englanders relocating here en masse to avoid the extreme weather in their areas? Or will all these empty offices provide tax write-offs for the corporate hoo-has? (See Mercantile Building at the corner of Higgins and Front.)

Very important: Where will all these new office workers park?

Most important: Our small city downtown with its beautiful, eclectic buildings, designed from practically every era of its existence (excluding the Wreck of the Frigidaires on Front St.), is a downtown that is walkable and enjoyable because it was built on a human scale. It fits, it’s comfy and it’s friendly.

But now, now it will be corporatized by greed—towering monoliths will diminish people; the pace will pick up, sidewalks will be clogged with crowds

hurrying and indifferent, and streets will be clogged with vehicles endlessly circling for a parking space.

Missoula downtown will be assimilated into the 21st century. Missoula downtown will no longer be human, no longer be home. Enjoy it while you can.

Laura Craig Corvallis

eted up the cost of speaking out, so most everybody lays low and silently watches.

Now is the time for people to care about forests and democracy. Given what’s at stake, we deserve a true and factual debate.

Votes trump money.

Larry Campbell Darby

Big hunk of pork

Barbaric practice

Sen. Jon Tester has been awarded the lowest grade, four Pinocchios, by the Washington Post fact checker for Tester’s big lies saying “every logging sale” in the state was “under litigation.” Truth is only 14 percent are under litigation and only 4 percent are stalled due to litigation.

The 2015 Montana Legislature is attempting to change core definitions in the Montana constitution without a public vote on the matter. House Bill 212 “Reaffirms trapping is a form of hunting protected under Montana constitution.”

Proponents are trying to protect the distinctly separate, barbaric practice of trapping through the guise of redefining the terms “hunting” and “harvest.” We know and they know that trapping was not included in the 2004 Hunting and Fishing Heritage Amendment that Montanans voted for and for very good reason. If that was the true intent, simply adding one word, “trapping” would have been done.

For supporters to now pretend differently and legislators to pass HB 212 is disingenuous to Montana voters.

Trapping is not hunting for a variety of distinctions. Hunting is strictly regulated and hunters are generally penalized for shooting the wrong species. Hunters have a defined season, wear orange, have a limit and are not allowed to bait animals.

None of those limitations exist for trappers. Hunters are not permitted to leave their guns set unattended ready to shoot.

In Montana it is even illegal to leave a fishing pole unattended. However, a trapper can set as many traps as they chose. Trappers, who report to FWP, indicate they set 50,000 unattended traps annually. Training is not mandated for trappers and yet required for hunters. The exception is a sole requirement to attend a six-hour class to legally trap a wolf. A hunter must have a hunting license to hunt any of Montana’s game animals plus show a hunter education course certificate issued by Montana, any other state or any Canadian province. Conversely, Montana residents are not required to purchase a $29 trapping license except to trap furbearers and wolves. The traps do not distinguish whether they are set by a licensed or nonlicensed trapper.

Montanans and tourists should not have their peace of mind plus the safety and wellbeing of children and pets compromised when using public land. The concept of “multiple use” of Montana’s public lands is impossible if trappers also use the same public land year round for trapping. Such a radical change to our Montana constitution deserves to go before the Montana voters so we can all use public lands safely.

Barbara Booher Troy

“Massive penile constructions will continue to blot out the sun and disrupt the weather downtown.”

Local and state politicians, timber industry officials as well as “conservation” groups join in as junior Pinocchio puppets when they spread permutations of the Big Lie and castigate so-called “extremist” grassroots forest watch groups for supposedly stopping timber supply.

The media, with a few exceptions, spread the lies instead of reporting facts.

The same Big Lie takes many shapes.

For example, recent articles about the plight of Montana counties due to lack of Secure Rural Schools funds indicate the problem of missing funds is from lack of logging. Not only is SRS no longer tied to logging levels, but Forest Service Region 1 met its timber cut goals last year. Congress did not appropriate SRS funds.

Why do they lie? Obviously, if they had facts to back up their rhetoric they wouldn’t have to lie. What purpose is served? The supposed fix for their mythical environmental “obstructionists” is to gut environmental laws, throw out science, close the court house door to all but the wealthy and deny citizens the ability to be meaningfully involved in public land management.

Apparently our public forest legacy is just a big hunk of pork to be divvied up by lying politicians for private profit and campaign contributions, while American citizens are sidelined and cowed into silence because certain parties have ratch-

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, February 25 After a high-speed chase from East Missoula on Highway 200, Missoula sheriff’s deputies arrest Robert Douglas Brown, who was wanted on felony warrants in multiple states and is suspected in a recent rash of thefts.

Thursday, February 26 Former University of Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson signs a deal with the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League. Johnson, who sat out the 2012-13 season while battling a rape allegation (he was found not guilty), went 28-11 as a starter for the Griz.

Friday, February 27 A woman reports to Missoula police that her neighbor’s kitten came home two days earlier dragging an animal trap clamped to its left front leg. Calling it a “danger to small children,” police seek information about who set the trap.

Saturday, February 28 On the first anniversary of the Mt. Jumbo avalanche that killed Michel Colville, Amplify Kindness screens at the Roxy Theater.

The documentary pays tribute to the volunteer-based recovery project that ran for 13 days before city officials got involved.

Sunday, March 1 Officials at Shelby’s Crossroads Correctional Center find Taylor Michael Miller unconscious in his cell. Miller, who was serving two life sentences for the 2010 Christmas Day killings of his ex-girlfriend and her 15-year-old daughter, is later pronounced dead.

Monday, March 2 Pranksters change the message of an electronic construction sign near the Adams Center on the University Montana campus so it reads, “Smoke weed everyday.”

Tuesday, March 3 The multinational owner of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company, Glencore, announces plans to permanently shutter the mothballed facility. Gov. Steve Bullock and Sen. Jon Tester, among others, have urged the Environmental Protection Agency to deem the facility a Superfund site.

Mollykate Stein, left, and Theresa Torres race through the finish line during the 36th annual Snow Joke Half Marathon in Seeley Lake Feb. 28. The event drew more than 730 runners, with a portion of the race proceeds going to the Seeley Lake Elementary outdoor program.

Milk shortage hits shelves

Flathead-based Kalispell Kreamery, which began bottling in 2010 and distributes statewide, has had trouble filling orders, says owner Mary Tuck.

A nationwide organic milk shortage is leaving many grocery store cases looking sparse in recent months. Big brands like Horizon and Organic Valley report increased demand from consumers in the U.S. and abroad, and farmers report that higher feed prices make it difficult to afford to expand production.

In western Montana, local dairies are feeling the squeeze. “So what that’s meant for us is we are just shifting more of our production out of cheese and into milk,” says Ernie Harvey, owner of Victor-based Lifeline Creamery. Most dairies sell their milk to larger cooperatives for processing, but Lifeline packages and distributes its own products throughout the region. Harvey says it gives them a flexibility that many other dairies don’t have, and estimates that in recent months Lifeline has upped milk production from 800 gallons a week to 1,300. There’s a long-term plan for expanding the herd, but it’s a process that can take years. “You can’t just switch on a bunch of new cows,” he says.

Kalispell Kreamery isn’t certified organic, but she says they appeal to the same customer base with their non-homogenized, hormone-free milk from pasture-raised cattle.

Got organic?

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Tuck says contributing to the nationwide shortage is the fact that profit margins are narrower for organic dairy than conventional, because running an organic herd is more expensive. She says Kalispell Kreamery has opted not to become certified organic because of the higher cost of organic feed. “Many organic farms believe in what they’re doing, but a lot of dairies are businesses, and if they can make more money on the conventional market, they’re going to do that,” she says.

At Good Food Store, which carries a wide selection of local and national organic brands, communications director Layne Rolston says they haven’t yet completely run out of anything, but there are gaps.

“Even personally, I go to the shelf to get my organic half and half and it’s not there, and you have to settle for something you’d rather not purchase,” he says, “and it is frustrating for us to have to explain that to customers.”

Rolston is optimistic that bigger vendors, like Organic Valley, are in the process of ramping up production. “I would hate to think that we’re looking at this for no end in sight,” he says.

Kate Whittle

[news] Medical marijuana

The conversation that wasn’t Medical marijuana reform received little, if any, attention during the first half of the 2015 Montana Legislature. Lawmakers report minimal chatter in the Capitol’s hallways. Advocates talk of conservatives attempting to “jinx” the industry. And the lone medical marijuana-related bill introduced so far—a measure to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the state’s list of qualifying conditions—failed to make it past last week’s transmittal deadline.

“I don’t look for a good outcome as far as a workable bill out of this legislature,” says Mort Reid, president of the Montana Cannabis Information Association.

Reid attributes the silence to now-Rep. Jeff Essmann and other conservatives who pushed the highly restrictive Senate Bill 423 back in 2011. He also believes ongoing litigation stemming from that reform bill has contributed to the problem. A district court order has permanently blocked several of the bill’s more restrictive provisions, but Attorney General Tim Fox stated in January he intends to appeal the decision to the Montana Supreme Court. Reid isn’t optimistic about how the medical marijuana industry might fare in that appeal.

“I think the conservatives in the legislature realize that and that’s what they’re hoping for,” he says. “That’s why they’re stonewalling us in the legislature. They’re forcing us to go through with this appeal process with the state so they can shut it all down.”

Essmann agrees ongoing litigation is a factor in the conversation, telling the Independent that “some people are of the opinion that the matter’s still in court, it should stay there.” Personally, Essmann downplays the level of demand from constituents regarding medical marijuana reform. His concern lies more in the 30 percent growth in patients reported by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services since early 2014.

“I really fear that … we could be headed back to the Wild West if we don’t have some system in place that licenses growers, provides for some inspection, provides for testing of the oils and whatever,” Essmann says.

As of February, DPHHS reports 10,911 enrolled patients and 404 providers statewide.

Lack of legislative action could end up backfiring on conservatives in Helena. Reid says without

definitive reforms, MTCIA and a host of providers plan to throw their weight behind a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana use in 2016. Coupled with an influx of out-of-state cash, Reid believes such support would ensure the initiative’s success.

“The people of Montana are done playing games with the conservatives over this issue,” he says. “I just think if the conservatives are wanting to shut the whole industry down, what comes next is not going to look very good to them.”

There’s still time and opportunity for the conversation to begin after the transmittal break. Sen.

BY THE NUMBERS University of Montana

12,922 spring enrollment, a 4.7 percent decrease from the year before. UM called the numbers “expected” and pointed to a rise in first-time entering freshmen and the retention of freshmen from fall semester as “encouraging signs for the future.”

Cherie Courtney, a registered nurse at Big Sky Surgery Center, where nurses moved to unionize last year. “If we could treat people earlier, we could keep them healthy and we could save so much money.”

Hospital officials and health care practitioners across Montana have grown increasingly vocal in favor of expanding Medicaid to some 70,000 citizens currently without coverage. Teton Medical Center in Choteau is a staunch supporter of Bullock’s proposal; during a tour with the governor last month, CEO Louie King emphasized that 42 percent of patients at the center are uninsured. Yet groups like AFP and the Foundation for Government Accountability continue to ramp up opposition efforts, most recently in the form of television and radio ads targeting Repubphoto by Cathrine L. Walters lican legislators who are open to discussing Robyn Driscoll, D-Billings, is expected to drop a bill Medicaid expansion.

“We see the ultimate other end of it,” Courtney seeking pro-industry reforms soon. Essmann has a bill title of his own that, pending “some kind of said, “and I think the politicians who are so prohibiagreement between the two parties,” could also tive on these things have never seen people come in in the condition we see people come in. They can’t make a debut.

Alex Sakariassen even envision what we’re talking about.”

Courtney believes health insurance shouldn’t be an “elite benefit” but rather a “right for everyone,” a Medicaid sentiment echoed by Sue Kirchmyer, a registered nurse at Community Medical Center. Kirchmyer said Health care workers rally Dozens of advocates for Gov. Steve Bullock’s the Medicaid expansion rally at its core was a civil Healthy Montana Plan braved the latest cold snap in rights issue. “Our health is part of our wealth,” she Kalispell, Missoula and Great Falls on Feb. 28 to di- said.

The day before the rallies, Bullock took his Medrectly challenge conservative nonprofits opposing Medicaid expansion in the state. Those at the Mis- icaid message to BuzzFeed, posting a list of “16 Reasoula rally chose a particularly fitting field of battle: sons To Support The Healthy Montana Plan.” the curb outside Americans for Prosperity’s Reserve Communications Director Dave Parker says the article Street office. Among those waving signs decrying was an attempt to reach a “younger, hipper audiKoch-fueled dark money initiatives were a number of ence,” adding that outreach efforts have paid off in health care professionals who have seen the plight of citizen calls to lawmakers in Helena—1,300 in favor of expansion, last he’d heard. uninsured Montanans firsthand.

“We remain convinced that there are bipartisan “I see people who come in all the time who need a procedure done and they have to wait before they’re majorities in both the House and the Senate that are almost dead from their illness before they can have it in favor of expanding coverage,” Parker says.

Alex Sakariassen treated because they don’t have the funds,” said

ETC. In an effort to ensure a fair proceeding in the fight between Carlyle Group and the city of Missoula over the ownership of Mountain Water, Missoula District Judge Karen Townsend has forbidden either side from speaking about the water utility’s finances. The gag has left citizens in the dark about the potential consequences, good and bad, of the city’s effort to acquire the water system. And in the vacuum of uncertainty, there’s potential for some jitters.

So let’s focus on what we do know: The city originally offered $65 million, and when Carlyle rebuffed the offer, Mayor John Engen came back with $50 million, a reminder to Carlyle that the price could be considerably less if it chose to put the city through a painful condemnation process. Carlyle then made a deal with Liberty Utilities, a subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities, to sell it Mountain Water and two other systems in California.

Liberty has spilled enough information to ballpark its bid for Mountain Water. The Toronto-based company told its investors in September the acquisition price reflects a valuation of 9.6 times projected 2016 EBITDA (that’s Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization, a fundamental measure of a business’ profitability). In plain language, Liberty correlated the purchase price with a multiple of the expected operating income, which in Mountain Water’s case was $7,331,000 in 2013. That puts Liberty’s offer to buy the Missoula utility within shouting distance of $70.4 million.

Like most utilities, Mountain Water invests heavily in its system, more than $4 million last year. But the $7.3 million of income obviously covers all their improvements, and then some.

No matter how you slice it, system upgrades are effectively carried on the ratepayers’ backs.

Both the city and Carlyle have an arsenal of alarming hypotheticals they can brandish to make Mountain Water seem either dramatically more or less valuable, but the city’s opening bid and Carlyle’s subsequent agreement with Liberty give an indication where things might be headed. The city says the income stream will support a $102 million bond, so it would be a manageable transaction.

Meanwhile, Liberty told its investors that it expects to increase its profit from the acquired water businesses by 44 percent over the next five years, implying an annual earnings target in excess of $10.5 million for Mountain Water. Maybe they can conjure that kind of success without bilking their captive customers, but the aggressive profit goals should give Missoula ratepayers pause. Of all the concerns revolving around this deal, the fear that Liberty’s wealth would come out of Missoulians’ hide seems the most obvious.

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Westside story Poverello move brings fears of crime—and hopes for rehab

by Ted McDermott

Between selling bottles of liquor to customers on a recent Friday afternoon, Magic Diamond Casino manager Becki Hamilton rattles off a list of incidents that have occurred since the Poverello Center’s new homeless shelter opened its doors just down the street in December. Hamilton says the walls of a casino shed and the door of the casino’s smoke shack have been kicked in. She says outdoor signs have been ripped down and cigarette-butt receptacles have been knocked over.

And yet, Hamilton says, “Our problem isn’t the Pov. It’s the people sleeping in the street and by the river.”

According to Hamilton, the corridor of West Broadway that’s home to the Magic Diamond, the CitiLodge Motel and now the Poverello has long been a “problem area” and a haven for the marginalized. And while the addition of a homeless shelter has increased foot traffic and coincided with increased vandalism and litter, Hamilton says it has also brought about a stronger police presence and led to improved communication with those who directly serve the city’s homeless population.

“They’re obviously trying,” Hamilton says of the Missoula Police Department, the city and the Poverello’s staff.

As part of a broad-based “problemsolving” program, police have increased patrols in the area, attended neighborhood meetings, met with business owners and urged people to call 911 and report illegal activity, says Rob Scheben, the MPD’s crime prevention officer. In an effort to stamp out persistent problems with overnight camping and alcohol consumption on the nearby West Broadway Island, the city recently announced its temporary closure and a planned cleanup. The Poverello has also reached out to neighbors, offering the shelter’s hotline, forming a PTA advisory group at Lowell School, organizing monthly meetings with neighbors from surrounding streets and even going so far as to ask the casino not to sell to particular problem drinkers in crisis situations.

“We would never assert that there will be no problems as a result of our move,” says Eran Fowler Pehan, the Poverello’s executive director. “But what we’ve continued to commit to is that we will be at the table and we will stay engaged and be present and be part of any process to address those [problems].”

While no one disputes that an effort is being made, debate remains among the

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shelters’ neighbors and on the Westside in general about how well those efforts are working. Shawn Knopp of Montana Glass, which is right behind the shelter, says the Poverello has brought about increased crime, litter and traffic, deterring customers and hurting business. Ford Johnson of Ken’s Barber Shop, which is across the street from the shelter, says the issues have been “minor.” Amanda Opitz, communications coordinator at the YWCA, another neighbor, says the work to proactively prevent problems has been “really encouraging.” Jordan Hess, who

opment, which is very strange for a shelter and a very good thing.”

Ellen Buchanan, director of the Missoula Redevelopment Agency, agrees with Hess. That’s why she helped direct tax-increment-financing funds from the MRA’s Urban Renewal District II, which spans both sides of the Clark Fork, to help demolish the old Trail’s End bar and build infrastructure for the Poverello’s new home.

“A lot of what we’ve put Urban Renewal District II funds into, historically, have been projects that improved the

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

While some neighbors and business owners believe the new Poverello Center on West Broadway has increased crime in the area, others are hopeful it can help lead to a revitalization of a historically troubled part of town.

represents the neighborhood on city council, says he “definitely [feels] like there’s an increased perception that there are safety issues” as a result of the Poverello’s arrival.

Determining whether the Poverello has led to an actual increase in crime is difficult, since the MPD doesn’t track crime by neighborhood, but Hess believes the shelter can be an agent for improving the neighborhood, over the long-term, rather than for exacerbating criminal activity.

“I think that that facility is so nice, and the management has gone to such an extent to make it a facility with dignity that fits into the neighborhood that I truly believe that facility can be a catalyst for redevelopment,” Hess says. “I think the Pov can be an anchor facility for other devel-

built environment but didn’t necessarily create any new tax base, because they’re nonprofits,” Buchanan says. “But they provided services that were desperately needed by the community.”

As an example, Buchanan cites the Western Montana Mental Health Center, which serves people with mental health and substance abuse issues. MRA funds have helped WMMHC with a number of projects on the south side of the Clark Fork. Over time, Buchanan says, those projects “have helped stabilize that neighborhood and given treatment options to the folks who have issues. So it’s improved the area, and I don’t see any reason to think the Poverello Center won’t have the same effect.” tmcdermott@missoulanews.com

[opinion]

For your amusement Legislature has had its fun; now it’s time to get to work

by Dan Brooks

Last week, House Bill 583 failed in the Montana House by a margin of 18 votes, 41 to 59. Sponsored by Randy Pinocci, R–Sun River, the bill would have opposed the 1992 United Nations resolution known as Agenda 21.

According to the Washington Post and George H.W. Bush, Agenda 21 is a set of non-binding guidelines for sustainable development. According to the Bozeman Tea Party, Agenda 21 is a plan to abolish private property and move everyone to cities. I quote BozemanTeaParty.com: “‘Sustainable Development’ sounds like a nice idea, right? It sounds nice, until you scratch the surface and find that Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development are really cloaked plans to impose the tenets of social justice/socialism on the world. At risk from Agenda 21 is private property ownership, single-family homes, private car ownership and individual travel choices and privately owned farms.”

This kind of disagreement is difficult to resolve. Who is right about what Agenda 21 does—the former president who signed it, or The John Birch Society?

Lines 16 through 19 of Pinocci’s bill make it clear which source he believes: “WHEREAS, Agenda 21 is a voluntary pact arranged by the United Nations in which 178 national heads of state agreed to voluntarily implement a 40-chapter document known as Agenda 21 that calls for the abolition of private property throughout the world, education for global citizenship, and the use of technology for the management and control of all human activity …”

I’m against that. The problem is I’m not sure it’s what Agenda 21 says.

Granted, I did not read the entire 351page PDF, but I did a lot of skimming, and I could not find the part about abolishing private property and outlawing the singlefamily home.

I did find plenty of information on that aspect of Agenda 21 at various websites with “Patriot” or “Truth” in their names. I also found this plank in the 2015 platform of the Montana Republican Party: “We recognize the destructive and insidious nature of the United Nations Agenda 21 and hereby expose to the public and public policy makers, the dangerous intent of the Agenda 21 plan.”

I recognize the insidious nature of using commas to separate verbs from their direct objects and hereby expose that. I also hereby declare Rep. Pinocci a bidder for the admiration of our dumbest citizens.

“I hereby declare Rep. Pinocci a bidder for the admiration of our dumbest citizens.”

Since President Bush signed Agenda 21 in 1992, the various municipal, state and federal governments of the United States of America have taken exactly zero action to abolish private property or use technology to control all human activity, unless you count Candy Crush Saga. No one actually involved in operating the state of Montana has taken steps to move us all to cities or reported anyone else doing same.

Yet somehow, Pinocci’s bill made it out of committee and onto the floor, where it was deliberated and voted upon as if Agenda 21 were a real thing and not— here I quote the Southern Poverty Law Center—“anti-Semitic fear-mongering.”

For a few hours, the Montana State House operated the same way as Infowars.com.

The good news is that HB 583 did not pass. Even better, the 2015 legislative session is now halfway complete, and we have reached that time of year when Pinocci’s caucus traditionally stops embarrassing Montana with stupid bills.

It’s been a good year for crazy. Lord knows I’ve enjoyed myself. From Doc Moore’s HB 365 (outlaw wearing a costume with a prosthetic anus) to Kerry White’s HB 371 (lift the ban on concealed weapons in bars and schools,) the Republican Party of Montana has entertained us by taking a series of pretend crises seriously. We’ve all had fun, but now is the time to get serious.

There is still a budget to pass. More than 70,000 Montanans are not getting the Medicaid coverage their federal tax dollars already paid for. Deadbeat dads have stuck the state with thousands of dollars in unpaid child support, and the Montana campaign finance system is scrambling to adjust to Citizens United v. FEC. Unlike the imaginary UN scheme to control our minds with sustainability, these are real issues that affect one million Montanans. Addressing them is not as easy as pandering to screen names, but it is the business we elected a whole State House to do.

I like a good piece of stunt legislation as much as the next guy, and there’s no question that the Montana GOP has a flair for it. If you want a laugh, you can’t ask for much better than the 2015 House. But the voters of Montana sent Pinocci and his colleagues to Helena to do something more important than amuse us. They should get to work.

Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and the conspiracy of the missing fudge at combatblog.net.

photo by Chad Harder

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[quirks]

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN – Police thought Luis Moreno Jr., 26, was driving solo in a carpool lane in Fort Lee. N.J., but when they stopped him, he showed he was legal by pointing out two men in the back of the SUV. The men said they were kidnap victims. Moreno tried to flee, but rush-hour traffic stalled his getaway, and he was arrested. (New York Daily News) Two thieves broke into a closed casino in Calgary, Alberta, and made off with an ATM. Security footage shows the two masked crooks loading the machine onto a dolly and wheeling it to their vehicle. On the way, it toppled onto one of the thieves, but they loaded it and made their escape. “There’s no money in the machine,” Staff Sgt. Travis Baker said, explaining that ATMs are unloaded several times daily and at the end of the business day. Noting that stealing ATMs requires heavy lifting and then “tools like grinders, axes and chisels” to break through to the cash box, Baker called it “a very ineffective way to make a living.” (Canada’s National Post)

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(The New York Times) When a small plane’s engine failed over Lake Taupo on New Zealand’s North Island, all 13 people on board were able to escape before the aircraft crashed into the lake because they were skydivers intending a tandem jump. Six crewmembers jumped with the six passengers strapped to them as planned, followed by the pilot. All landed safely. (BBC News) Air traffic control officials received reports of 193 incidents of “drone misbehavior” in 2014, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Several were close calls involving aircraft with people on board, including one pilot who had to take evasive action above Oklahoma City when a 2-foot-wide drone came within 10 feet of his plane at 4,800 feet. Some incidents involved drones flying as high as 15,000 feet.

(Mother Jones) HOLY COW – Cleaning crews at Indian government buildings in New Delhi are switching to a new cleaning liquid derived from cow urine, which is in abundant supply and whose antimicrobial and antifungal properties make it possible to avoid using synthetic products. The product, named Gaunyle, also contains neem and pine scent and costs about the same as conventional cleaners. “It is a win-win situation for us,” said Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, who came up with the idea. “No harm to janitors by way of daily exposure to chemicals, and cows will be valued more.” Buoyed by the product’s acceptance, Anuradha Modi, who heads the Holy Cow Foundation, which supplies Gaunyle, said her organization is looking for other ways to market the “piles of cow dung and cow urine” that go to waste in India. (India’s The Economic Times) THWARTED DETERMINATION – Dwayne Jackson, 48, forced his way into a home in Ewing, N.J., found a spatula in a kitchen drawer and tried to slit his throat with it. When that failed, police Capt. Rocco Maruca said, Jackson used a butcher’s knife to stab himself in the stomach. At that point, the 76-year-old homeowner appeared with a loaded .357 handgun, which Jackson wrestled away from him and shot himself in the face. Jackson survived and was hospitalized in stable condition. (The Times of Trenton) NATIONAL INSECURITY – The British government proposed a supplement to the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill that would require nursery school staffers and registered daycare providers to report youngsters at risk of becoming terrorists. “Senior management and governors should make sure that staff have training that gives them the knowledge and confidence to identify children at risk of being drawn into terrorism and challenge extremist ideas which can be used to legitimize terrorism and are shared by terrorist groups,” the document states. A Home Office official said teachers and nursery workers should take action when they notice “behavior of concern,” adding, “It is important that children are taught fundamental British values in an age-appropriate way.” (Britain’s The Express) Ottawa firefighters responding to an alarm at the construction site of one of the Canadian government’s most secret installations discovered an “extreme vulnerability” that allowed them to enter the $800 million building: a back gate secured only by a simple padlock. The small fire, caused by cans of tar and a heater left by construction workers, was quickly extinguished. Afterwards, the Toronto Star requested documents pertaining to the incident, only to be told by Communications Security Establishment Canada officials that the information would make the spy agency vulnerable to “attack from a hostile entity” if it were revealed “that there is nothing but a padlock protecting our gates.” The agency then mistakenly provided all the information to the paper, including security patrol schedules, names of CSEC employees, the number of broken surveillance cameras and other top-secret details. (The Toronto Star)

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We’re all for keeping water in local hands.

Much has been made of the pending sale of Mountain Water to Liberty Utilities. People have questioned how a distant corporation can run Missoula’s water system from afar, while keeping the community’s best interests in mind. It is a fair question.

The short answer is that Liberty won’t run the

Liberty Utilities Co. is a U.S. corporation and

system from afar. The local utility president

a proven, long-term owner of water utilities

lives in your community. Decisions will be

in the U.S. Most important, we believe

made locally by the same managers and

in taking a local approach to utility

employees who have been serving Missoula

management and investment.

for years. Priorities will be established

In other words, while system ownership may

locally, too, from conservation imperatives Under Liberty Utilities, decisions affecting Missoula’s

transfer to us, how that system evolves and

water system and services will be made locally.

serves the community will rest in your hands.

safe, reliable water just as it always has. And,

operate regulated utilities and therefore

.

as guaranteed by the Montana Constitution,

we have every intention and reason to

you as citizens will continue to own the water.

invest in water systems to prevent service

to infrastructure needs. With Liberty, Missoula’s system will continue to provide

interruptions, reduce leakage, improve efficiency and protect resources.

We see the Missoula office as a regional headquarters. In fact, one attractive aspect of operating in Missoula is the opportunity to

We will continue to invest in infrastructure, following and building on the comprehensive plan laid out by Mountain Water Company.

purchase water systems in the surrounding area — systems that are currently Local priorities such as resource protection and conservation will continue to guide system operations.

operated by homeowners associations and unincorporated communities. Purchasing

Naturally, some things will change. Liberty

these systems would increase our customer

is not an investment company. We exist to

base and add jobs here in Missoula.

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Cover illustration by Josh Quick

W

hat constitutes a “hidden gem” around these parts? Is it a hot springs off the beaten path? A certain business? Our abundant natural resources? Sure. Any of those are perfectly reasonable answers—and are a few of the things featured on the following pages. But as we sit back and appreciate the collection of work in this second annual Comix Issue, allow us to propose another hidden gem of the Treasure State: our local comic artists.

Although we had one year under our belt with this special issue, we still weren’t sure what to expect when we put out a call for submissions. What rolled in showed a diversity in scope and style and a depth of creativity and wit that surpassed our expectations. Not only did we receive more submissions this year, our judges also felt the overall quality and attention to detail raised the bar. Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit—and congratulations to those who were chosen to appear in the issue.

We think all their hard work deserves more than just a mention here. In an effort to celebrate these talented artists and their “hidden gems,” as well as honor Missoula’s arts community at large, we’re having a party. On First Friday, March 6, the selected comic strips will be on display at the Indy’s offices, 317 S. Orange St., for a reception beginning at 5 p.m. There will be drinks, food and live music, and a chance to meet some of the artists themselves. We hope to see you there—and, more importantly, that it helps inspire you to contribute to next year’s Comix Issue.

Josh Quick – The Land

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Eric S. Carlson – Missoula notebook: growing antlers and conversations with a crow

Leila del Duca – The Mountain

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Tony Gregori – NYE 2014

Courtney Blazon – Aquilops Americanus

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Brian Thomas – Vortex

Lauren Tyler Norby – Missoula, Montana. A place ... sort of.

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Thomas McKean – Conversations with the Ground

Tim Thornton – Zoology

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Julia Milan – No Room Round the Campfire for a Quitter’s Blanket

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Kate Dunn – Honeybear Hot Springs

N. Luke Smith – A New Band in Missoula

Theo Ellsworth – I Run To the Edge of Town

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Percival Limburger – That Time I Threw Jack Under the Bus

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[arts]

One way or another Alison Dillon’s makeover of Napoleon Bonaparte and other acts of feminism

by Erika Fredrickson

A

rtist Alison Dillon looks nice enough— straight brown hair swept back from her face, an easy smile and blue-rimmed glasses. She paints portraits of fully clothed people, which seems like the sort of thing that would gain approval from all the characters in Little Women. She is a classic introvert. But don’t be fooled: Dillon’s a member of the Feminist Book Club and Terrorist Society, for one thing. And those paintings she creates are subversive in their own right, blending feminism and historical portraiture, and inserting new ideas into a more traditional style.

In one painting, Marie Antoinette wears a traditional puffy dress and regal headpiece, but she dangles one roller-girl derby shoe by its laces as if she’s about to suit up and hit the track. In another, a young Napoleon stands in uniform, hand in waistcoat, leaning over a map with a sword in one hand. But this version of Napoleon, which is currently hung in the men’s section of Betty’s Divine clothing boutique, is actually a young lady with dark curls and the glimmer of a smile.

“Napoleon, the guy, seemed like a jerk,” Dillon says. “I wanted to put a young woman in his place and shake it up a little bit. If it was a woman doing what he was doing at that time, how would we view it? I

wanted to make the female Napoleon look like a real person—a woman taking on a powerful role in history that women at that time weren’t really taking on.”

Dillon grew up in Billings and recalls feeling uncomfortable with the term “feminism.”

“I had heard these horrible words like ‘feminazi’ and I thought feminism was this man-hating thing,” Dillon says. “But I went to college and got an internship at the Women’s Resource Center and realized that feminism is just wanting equal respect across the board for men, women and people in between.

Those were values I’d always had and it was just the terminology that I found cumbersome. Now I don’t feel any hesitation calling myself a feminist.”

Dillon graduated from the University of Montana with a bachelor’s in painting and a minor in art history. Even when her instructors tried to steer her toward new mediums and new techniques, she found herself drawn back to classic portraiture.

“I love the detail in it,” she says. “But the way that women were represented in those royalty portraits were so stiff. And then you see these portraits of royal men and men in the military and they have all these accoutrements that show something about their personality and I think they’re a little more lively than the female portraits.”

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Dillon’s current exhibit at Betty’s is a small one, but it’s fascinating and eclectic all the same. She’s included a few portraits of women she created from her own imagination, plus a likeness of her hero, Neko Case, and one of her “hair portraits,” part of a series that showcases the personalities of women through different hairstyles.

It’s the Napoleon and Marie Antoinette pieces, however, that more clearly underline Dillon’s feminist approach. Marie Antoinette as a roller-girl presents two strange juxtapositions. First, and most obvious, it’s a sport that didn’t exist at the time of her reign.

Second, even it it did, it would have been beneath Marie Antoinette’s class to participate in it. But, especially in the latter case, Dillon wanted to create a portrait that gave some lively edge to a woman who was, in real life, a complicated figure.

“She’s perceived as this evil figure and I think she made some real mistakes and dehumanized people,” Dillon says. “But I like viewing her also as a real human who was put in a privileged position but not through any of her own doing. She didn’t have a whole lot of choice about it. I think that goes back to how women are perceived even now. No matter their status, there are these expectations that women are

supposed to be gentle or nurturing or motherly and if they’re anything other than that they’re wicked.”

Which brings us back to the Feminist Book Club and Terrorist Society. Here we are today, in 2015, and “feminism” is still misunderstood. Dillon’s group, a brunch book club, reads mostly nonfiction about feminist (and racial) issues—The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, for instance—and they drink mimosas and eat waffles. Just your average, everyday terrorism and feminazi activity.

“I feel like I have a fairly narrow view of the world compared to a lot of people,” Dillon says. “I’m a white person who grew up with parents who loved me in a supportive community, so I haven’t experienced many of the problems others face. But it’s incredibly important to recognize there is inequality, and work toward something better. Painting is my way of starting a conversation. Even though not all my paintings are ‘feminist,’ I think, because that’s a big part of who I am, it gets into my work one way or the other.”

A First Friday reception for Alison Dillon’s portraits takes place at Betty’s Divine Fri., March 6, from 5 to 8 PM. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[music]

Post-Riot glow

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Walking the city all night with The Shondes The Shondes’ lead singer and bassist, Louisa Rachel Solomon, is 20 years removed from the first inklings of the Riot Grrrl wave/movement, but she carries the torch with a vocal style that is both audacious and gorgeous.

I only bring up the Riot Grrrl tag because Solomon has spoken in interviews about its influence on her postpunk sound. She is, after all, a woman playing boldly in a genre that continues to be male-dominated. But to understand more specifically what she sounds like (since, happily, “Riot Grrrl” encompasses such a wide range of good music) think Chrissie Hynde’s strutting affect mixed with Bruce Springsteen’s anthemic croon, and you’re in the ballpark.

The Brooklyn band balances political lyrics (they are a Jewish band critical of Israel’s politics) with classic broken-heart sentiments. The music itself proves gratifying: wrapped in pop hooks with a punk center and a touch of klezmer.

On their most recent release, 2013’s The Garden, the sound is full and detailed. But it’s on 2011’s Searchlights that The Shondes reveal their devilishly strong penchant for storytelling—especially on “Are You Ready” where Solomon sings, “We were out walking the city all

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night/ when we got to the river you were ready to fight./ Are you ready?/ Are you ready?/ Are you ready?/ What are you afraid of?/ Show me what you’re made of!”

The song captures the thrill of late-night wanderings and new crushes that many pop punk ballads featuring dude protagonists have already done before. But it offers a story from a viewpoint and attitude that speaks to the post-Riot Grrrl relationship in a more refreshing way. (Erika Fredrickson) The Shondes play the VFW Fri., March 6, at 9 PM along with Hermanas Y Hermanas and Hailey Wojcik. Free.

The Twilight Sad, Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave The Twilight Sad’s most recent album is titled Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave.

I assume that a fixed percentage of you just stopped reading. Does this music sound like it should echo across the frozen courtyard of a Glasgow housing project? Yes, it does. Can I bum a Parliament? I left mine in my velvet jacket.

Now that we are friends, I should tell you that I secretly like The Twilight Sad. I was never a great fan of The Cure or The Smiths or other exemplars of the genre, but the 21st century is a golden age of goth. Modern recording techniques have made atmospheric guitar music sound distinct and haunting, rather than tinny and thin the way it

did in the ’80s. And because the genre is now very uncool, bands are more likely to genuinely feel it.

The Twilight Sad is clearly feeling the hell out of everything, but they have channeled their energy through tight, carefully composed songs. The three-piece produces atmosphere without fog, maintaining a sonic unity amid driving rhythms that threaten to make the phrase “postpunk” meaningful again. After hope comes disappointment, and after angry comes sad. Surely, being 25 years late for goth is the most goth move of all. (Dan Brooks) The Twilight Sad plays Stage 112 Thu., March 5, at 9 PM. $12/$10 advance at 1111presents.com and Rockin Rudy’s. 18-plus.

AMERICA’S ADDICTION TO MASS INCARCERATION: It’s Time to Chart a New Course Free Public Forum- 7:00 PM Thursday, March 5 As National Director of the Criminal Law Reform Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, Zeke Edwards has sought to advance criminal justice reform through strategic litigation and advocacy aimed at ending mass incarceration and criminalization, challenging law enforcement abuses of power, and advancing racial justice and drug law reform.

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The Infamous Stringdusters, Let it Go As an admitted lover of “jam bands,” my biggest complaint with many groups that fall under that everexpanding umbrella is that instrumental chemistry is emphasized but the actual songwriting falls below par.

Let’s not even get started on the monotone singing that seems to only serve as filler for the next extended noodlefest. The progressive bluegrass superpower Infamous Stringdusters know you can’t build a house without a foundation, and you damn sure shouldn’t be turning inadequate songs into 16-minute jams. On their concise new studio album Let it Go, they prove that there’s substance behind the shred.

Fear not, jam fans, solos are still traded back and forth on this record like a game of hot potato. Fiddle player Jeremy Garrett crafts a tasty duet with himself via creative overdubbing on “Winds of Change,” followed up seconds later with Andy Hall’s relentless dobro assault.

Guitarist Andy Falco sprinkles a bit of jazz into his flatpicking, and channels the sunny side of Jerry Garcia on “Love and Light.” Arrangements on tracks like “I’ll Get Away” are an even greater testament to each player’s prowess, building songs around complex, interweaving melodies instead of traditional bluegrass boom-chik rhythms. But the complex vocal harmonies are the highlight of almost every song, particularly the title track, as all five musicians chime in to create a swelling, gospel-influenced refrain.

Nothing quite compares to the ferocity of the ’Dusters’ live shows, but this album underscores the multidimensional talent that makes this group rise above their contemporaries. (Jed Nussbaum) The Infamous Stringdusters play the Top Hat Tue., March 10, at 8 PM. $20/$18 advance at tophatlounge.com.

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I’m old enough to recall the excitement that As a young man, Camel was an outcast among outbuzzed around Missoula when Ronan fighter Marvin casts. Outnumbered as an Indian on a reservation Camel became the first American Indian to hold a overrun with white people, he was also part of the world title in boxing. The fight went down in Las only family of African Americans for miles and miles.

Vegas on March 31, 1980. Camel, the No. 1 con- He and his siblings fit in with nobody. Boxing was still tender, squared off against second ranked Mate a huge part of American culture at the time, and Camel Parlov. It was the second try for both fighters to be- saw the pursuit of a championship as his only way off come the first-ever champion of the newly created the reservation. He went after it with single-minded cruiserweight division. The two men had battled to determination. He got there, but the hardships and a draw only a few months earlier in December 1979 bad choices along the way were legion.

Chapter one is titled in Parlov’s native Yu“Boxing’s Underbelly,” and goslavia, a fight many bethat could almost serve as lieved Camel won handily. another subtitle of this biThough I consider myself a ography. I’ve read more fan of boxing, I’m not than the average person’s much of a dedicated folshare of books about boxlower of the sport, and I’m ing, and I never cease to be certainly no scholar. But amazed at the ways these I’ve often wondered what men are exploited. The became of Camel. most egregious tend to Sadly, as Brian D’Amfocus on money, mostly brosio points out in his new from unscrupulous manbiography, Warrior in the agers and promoters, Ring, few people remember which often results in a Camel’s name and what he bloodied and battered accomplished. The cruiserfighter coming away from a weight division—slotted befight with next to nothing, tween the light-heavyweight win or lose. Camel drove and heavyweight diviall over the West for fights, sions—has never had much often alone, for purses that respect as a weight class. Its amounted to little more most famous champion was than a pittance once exEvander Holyfield, who penses were covered. A won the title on his way up Warrior in the Ring telling anecdote for me in weight before ultimately Brian D’Ambrosio came in the second title claiming a champion’s belt paperback, Riverbend fight with Parlov, held with (and losing part of an ear to 248 pages, $15.95 all the glitz and glamor one Mike Tyson) as a heavyweight. The division’s anonymity is only compounded expects around a big event at Caesar’s Palace in Las by the utter disinterest in boxing over the last couple Vegas. Camel goes to promoter Don King and asks decades. Once one of the biggest sports in the coun- for tickets for the 170 friends and family who have try, today, as D’Ambrosio writes, “no current sports driven down to Nevada from the reservation to attend the big pre-fight party King was throwing. The infamagazine has a full-time boxing writer.”

Camel was one of 14 children raised by Henry mous King gives Camel a grand total of two tickets.

When D’Ambrosio introduces us to Camel as he and Alice Camel. Henry Campbell—who ultimately shortened his surname to Camel—was an African is today, in his early 60s, the boxer seems to be conAmerican club boxer born in North Carolina and sta- tent. Still, I couldn’t help but feel a certain sorrow for tioned in Astoria, Ore., while serving in the Navy. the man. He didn’t hold the title for long, and while There he met Alice Nenemay, a full-blood Pend d’Or- he continued to contend for the championship for a eille Indian who had left the Flathead Reservation few years after, he fought in an era that pre-dated the when she was 15. They married in 1944 and moved gigantic purses commanded by fighters in subsequent to Ronan, and Marvin Louis Camel was born on Dec. years. The book reveals a man whose raw ability was 24, 1950. His middle name was in honor of the leg- never in doubt, but bad decisions, poor management endary “Brown Bomber,” heavyweight boxing cham- and a propensity to bleed heavily when cut shortened what could have been a more lucrative career. D’Ampion Joe Louis.

D’Ambrosio does an excellent job telling the story brosio’s exploration of Camel’s life provides a fasciof Camel’s early years. The mythology around most of nating glimpse into the history of a sporting world our boxing heroes tends to center on tales of young that really doesn’t exist in Montana anymore, or men rising from troubled inner city lives until glory, much of anywhere else.

Brian D’Ambrosio reads from Warrior in the earned through blood and superhuman discipline, is found in the ring. Camel’s story isn’t so different, de- Ring at Fact & Fiction Fri., March 6, at 5:30 PM. spite the Mission Valley being a far cry, in miles if not hardship, from the mean streets of New York or Philly. arts@missoulanews.com

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Painter or Jack the Ripper?

There’s nothing in the movie posters or promotional materials to prepare you for just how bizarre and off-kilter Mike Leigh’s latest biopic Mr. Turner, can get. The film stars Timothy Spall as the eponymous 19th century British painter, whose work seems to inhabit a period of art history between realism and impressionism. He painted things like landscapes, iconic buildings and fishing boats rendered with half meticulous detail, the rest of it smeared pastels on their way to someplace unsettling. Those looking for an introduction to his work might do well to check out an 1840 painting featured in the film called “The Slave Ship,” originally titled: “Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying,” and no further explanation needed.

Mr. Turner is less about the artist’s work and more about the rambling, passionate way he lived his life. J.M.W. Turner is a portly, uncomfortable man who speaks gruffly and snorts often. Nevertheless, he gets into adventures and meets plenty of exceedingly interesting women throughout the last quarter-century of his life. His long-suffering maid (Dorothy Atkinson) has a funny gait and really seems to like him; it’s a pity he seems to only want her for the one thing. He courts, as well, his likewise frumpy landlady (Marion Bailey) for whom he seems to have real affection. Leigh’s screenplay is famous for its attention to historical detail, and the particulars are so awkward, painful and true to life that I don’t doubt the veracity of these women. Indeed, every one of the actors look and sound like real, weathered people.

Most of the time Mr. Turner takes full advantage of being a man in a man’s world, but watch that veneer fall apart when he visits a brothel after the death of his father (Paul Jesson). It looks as though he’s going to unceremoniously mount the hooker; the film has prepared you for that level of crass, but we’re given an odd moment of tenderness instead.

Leigh’s movies have a rambling, non-narrative quality to them. (Some of his earlier work includes Secrets & Lies and Happy Go Lucky.) There’s no traditional story arc and so every scene has the potential to surprise you.

In Mr. Turner, entire scenes are shot from one fixed perspective, with all the characters in the frame. It’s as though you’re watching a stage play, which is weird, because usually a movie tells you whom to look at.

Honestly, I’m more interested in the wallpaper in this film’s many accomplished interior scenes than in the content of the subject’s life. I mean that not as an insult to the story but as a tremendous compliment to the wallpaper. (It doesn’t help that I had a difficult time deciphering the thick British accents.)

There’s something inherently delicious about a wellthought out period piece. This movie lets us inside rich people’s homes with paintings from floor to ceiling framed in excessive gold trim. In between the heavier scenes there are lingering, breathtaking images of Mr. Turner inside the British landscape, and it’s more than pretty. The soundtrack has a way of giving away the upcoming tragedy without it feeling like a spoiler; instead it mirrors our natural feeling of dread. There’s just so much to admire about this picture as a purely audio/visual experience.

Still, at 150 minutes, with no sense of rising action or impeding tragedy to carry us through, Mr. Turner is damn near an hour too long. It doesn’t quite preclude me from recommending the picture, but I should warn you that some boredom is likely, if not imminent. Maybe you’re thinking I should have mentioned the prohibitively long running time at the top of the page. I hesitate to tell you at all, since no one helped me. Like an old man’s life, Mr. Turner is a film to hold precious and endure.

Mr. Turner continues at the Wilma Theatre. arts@missoualnews.com

[film] THE SEVENTH SON A young dude whose destiny is to fight evil spirits must first do battle with the badass witch lady Mother Malkin. Starring Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore and Kit “Know Nothing Jon Snow” Harington. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12.

OPENING THIS WEEK CHAPPIE In a dystopian future, a police robot develops the ability to think and feel. This will probably end well. Starring Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel and Hugh Jackman. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER The Square One embarks on a quest for a stolen recipe that takes him onto dry land. Starring Tom Kenny, Antonio Banderas and Bill Fagerbakke. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

INHERENT VICE A drug-addled private eye investigates an ex-girlfriend’s disappearance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of the Pynchon novel. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin and Owen Wilson.

Rated R. Screening at the Roxy Sat., March 7– Thu., March 12 at 8 PM.

TROLL 2 Consider serious artistic questions of our time, like whether this is truly the worst film ever made besides Gigli. Starring Michael Stephenson, George Hardy and Margo Prey. Screening at the Roxy Thu., March 5 at 7 PM, with special $5 admission.

KILL BILL VOL. I Uma Thurman is here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and she is allll outta bubblegum.

Rated R. Screening at the Roxy Thu., March 5 at 7:15 PM, as part of the Know Your Tarantino series.

LAND OF MANY PLACES Learn about China’s efforts to move millions of rural villagers into newly built cities. Screening at the Roxy Tue., March 10, at 7 PM, with director Q&A to follow.

QUEEN OF THE SUN: WHAT ARE THE BEES TELLING US? The 2010 documentary looks at the global bee crisis from different angles. Organic honey, anyone? Screening at the Roxy Mon., March 9 at 7 PM. THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL Older British gals lust after Richard Gere in their little colonial enclave—er, excuse me, retirement spot—in India. Starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy. Rated PG. Carmike 12.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS Dudes on a business trip to Europe stumble into unexpected situations, like fetish conventions and political summits, often to comedic effect. Starring Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco and Tom Wilkinson. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

NOW PLAYING AMERICAN SNIPER Clint Eastwood directs the based-on-a-true-story tale of legendary Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle.

Starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller and Kyle Gallner. Rated R. Pharaohplex,.

Mansplaining, illustrated. Inherent Vice opens Friday at the Roxy.

BIRDMAN A typecast actor who used to play a superhero tries to recover his career with an artsy new role.

(Look up “meta” in the dictionary.) Starring Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis and Edward Norton. Screening at the Roxy through March 8 at 4 PM. THE DUFF Sadly, this movie has nothing to do with Hilary Duff, but rather, is about a high school senior finding out she’s been labeled the “Designated Ugly Fat Friend.” Starring Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne and Robbie Amell. Rated PG-13.

Carmike 12.

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY A naive young woman dates a controlling loner.

It’s totally not abusive or manipulative, though, because he’s hot and rich. ‘K. Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan and Jennifer Ehle. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

FOCUS Will Smith plays a veteran con man who just might get taken for a ride by his femme fatale ex-girlfriend. Also starring Margot Robbie and Rodrigo Santoro. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

KING LEAR (STRATFORD FESTIVAL) If nothing else, Shakespeare teaches us that families will drive you crazy. Heads up: this gets

pretty violent, so maybe leave the younger kids at home. Screening at the Roxy Tue, March 10 at 7 PM. Visit mtlive.org.

KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE A slick, modern spy organization recruits a smart-talking kid off the street. Will the protege be able to save the world from an evil genius in time?!?!? Gosh, I have no idea. Starring Colin Firth, Taron Egerton and Samuel L. Jackson.

Rated R. Carmike 12.

THE LAZARUS EFFECT After medical students discover a way to bring dead people back to life, they are surprised to discover that something has gone terribly wrong.

Starring Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass and Evan Peters. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

MCFARLAND, USA Kevin Costner is a cross-country coach determined to lead his team to a championship. I didn’t realize it was Feel Good Sports Movie season already. Also starring Maria Bello and Morgan Saylor. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

MR. TURNER Timothy Spall stars as the eccentric but brilliant British painter J.M.W. Turner in a tale of his passionate, controversial lifestyle. Also starring Paul Jesson and Dorothy Atkinson. Rated R. Wilma.

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TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (DEUX JOURS, UNE NUIT) A young Belgian woman learns that her company is about to fire her and distribute her salary as a raise to its other employees. She gets the weekend to convince them not to do it. Sounds stressful! Starring Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione and Catherine Salée. Rated PG-13. Wilma.

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS Modern-day vampires deal with the drags of life, like chores and rent, in a comedy from the “Flight of the Concords” dudes. Starring Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi and Jonathan Brugh.

Screening at the Roxy March 5, 6 and 12 and 9:15 PM, and March 7-11 at 7:15 PM. (See our Spotlight in the 8 Days A Week calendar.)

WHIPLASH Our homeboy J.K. Simmons stars as a music instructor who’s merciless to promising young students. Also starring Miles Teller and Melissa Benoist. Rated R. Wilma.

Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle.

Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 at 541-7469; The Roxy at 728-9380; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

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by SOUSTOWN CHEF My sweet tooth is entirely seasonal. I go through long stretches in summer with nothing so sugary as a brightly colored cocktail with an umbrella in it. During winter, I tend to stuff myself on Christmas cookies.

If my kids didn’t ask for treats in their school lunches, I’d probably forget that we stash certain goodies in the pantry year-round.

March is one of those few times I indulge in desserts. I mean, what else is there to do? Skiing— what existed of it this year, anyway—is wrapping up and spring is still a ways off. Football is over. School is in that busy stretch before spring break. There’s not much fun to be had, so I get my kicks by making way too many sweets. I know, I live quite the exciting life.

As always, I put a premium on simple recipes that don’t require much prep time. That means the dishes below feature instant coffee, store-bought rolls and booze. (Hey, it’s dessert, it’s not supposed to be healthy. If you want something organic, go read my column on salads or something.) Even with cooking time, you can practically eat these three desserts faster than it takes to make them. For me, that’s a little dangerous. But I can just work it off when the weather turns warm.

Chocolate fudge brownies What you need: 1 cup sugar, 2 large eggs, 1 tablespoon hot water, 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules (I recommend the Via packets from Starbucks), ¼ cup butter (melted), 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 cup all-purpose flour, 2⁄3 cup unsweetened cocoa, ¼ teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon powdered sugar (optional).

How to make it: Heat oven to 325 degrees. Place sugar and eggs in a large bowl and beat with a mixer at high speed about five minutes. Combine hot water and coffee granules, stirring until granules dissolve.

Add coffee mixture, butter and vanilla extract to sugar mixture; beat at low speed until combined.

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Combine flour, cocoa and salt, stirring with a whisk. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture, stirring until moist and thick.

Spread batter into 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake for 23 minutes or until brownies spring back when touched lightly in center.

Let cool. Garnish with powdered sugar, if desired.

Why to make it: The coffee intensifies the chocolate flavor. Plus, coffee.

Chocolate-stuffed crescent rolls What you need: 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, 1 tube crescent roll dough (four-pack), 1 egg yolk, 1 tablespoon milk and 2 tablespoons sugar.

How to make it: Cut the chocolate into 4 pieces about 3 inches long. Unfold the crescent roll dough.

Place 1 piece of chocolate at the wide end of each piece of dough and roll up. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Mix the egg yolk, milk and sugar in a small bowl. Brush on the rolls, then bake according to package directions. Cool for 15 minutes before eating.

Why to make it: Brings a little bit of Paris—or a really poor man’s version of Le Petit’s chocolate croissant—into your home kitchen.

Summer cherries jubilee What you need: 1 ½ cups pitted cherries, ½ cup cabernet sauvignon or other dry red wine, ¼ cup cherry preserves, 1 tablespoon amaretto, 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, 2 cups vanilla ice cream (I suggest Big Dipper, of course).

How to make it: Combine first three ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer five minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in amaretto and lemon juice. Serve warm over vanilla ice cream.

Why to make it: Had to toss in a non-chocolate dessert, and this one makes for a decadent presentation. It’s what my wife asks me to make on special occasions, like her birthday, or whenever we score Flathead cherries.

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Pickle Shots at Monk’s HAPPIEST HOUR

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 Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pmclose. $-$$ Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s. Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$

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What it is: Pickle and pepperoncini juices mixed with Tito’s vodka. Manager John Surratt says the shot is a favorite of his bartenders and, as we all know, bartenders tend to know their booze.

vodka separately. About a year ago, the shot started to really take off in popularity and the bartenders decided to mix them together.

Surratt says they go through at least 20 to 30 shots in a night.

Why you’re drinking it: Simply put, it’s delicious. It’s salty and sweet with a hint of heat from the pepperoncinis. This concoction makes the vodka fairly dangerous since it’s all too easy to forget you’re actually drinking vodka.

Who you’re drinking with: Monk’s main demographic is the college crowd, but it also attracts older folks who used to frequent the bar in years past. “They usually stay, unless it’s too loud, just for the memories they experienced back in their day,” Surratt says.

How to drink it: The bartender simply shakes the mixture on ice and pours it into a shot glass, but Surratt says they also use the mix for their Bloody Marys and Caesars. Some of the regulars even drink it by the glass on ice. Monk’s has also started making a Caesarstyle shot where they add a little Clamato and pepper to the vodka. Each shot is $3.

How it came about: Previously, Monk’s offered the pickle vodka and pepperoncini

Where to find it: Monk’s is open Thursdays through Saturdays, 9 p.m. to bar close, at 225 Ryman St. —Kellen Beck Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ Market on Front 201 E. Front St. marketonfront.com The Market on Front is more than a market with a restaurant. It is an energetic marketplace which offers an epicurean experience to excite the senses. It is also an energetic, vibrant marketplace creating an opportunity to taste and take home the products of artisans who create excellent products at awesome prices. This community centered specialty food destination features gourmet yet traditional prepared foods, sandwiches, salads, specialty cheeses, charcuterie, local brews, wines, espresso and so much more! $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every weekday for only $3?

(Missoula County residents over 60: $3, only $6 if younger and just stopping by) Anyone is welcome to join us from 11:30-12:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food and great conversation. For a full menu, visit our website. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences.

Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ 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. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 www.orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily.

House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. 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. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-PITA (7482) pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$ Plonk 322 N Higgins 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an all-encompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions.

Ruby’s Cafe 2101 Regent St. at Brooks 728-9890 True American Diner! Come join us at the counter, grab a booth or find a table. Breakfast all day, Lunch & Dinner. Homemade Pies. Homemade Soups. Mon-Sat 6am - 9pm and Sun 8am - 3pm. “You keep us cookin!” $-$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 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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own vegan specialty and hang out. University Congregational Church, 401 University Ave. 68 PM. Bust out the epee for a Foray into Fencing class on the first Thursday of the month at Missoula Fencing Association, 1200 Shakespeare, Ste. A. 6:30-7:30 PM. Ages 9 and up are welcome to join in; just wear gym clothes and bring a water bottle. Free, but limited to first 16 people. Visit missoulafencing.net or call 251-4623 with questions.

March 5–March 12, 2015

Bust out a little geetar, tunesmiths, at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 7:30-10:30 PM. Impress ‘em enough and you could get paid $50 as a showcased performer. Text 406396-5934 to sign up early.

Would a dude by any other name seem as sweet? Find out when Nick Pavelich and Sam Williamson star in an unusual two-man adaptation of the classic Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Crystal Theater, March 3-7, at 7:30 PM. $10.

Wager on a cheery evening when Scottish feelings-y outfit The Twilight Sad plays Stage 112, along with Port St. Willow. Doors at 8 PM. $12/$10 in advance. 18-plus.

Small town girls, city boys and anyone that leaves out can share the night on and on and on at the Dead Hipster Dance Party of lore, at the Badlander on Thursdays. No cover, plus $1 wells from 9 PM to midnight.

Missoula progressive-rock outfit Fallow celebrates an album release with special guests down at the Palace, starting ‘round 9 PM. No cover.

Shine up those boots and put your twostep skillz to good use when Wild Coyote Band hits the Sunrise Saloon, corner of Strand and Regent. 9 PM. No cover.

Case of the bends. Savannah Fuentes performs La Primavera, Flamenco en Vivo at the Crystal Theater, Tue., March 10. 7:30-9 PM. $23/$12 students/$7 kids. Visit brownpapertickets.com/event/1316604.

THURSDAYMAR05 Up ‘n coming prancers strut their stuff at the UM School of Theatre and Dance’s Dance New Works, showcasing original choreography in ballet, hip hop, lyrical and experimental.

Open Space in the PARTV Center. Program I on Tue., Thu. and Sat. at 7:30 PM, Program II on Wed., Fri. at 7:30 PM and Sat. at 2 PM. $9.

Chase those Wheaties with a dose of creativity at Art Start, a morning DIY series with projects laid out for you and your child ages 2 and up to work on. Meets at the ZACC from 11 AM-1 PM. $6/$5 for members. Visit zootownarts.org/artstart.

nightlife Mary Place and Blue Moon heat up the afternoon with jazz at the Union Club every Thursday from 5:30-8 PM. Free.

Buddy “What Me Worry” Jackson takes over the March residency at the VFW on Thursday nights, and I’m going to wildly speculate that they’ll be playing Ke$ha and Neutral Milk Hotel covers, and special guests Katy Perry and John Mayer will be bringing free pizza. 9 PM. $2 PBR tallboy special. Cover $2/$5 ages 18-20.

Sample the herbal essences when Sweetgrass plays tunes at Draught Works, 6-8 PM. No cover.

Local smart alecs are doing it for the lulz at John Howard’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Sign up by 9:30 PM to perform; things usually start around 10. Free.

Anything But Suzy plays mellow country and bluegrass tunes at the Starving Artist Cafe and Art Gallery, 3020 S Reserve St., across from Larchmont Golf Course. 6-7:30 PM. Free.

The six-piece rhythm ‘n blues band Zeppo puts on a heckuva barnburner at the Top Hat, with tunes at 10 PM. No cover.

The Groovy Raw Vegan Dessert Potluck invites folks of any dietary stripe to whip up their

Hip-hop duo Prhyme sprinkles the classic hip-hop on a slick cupcake at Stage 112, with Your Old Droog, Boldy James, Myke Bogan & DJ

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[calendar] Exodus. Doors at 9 PM. $20/$18 in advance. 18-plus. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s, Ear Candy and standupmt.com.

FRIDAYMAR06 Nosh on some nibbles and pitch in for a good cause at the 18th Annual Women’s Law Caucus Silent Auction, at MCT, 200 N. Adams St, from 6-8:30 PM. Free to hang out and sample the refreshments; proceeds from silent auction sales benefit YWCA Missoula’s Pathways program.

Art aficionados and downtown revelers alike can enjoy First Friday

in Missoula, wherein shops, cafes, bars and galleries host free art viewings for all to enjoy. Sometimes there’s totally excellent free wine and snax, too. Runs about 5-8 PM every first Friday of the month. Check out missoulacultural.org/gallery-guide and our special listings.

Grab a pen and paper and get crackin’ at Learning from Your Life: Writing for Resilience, which teaches how to work through difficult events and celebrate life’s joys through writing. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Fridays from 11 AM-1 PM through March 13. $145 for five-week course. Call 721-0033 or visit redwillowlearning.org for registration and info.

Deanna Sheriff leads a Green Tara practice and Sadhana, imparting wisdom about the female Buddha’s compassion in action.

Vegetarian lunch to follow. Osel Shen Phen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center, 411 Woodworth Ave. Meets Fridays from noon-1:30 PM. $5 suggested donation. Contact oselshenphenling@gmail.com or email 544-2793 to learn more.

Young artists can check out cardboard sculpture master Chris Gilmour and learn his techniques at the Cardboard Sculpture class at the ZACC. Fridays, 3:305:30 PM through March 13. $90/$80 for members. Visit zootownarts.org/youngartists.

FIRST FRIDAY In celebration of our second Comix Issue, the Indy is opening up the office to host a First Friday reception and art display. Check out nifty comics, drink free beer, do a little dance, get down tonight. 317 S. Orange St. (the log cabin building on the corner of First and Orange.) Reception from 5-7 PM. Diane Olhoeft gets wet and wild in her Watercolors series, with paintings of scenic landscapes and nature. Reception at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St., from 4:30-6:30 PM. Paintings on “liberated” canvas, panels and particle board make up the stuff of B. Martinez’s dreams. Exhibit at Upcycled, 517 S. Higgins Ave., starting at 5 PM. Visiting artist Sarah Nance presents her sculpture collection Is (which is the Icelandic word for “ice,” wouldn’t you know) at FrontierSpace, in the alley on the 100 block of West Pine. Reception from 5-9 PM, with artist talk and Q&A at 6 PM. Abstract painter Cody Rene Dickinson teams up with singer-songwriter Maiah Wynne for your auditory and visual entertainment this evening at Your Energy Fix, 415 Higgins, Ste. 19.

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Kiki Renander’s intricate sandblasted and painted glass panels are featured in Glass Forests, on display at The Artists’ Shop, 127 N. Higgins Ave. 5-8 PM. Monte Dolack celebrates the release of his new limited-edition print, Saint Mary Meadow, a vivid ode to wilderness. 139 W. Front St. Reception from 58 PM with ukulele player MyssLyss.

Ceramic artist Christopher Dufala presents his clever takes on everyday objects at the Brink Gallery, with reception from 5-8 PM. Acrylic artist Scot Herries puts his special spin on the outdoors in Piece of Land, on display at 4 Ravens Gallery, 248 N. Higgins Ave. Reception from 5-8 PM. Hannah Bourke and Maxon McCarter team up to titillate your eyeballs with experimental pinhole camera photography and large pointy objects. Maxon will probably let you hold something dangerous from the lab too... Gecko Designs, 523 Higgins Ave. Reception from 5-8 PM with tunes and treats.

Oil painter Phyllis Tag delves into the rainbow with The Blessings of Color, on display at E3 Convergence Gallery, 229 W. Main St. Reception from 5-9 PM, with music from Sierra Kamplain.

Get wild and woolly when If you missed it the first time the MPG Ranch office hosts around, film photographer an Ungulate First Friday, celeLee Silliman’s Yellowstone Park brating critters like elk, moose, Renee Brown’s Profusion is featured at the exhibit has been held over for mulies and white-tailed deer, Missoula Art Museum’s First Friday recep- another month at Montana Art with artwork on display and tion, 5–8 PM, with artist talk at 7 PM. and Framing, 709 Ronan St., wildlife biologists live and in with high-quality contact prints person. 1001 S. Higgins Ave of beautiful thermal features. ReBuilding B, next door to Rockin Rudy’s. Reception from ception from 5-9 PM, with gallery talk at 7 PM. 5-7 PM. It took a village to create the Clay Studio’s CommuCeramic artist Renée Brown’s exhibit explores sticks nity Exhibition, featuring work from students, members and stones (plus nifty gems and minerals). Reception and studio artists. 1106 A Hawthorne St., reception at Missoula Art Museum, 5-8 PM, with 7 PM gallery talk. from 5:30-9 PM. Artist Nancy Rishoff showcases her love of west- The classy folks behind Real Good host a double ern Montana in Landscapes of the Mind, on display feature display, with new work from printmaker Jenat Prudential Montana Real Estate, 314 N. Higgins Ave. nifer duToit and excerpts from Jacob Kahn’s upcoming Reception from 5-8 PM. poetry book that’s illustrated by Jack Metcalf. Reception Alison Dillon pays tribute to badasses like Neko Case in her paintings, on display at Betty’s Divine, 509 Higgins Ave. Reception from 5-8 PM. (See Arts.)

at Real Good Studio, 1205 Defoe St. No. 1, from 6-10 PM, with a poetry reading at 9 PM by a “Jacob Kahn impersonator.”

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Smoked ’em again. Prhyme plays Stage 112 on Thu., March 5, along with special guests. Doors at 9 PM. $20/$18 in advance. 18-plus.

The burgeoning artists of Bonner School strut their stuff with a nature-themed show featuring linoleum block prints, oil pastels, ceramic insects and more. Reception at Frame of Mind, 1706 Brooks St. 4:30-8 PM.

nightlife Brian D’Ambrosio reads from his latest biography, Warrior in the Ring: The life of Marvin Camel, Native American World Champion Boxer.

Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 5:30 PM. All the cool kiddos should check out Mismo Gymnastics’s Friday Night Children’s Party, where ages 5-plus play games and explore obstacle courses. 1900 W. Broadway St. 5:30-9:30 PM. $25/$20 for members, plus $10 for additional siblings.

Limited to 80 kids, so zoom over to mismogym.com or call 728-0908 to sign up.

Sip a Guinness and be whisked away to the Emerald Isle with the Irish Music Session, every Friday at the Union Club from 6-9 PM. No cover.

Family Friendly Friday invites little ones to boogie while parental units kick back at the Top Hat, starting at 6 PM, with a rotating lineup of local musicians providing all-ages tunes.

No cover.

Kelly Loder’s mixed-media abstract works record emotional states on canvas, paper and driftwork. Reception at American Made Tattoo, 234 W. Front St., from 6-9 PM. North Valley Public Library in Stevi hosts an evening of music trivia and sing-a-longs with Ron Bissell, 6:30-7:45 PM. Free, plus refreshments will be served.

Up ‘n coming prancers strut their stuff at the UM School of Theatre and Dance’s Dance New Works, showcasing original choreography in ballet, hip hop, lyrical, experimental and more at the Open Space in the PARTV Center. Program I on Tue., Thu. and Sat. at 7:30 PM, Program II on Wed., Fri. at 7:30 PM and Sat. at 2 PM. $9, with discounts for students.

James Kelly busts out some Irishstyle fiddlin’ as part of the Irish Music Series at UM. Music Recital Hall. 7:30 PM. $15/$10 for Friends of Irish Studies members, with discounts if you purchase a ticket to all four concerts in the series. Visit Rockin Rudy’s or friendsofirishstudies.com.

Take a tropical vacay when the UM Percussion Ensemble and Islanders Steel Drum Band plays a lively show at the Dennison Theatre at 7:30 PM. $11/$6 seniors/$5 students.

Would a dude by any other name seem as sweet? Find out when Nick Pavelich and Sam Williamson star in an unusual two-man adaptation of the classic Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Crystal Theater, March 3-7, at 7:30 PM. $10.

Two-step your way into that country cutie’s heart when the Dark Horse band plays tunes to dance by at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. 8 PM to bar time. No cover.

Win big in Arlee at the weekly karaoke contest, with everything from Asia to Zeppelin in the book to choose to from. Stockman’s, 92580 U.S. 93, starting at 8 PM. Best singer wins 50 bux.

Say “oh my” when Eau Claire outfit Evergreen Grass Band plays the Badlander, along with Three-Eared Dog. 9 PM. No cover.

Righteous feminist punks The Shondes play the VFW, 245 W. Main St., along with Hailey Wojcik and Hermanas Y Hermanas, who got a piano they could use some help with. Doors at 9 PM. No cover. (See Music.)

Oh she’ll be comin’ round something when the Copper Mountain Band plays country-fried tunes to boogie to at the Sunrise Saloon, corner of Strand and Regent. 9 PM. No cover.

The rock-funk band, Rod Blackman and the Midnite Ride, plays at the Dark Horse. No cover charge.

Cash for Junkers delivers the western swing and hillbilly jazz to make hearts go pitter-patter at the Union Club, with tunes starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.

Psychedelic funk outfit Dead Larry promises a lively time when they play the Top Hat, starting at 10 PM. No cover.

SATURDAYMAR07 The Missoula Folklore Society Dance invites one and all to cut loose at the Union Hall, with twisty tunes from the Celtic Knots. Janet Grove has the call. 7:30 PM. $9/$6 for members and students/free for volunteers and kids.

The Self-Defense Concepts and Techniques course for women goes over ways to handle the most common types of assaults. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. 9 AM-4 PM. $95. Visit redwillowlearning.org or call 721-0033 for info and registration.

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A little high-strung. Jake Shimabukuro plays the Wilma Wed., March 11. Doors at 7 PM. $28/$25 in advance.

The new Missoula Winter Public Market features all manner of produce, meats, eggs, honey and treats, plus coffee and craft vendors.

800 S. Third St. W. Now open every Saturday, Jan. 10-April 25. 10 AM-2 PM. Visit facebook.com/mslawinterpublicmarket.

the stream monitoring trainings, no previous experience required. Trainings are March 7 from 2-5 PM, March 11 from 4-7 PM and March 14 from 2-5 PM; meet at the covered pavilion, north on Monroe Street. Visit montanawatershed.org to RSVP and learn more, or call 541-9287.

Hey ladies in the place, I’m calling out to ya, you can bring all your female companions to the annual Missoula Women’s Fair. There’s shopping, massages, makeovers, self defense demos and entertainment at the University Center Ballroom, 11 AM-4 PM. Some proceeds benefit CASA of Missoula and the ZACC. Free admission.

Rounding out India in Missoula week at UM, sarod master Alam Khan and tabla master Javad Butah perform classical Indian music in the Masquer Theatre in the PARTV Center. 2-4 PM. Free.

The guild that sews together, stays together, so join Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., at Craft Vigilantes, its monthly Modern Quilt Guild for beginners and pros alike. 12–5 PM. $20 (first few sign-ups are free).

Artist and illustrator Theo Ellsworth signs his array of mindbending colorful tomes, including The Understanding Monster and Capacity, at Missoula Art Musem, 1-3 PM. Refreshments available from Black Coffee Roasting Co. Free clothes, what? The Gender Expansion Project and Montana Gender Alliance team up to present the Gender Bender Clothing Swap, wherein people of all genders and sizes are invited to bring in stuff they don’t wear any more, throw it on the pile and try on new-to-you duds. 1-4 PM in the Western Montana Community Center, 127 N. Higgins Ave., Ste. 202. Pizza provided, but bring a snack for the potluck.

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Salish Pend d’Oreille Culture Committee Director Tony Incashola presents traditional Salish stories; if the weather is wintry, he’ll tell coyote creation stories, but if it’s warm, he’ll tell about Salish life in the Bitterroot Valley. River Street Dance Theatre, 421 N. Second St. 3-5 PM. Free, with complimentary snacks. Recommended for kids ages 8 and up.

nightlife Up ‘n coming prancers strut their stuff at the UM School of Theatre and Dance’s Dance New Works, showcasing original choreography in ballet, hip hop, lyrical, experimental and more at the Open Space in the PARTV Center. Program I on Tue., Thu. and Sat. at 7:30 PM, Program II on Wed., Fri. at 7:30 PM and Sat. at 2 PM. $9, with discounts for students.

Teenage performer Alseny Yansane teaches African dance and drum classes highlighting Guinean culture, along with guest dancers at the Missoula Senior Center. Drum lessons from 6-7:30 PM, dance classes run 7:30-9PM. Cost TBA. Band in Motion plays bluesy tunes while you get Saturday nite

started at Draught Works, 6-8 PM. No cover.

Singer-songwriter Aran Buzzas plays his original folky tonk up at Stevensville’s Blacksmith Brewing, 68 PM. No cover.

Get all squared away when Basses Covered accompanies your wining and dining at Ten Spoon, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive, 6-8:30 PM. No cover. Today features a raffle for Neal McCoy tickets, too; call Theresa at 549-8703 to learn more.

WORD gets groovy at the Many Faces of Women fundraiser, themed on second-wave feminism of the 1960s and ‘70s. Bring far-out dudes and your wallet to the Governor’s Room at the Florence Hotel, 610 PM, for dinner, comedy, silent auction and cash bar. $50. Tickets at wordinc.org. Proceeds benefit WORD and its mission to help women through education and empowerment. (See Agenda.)

Missoula’s own Kim Zupan reads from his searing debut Western novel, The Ploughmen, at Grizzly Claw Trading Company in Seeley Lake. 7 PM. 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 South First St. in Hamilton. $3 donation encouraged. Call Clem at 961-4949.

Up ‘n coming prancers strut their stuff at the UM School of Theatre and Dance’s Dance New Works, showcasing original choreography in ballet, hip hop, lyrical, experimental and more at the Open Space in the PARTV Center. Program I on Tue., Thu. and Sat. at 7:30 PM, Program II on Wed., Fri. at 7:30 PM and Sat. at 2

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Would a dude by any other name seem as sweet? Find out when Nick Pavelich and Sam Williamson star in an unusual twoman adaptation of the classic Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.

Crystal Theater, March 3-7, at 7:30 PM. $10.

We’ll all be on a first-name basis when Whitefish indie-folk duo Dean and Riley team up to play tunes at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 5-7 PM. No cover.

Two-step your way into that country cutie’s heart when the Dark Horse band plays tunes to dance by at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. 8 PM to bar time. No cover.

Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo deliver the primo Saturday nite party at the Badlander.

Doors at 9 PM. Two-fer-one Absolut vodka drinks until midnight. No cover.

Oh she’ll be comin’ round something when the Copper Mountain Band plays country-fried tunes to boogie to at the Sunrise Saloon, corner of Strand and Regent. 9 PM. No cover.

Hip hop hooray, whoa, ‘cuz La rapper Ras Kass hits up Stage 112, along with guests including El Gant, The Wurxs, Abstract Rude, Myka 9, Codependents, Alive + Well Crew.

Doors at 8 PM, tunes at 9. $13/$10 in advance/$8 with a Prhyme ticket stub. 18-plus. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s, Ear Candy and standupmt.com.

Colorado bluegrass outfit Head for the Hills brings some of those green vibes on up to the Top Hat, along with Ted Ness and the Rusty Nails. Doors at 9 PM, show at 9:30. $5.

Down at the Dark Horse Bar, Soul Kitchen, a bluesy-slow-movin’ band starts at 9:30 PM. No cover.

Pretend like the weekend ain’t gonna end when Gladys Friday plays funky soul and soulful funk at the Union Club, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.

SUNDAYMAR08 The Friends of Missoula Public Library get their “Antiques Roadshow” on with the annual Appraisal Fair, in which appraisers will check out whatever you bring in and tell you what it’s worth. Missoula Library, 1-4 PM. $5 per appraisal, with limit of three items. Funds benefit the library.

Get all keyed up with the Five Valley Accordion Association, which presents its dance jam every second and fourth Sunday of the month at the Rustic Hut in Florence, 1-4 PM. $4/$3 for members. Email helenj4318@hotmail.com for info.

The Contact Improv Class & Jam invites you to groove on a Sunday afternoon and get hip to the ways of improvised dance and community spirit. Meets at the Downtown Dance Collective on every other Sunday from 2:30-4:30 PM, until the end of May. $1-$7 sliding fee scale.

* * Be on the lookout for curbside ‘parklets’ during First Friday this summer * * * * Momentum Employer Breakfasts are the 4th Thursday each month at 8 am * *

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The 18-piece Ed Norton Big Band puts some swing in the month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, from 6–8 PM. $7. Polish your steps with $5 swing lessons prior at 4:45 PM. Visit missoulawinery.com.

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We’re going to Mars on a Sunday nite when the David Bowie tribute outfit Glass Spiders (featuring hirsute musicians from the likes of Skin Flowers, Total Combined Weight and Cash for Junkers) brings the crotch rock to the VFW, along with Minneapolis fella Larry Wish. 7 PM. $5.

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Sundays are shaken, not stirred, at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $5 martinis all evening, live jazz and local DJs keepin’ it classy. Music starts at 8 PM. Free.

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Mark the Sabbath with some Black Sabbath or whatever else twangs your heartstrings at the Sunday Funday evening karaoke at the Lucky Strike, 1515 Dearborn Ave., featuring $1 domestic drafts and wells.

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MONDAYMAR09 Travis Yost invites you to the fifth dimension when the Roxy screens selected “Twilight Zone” episodes on Mondays at 7 PM. $5$7. Check out theroxytheater.org.

The interactive Tunnel of Oppression runs Mon. through Wed. in the University Center Ballroom, with exhibits explaining contemporary issues of oppression and systemic discrimination. 11 AM-7 PM daily. Visit umt.edu/events.

Ages 8 months to 2 years can bring an adult with ‘em to the Baby Sign Language Class at City Life Community Center, which meets Mondays at 9 AM through March 23. $50 per parent and child, which includes a DVD. $5 charge per additional sibling. Call 218-8695 or visit the Simply Signing Facebook page.

Grab a cup of good coffee and sit down to chat about end-of-life issues at Hospice of Missoula’s Death Cafe, ‘cuz nobody’s getting out of here alive. Meets at Caffe Dolce from 10 AM-noon on the second Wednesday of each month to learn from community members and care providers alike.

The Growing Through Pain and Progressive Loss group meets at Summit Independent Living Center, 700 S. Higgins, Mondays from 1-3 PM through March. 16. For more information call Kathy at 728-1630.

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[calendar] history and techniques while playing with a variety of mediums. Meets at the ZACC, 3:30-5:30 PM. $12/$10 for members a day. Visit zoo townarts.org/youngartists.

NAMI Missoula hosts the Peer to Peer education program for adults with mental illness, with classes on Mondays from 4-6 PM through May 11. Advance registration required by calling Jack at 880-1013 or emailing namimissoula@gmail.com.

nightlife Dancer-types and anyone seeking to get into touch with their body can check out the Authentic Movement Group, where a facilitator will help you find and follow your own movement. The Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St. Mondays from 6-8 PM through May. $30. Call 5292322 to register.

Transition Missoula hosts a screening of the 2006 documentary Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, which explores how Cuba bounced back after the fall of the Soviet Union. Screening at Missoula Public Library at 6:30 PM, with discussion to follow.

The annual Jeff Cole Distinguished Lecture Series brings former Wall Street Journal financial editor Steve Lipin to chat about “The Competition for Eyeballs and Clicks in the Digital World,” at the School of Law, room 201. 7 PM. Free.

bloody good Vampire shows: I wish I could quit you. But I can’t, and people keep insisting on making excellent films that happen to have vampires in them, so here we are.

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the “Flight of the Conchords” creators and stars Jemaine Clement. Second off, it has a whopping 95 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Thirdly, it came out last year in New Zealand and is just finally making its way to U.S. theaters. Several reviewers have called this the first must-see film of the year.

You’re in good hands when Larry Hirshberg sets up his gee-tar and gets to work at Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 7-10 PM. No cover.

here’s a question: What color was the Incredible Hulk when he originally debuted? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.

Shake, rattle ‘n roll at the Beginner/Intermediate Jazz Dance class, led by Jennifer Meyer-Vaughan on Mondays at Downtown Dance Collective, 7:30-8:55 PM. Regular rates apply.

Live in SIN at the Service Industry Night at Plonk, with DJ Amory spinning and a special menu. 322 N. Higgins Ave. 10 PM to close. Just ask a server for the SIN menu. No cover.

Take a sunny mental vacation with Five Valleys Audubon during this month’s program, where Scott Hampton chats about his trips conducting wildlife surveys in southeast Arizona’s Sky Islands. Gallagher Business Building, room L14. 7:30-9 PM. Maintain dignity for best results at Super Trivia Freakout. 9 PM. Free.

To get those neurons sparking,

TUESDAYMAR10 The five-week screenprinting class imparts all the fundamentals of screening on paper and fabric, like registering colors and making multilayered prints. Starts today at the ZACC, from 6-8 PM. $115/$105 for members, included materials.

What We Do presents old-school Lestat-style vampires who take themselves very seriously, and puts them into the trials of modern life, like arguing with roommates over who does the dishes. One vampire admits that he’s dating a much younger woman—and his spry young companion is, shockingly, a mere 96.

And yeah, the mockumentary format is a little played out, but here it’s used to excellent effect, especially when the film breaks the fourth wall and characters push the camera out of their way. If you’re looking for a goofy lark to shrug off the mega-artsy Oscars hangover, What We Do in the Shadows is just the ticket.

—Kate Whittle

Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters takes the “eek out of public speaking” with weekly meetings at the Florence Building, noon-1 PM, on the second floor. Free to attend. Check out shootinthebull.info to learn more.

find self-acceptance. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets 6-8:30 PM on Tuesdays March 30-April 21. $145 for six-week course. Visit redwillowlearning.org.

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Lend the Infamous Stringdusters your ears for a night of bluegrassy goodness at the Top Hat. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $20/$18 in advance.

18-plus. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and the Top Hat.

The Friends and Families Matter support group invites anyone who’s coping with an incarcerated loved one to an informal session on Tuesdays from 5:15-6:30 PM. 1610 S. Third St. W., Ste. 210. Visit pfrmt.org for more info.

Kerry Maier and Kate Chapin facilitate The Beauty of Imperfection: A Women’s Support Group, which invites gals to reconsider the un-ending quest for perfection and

The Unity Dance and Drum African Dance Class is sure to teach you some moves you didn’t learn in junior high when it meets Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. All ages and skill levels wel-

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Take down the Athenian hegemony but pass on the hemlock tea at the Socrates Cafe, in which facilitator Kris Bayer encourages philosophical discussion. Bitterroot Public Library. 7-9 PM. It’s gettin caliente up in here when Seattle-based Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes brings La Primavera, Flamenco en Vivo to the Crystal Theater, along with live singers and guitarists. 7:30-9 PM. $23/$12 students/$7 kids. Visit brownpapertickets.com/event/1316604.

And here’s why What We Do in the Shadows is worth seeing, even if—or maybe especially if—cheesy vampires aren’t your jam. First off, it’s produced by

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come. $10, $35 for four classes. Email tarn.ream@umontana.edu or call 549-7933 for more information.

Mike Avery hosts the Singer-Songwriter Showcase, now on Tuesdays at the Badlander at 9 PM. No cover.

Email michael.avery@live.com ahead of time to sign up. (Trivia answer: gray.)

WEDNESDAYMAR11 This week’s edition of Dinner and a Movie features the film The Trip, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as dudes doing their best Michael Caine impressions (kinda).

Screening at the Crystal Theater at 7 PM, $7. Dinner menu from Silk Road available for your delectation.

If you or your loved ones are looking for an Alzheimer’s support group, join Summit Independent, 700 Higgins Ave., every second Wednesday of the month for their meetings from noon-2 PM. UM Climate Change Studies instructor Nicky Phear chats about “Deep in the Delta: Studying Climate Change in Vietnam,” along with student Mara Menahan. Mansfield Library, room 450. 12:10-1 PM. Cultivate your inner Ebert with the classic flicks showing at Missoula Public Library’s free matinee, every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 2 PM, except holidays. Visit missoulapubliclibrary.org or pop your head in their lobby to see what’s playing.

The Watershed Education Network seeks anyone who digs

[calendar] teaching science or collecting data to the stream monitoring trainings, no previous experience required. Trainings are March 7 from 2-5 PM, March 11 from 4-7 PM and March 14 from 2-5 PM; meet at the covered pavilion, north on Monroe Street. Visit montanawatershed.org to RSVP and learn more, or call 5419287.

nightlife Practice empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a peaceful communication weekly practice group, where you’ll role-play stressful situations and practice responding calmly. Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Wednesdays at noon. Free.

The cool cats of KBGA College Radio are the beneficiaries of this installment of Community uNite at the Northside Kettlehouse, 5-8 PM. Discover the art of the Leather Longstitch book in an instructive class at The Vespiary, 1221 Helen Ave., from 5:30-8:30 PM. $50, materials provided. Check out longstitchleather.eventzilla.net.

The Glass-Fusing Orientation Class will impart basic glass-fusing wisdom upon you and a friend (or a date, heyo) at the ZACC. 6 PM. Every second Wednesday of the month. $20, plus about $5-$20 for the cost of glass.

Nutritionist Aimee Velk gives a presentation on what kinds of meals support a healthy metabolism and prevent blood-sugar crashes.

Women’s Club, 2105 Bow St. 6-7 PM. Free.

Move in the right direction when the West Coast Swing class with Cathy Clark Sunrise Saloon on Wednesdays. Instruction for intermediate levels from 7-8:30 PM. $5.

Ukelele-lovin’ Hawaiian Jake Shimabukuro climbs that stairway to heaven at the Wilma, with doors at 7 PM and show at 8. $28/$25 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s and knittingfactory.com.

It’s all in the family when Tweedy, featuring Jeff “Wilco” Tweedy and his son, Spencer, play the Top Hat. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8.

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Live those “American Idol” fantasies at the Wednesday night karaoke with Cheree at Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W, with drink specials and the chance to win $50 big ones if you enter the drawing when you sing. 7:30-10:30 PM. No cover; must stick around for the prize drawing to be eligible to win.

Local DJs do the heavy lifting while you kick back at Milkcrate Wednesday down in the Palace.

9 PM. No cover, plus $6 PBR pitcher special.

I’ll bring the peanut butter, y’all bring that sweet jaaaaam to the Soul Kitch’n Blues Boogie sesh at the Dark Horse, starting at 9 PM. $50 prize for best act each week. No cover.

THURSDAYMAR12 The second annual Thinking Its Presence conference brings together writers and thinkers to chat about race, creative writing and literature, with readings and performances around town March 12-14.

Jamaican-born poet Claudia Rankine delivers the keynote address on Saturday in the UC Theater at 7 PM.

nightlife Mary Place and Blue Moon heat up the afternoon with jazz at the Union Club every Thursday from 5:30-8 PM. Free.

The Djebe Community Drum and Dance class offers interactive instruction in performance traditions from nations including Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St. Meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 6-7:30 PM. $5 donation requested.

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[calendar] One’s Listening (14-year-old girl pop punk, heck yes) plus music, food, raffle and booze.

ZACC, 6-9 PM. $5 suggested donation. Proceeds benefit the Russell family, who lost their belongings in a house fire.

Spoken word artist G. Yamazawa delivers the poetry slam-bam-thank-you-ma’am at the University Center Ballroom, 7-8:30 PM, as part of the Tunnel of Oppression event. Free.

The new Minimalist Meet-Up Group gets together to chat about a clutter-free lifestyle as inspired by the Minimalist author dudes.

Break Espresso, second Thursday of the month at 7 PM. Email Cindy for more info at cindyart5@yahoo.com.

Bust out a little geetar, tunesmiths, at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 7:30-10:30 PM. Impress ‘em enough and you could get paid $50 as a showcased performer. Text 406-396-5934 to sign up early.

UM researcher Mandy Slate chats about little flora with major impact in “Slight but Consequential: The Ecological Significance of Moss.” Gallagher Business Bldg, Rm L09.

7:30-9:30 PM. Mellow rock outfit The Ruins accompanies your pudding-shot shenanigans at Feruqi’s, 318 N. Higgins Ave., 8 PM-12:30 AM. $2.

Alley cat. David Bowie tribute outfit Glass Spiders, featuring Nick Ryan, plays the VFW Sun., March 8, with Larry Wish. 7 PM. $5.

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Small town girls, city boys and anyone that leaves out can share the night on and on and on at the Dead Hipster Dance Party

of lore, at the Badlander on Thursdays. No cover, plus $1 wells from 9 PM to midnight.

Buddy “What Me Worry” Jackson takes over the March residency at the VFW on Thursday nights, and I’m going to wildly speculate that they’ll be playing Ke$ha and Neutral Milk Hotel covers, and special guests Katy Perry and John Mayer will be bringing free pizza. 9 PM. $2 PBR tallboy special. Cover TBA. Dance to the light of the neon moon while Northern Lights provides the tuneage at Sunrise Saloon, corner of Strand and Regent.

9 PM. No cover.

It’s going down in da club when Toronto-based spinner Grandtheft plays Stage 112. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $20/$16 in advance. 18-plus. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and 1111presents.com.

Funky outfit Baby Tyger burns it bright at the Top Hat, along with the always elevating Letter B. 10 PM. No cover.

See all you cuties at First Friday! Submit events at calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event to guarantee publication. Don’t forget to include the date, time and cost. If you must, snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online. Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com.

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n Faith Patrick Lundquist's iconic painting “Leap of Faith,” a mountain goat soars through the air from one cliff to another, suspended above a drop that would certainly lead to death. When I think mountain goats, this painting is the first thing that comes to mind.

Then there was that real-life time a herd of mountain goats followed me around camp all morning, somewhere in the wilderness of Colorado, hoping I would pee. I don't know if it's common knowledge that mountain goats like the salt that comes from pee but I'll tell you–when I found out that was why they were following me, I was horrified. Less majestic.

If you're interested in these little critters then join wildlife biologist Bruce Smith for his presentation “A

Portrait of the American Mountain Goat.” Smith's got the goods on goats: his 2014 book Life on the Rocks won the National Outdoor Book Award. In his presentation Smith will cover the ecology of mountain goats and the challenges they face as well as share some pretty great shots he has taken over the years.

—Kellen Beck Bruce Smith presents “A Portrait of the American Mountain Goat” Sat., March 7, at 7 PM. Bitterroot River Inn, 139 Bitterroot Plaza Dr., Hamilton. He also speaks Tue., March 10, at 7 PM, at the UM Gallagher Business Building, room 123.

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THURSDAY MARCH 5 Wildlife advocate Steve Primm chats about grizzly and wolf recovery around Yellowstone National Park, along with his work founding the People and Carnivores nonprofit. Flathead Valley Community College, Art and Tech building, room 139. 7 PM.

FRIDAY MARCH 6 Get in some skiing time sans dudes at Snowbowl’s For Women Only Spring Session. Make some friends while becoming a better skier with your fellow woman. Meets Fridays, 1–4 PM for three weeks, through March 20. $97 with a half-day lift ticket, $57 for season pass holders.

The water is fine at the International Fly Fishing Festival, which brings several short films to the Roxy Theater at 7 PM. Cover TBA. Visit theroxytheater.org.

SATURDAY MARCH 7 Put a winter’s worth of training to the test while you enjoy the beauty of the Yellowstone region at the 35th annual Yellowstone Rendezvous Race, with six different races to choose from, depending on your age and ability, from a 2K all the way to a 50K. It all goes down today in West Yellowstone. Visit rendezvousrace.com.

Those crazy cats at Snowbowl are at it again with the fifth annual Vertical Challenge where you can truly prove you’re among the hardest of the core. Compete in teams of two to rack up the most vertical feet on the mountain or join the sprint to the top of the mountain before the lift even opens. $25, includes lunch and a beer (but not your lift ticket.) All proceeds benefit Missoula Food Bank.

Register at montanasnowbowl.com

School, 6355 Padre Lane, at 10 AM. $15/$6 to run if you don’t want the race shirt. Proceeds benefit the school’s native garden and outdoor classroom. Call 549-4994 or visit 406running.com to learn more.

Frenchtown Frenzy for Fries and Frolic (30 mi.)

Leave from Mullan Station (Mullan and Reserve) at noon and ride to breakfast or burgers at Frenchtown with several return options. Info: Tom & Sue Roy, 728-8319.

SUNDAY MARCH 8 The Tour de Turah with Missoulians on Bicycles leaves from Eastgate Center at 11 AM for a picnic at Turah Campground, making for a 25-mile junket. Bring a sandwich or buy lunch at the campground store. Info: Garrett Gunter, 552-3733, ggunter@bresnan.net

TUESDAY MARCH 10 As the earth tilts on its axis, the Montana Dirt Girls switch gears to host weekly hikes in the Missoula area, Tuesday evenings at 6 PM, November through March, with the chance to grab dinner afterward. Foot-grippers and headlamps advisable.

Find out locations and info by signing up for the mail list at mtdirtgirls.tripod.com.

Caving enthusiast Daryl Greaser chats about last year’s group expedition to the Tears of the Turtle Cave in the Bob Marshall, which was confirmed the nation’s deepest limestone cave. Trail Head, 229 E. Front St. 7 PM.

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Learn to read that slope angle and safely enjoy the powder at Missoula Movers Snow Safety and Avalanche Course. Currents Aquatics Center, 600 Craig Lane, 9 AM-5 PM. $25. Limited space, registration preferred. Call Meg at 552-6271.

Professional ultrarunner Hal Koerner stands still long enough to chat about his new book, A Field Guide to Ultrarunning, and host a screening of The Long Haul, about his and Mike Wolfe’s record-setting run of the John Muir trail. Runner’s Edge, 304 N. Higgins Ave. Doors at 6:30 PM, event at 7. $20, includes a signed copy of the book. Advance tickets available at the store and runnersedgemt.com.

Burn off that spring fever at the Butler Creek Boogie, a 1-mile or 5K junket that starts at DeSmet

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Second-wave feminism was far from perfect, but it helped make very real strides in women’s equality in the United States in the 1960s and ‘70s, including Title X, opening of domestic violence shelters, passage of marital rape laws and women entering the workforce in greater numbers.

But we’ve still got a ways to go until we reach real gender equality, as evidenced by the wage gap.

Even adjusting for childrearing, women as a whole earn about 80 percent of what men do. Those numbers get even worse for women of color and older women, according to the American Association of University Women.

Locally, the nonprofit Women’s Opportunity Resource Development lends a helping hand to women and families through several programs, in-

cluding housing assistance, parenting classes, family case management and summer camps.

WORD’s annual fundraiser, Many Faces of Women, draws on the groovy 1960s aesthetic and can-do activist spirit for this year’s theme. The evening includes dinner, comedy, silent auction and more, so find your most psychedelic threads and party down.

—Kate Whittle WORD’s Many Faces of Women fundraiser gets jiggy at the Governor’s Room in the Florence Hotel, Sat., March 7, 6-10 PM, with dinner, comedy, silent auction and more. $50. Tickets at wordinc.org.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY MARCH 5 Connect with other new or expecting parents at Meet the Doulas, an informational session hosted by the Missoula Birth and Postpartum network. Nursing Nook, 734 Kensington. Jan. 8, Feb. 5 and March 5 from 5:30-7:30 PM. Call 552-8319 or email melinda@thelotusprojectmt.org

FRIDAY MARCH 6 Grab a pen and paper and get crackin’ at Learning from Your Life: Writing for Resilience, which teaches how to work through difficult events and celebrate life’s joys through writing. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Fridays from 11 AM-1 PM through March 13. $145 for five-week course. Call 721-0033 or visit redwillowlearning.org for registration and info.

Deanna Sheriff leads a Green Tara practice and Sadhana, imparting wisdom about the female Buddha’s compassion in action. Vegetarian lunch to follow. Osel Shen Phen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center, 411 Woodworth Ave. Meets Fridays from noon-1:30 PM. $5 suggested donation. Contact oselshenphenling@gmail.com or email 544-2793 to learn more.

SATURDAY MARCH 7 British Columbia-based ashram leader Gurudev Hamsah Nandatha presents “The Awakening of Human Consciousness in the Modern Age” at the Red Lion Hotel, 700 W. Broadway, from 7-9 PM. Visit inthepresenceoftruth.com.

SUNDAY MARCH 8 The Osel Shen Phen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center hosts a dharma text study and potluck brunch led

by Director Bob Jacobson. 441 Woodworth Ave. Meets Sundays at 11 AM through mid-May. Suggested donation $5; bring a vegetarian dish to share.

MONDAY MARCH 9 The interactive Tunnel of Oppression runs Mon. through Wed. in the University Center Ballroom, with

exhibits explaining contemporary issues of oppression and systemic discrimination. 11 AM-7 PM daily. Visit umt.edu/events.

Grab a cup of good coffee and sit down to chat about end-of-life issues at Hospice of Missoula’s Death Cafe, ‘cuz nobody’s getting out of here alive.

Meets at Caffe Dolce from 10 AM-noon on the second Wednesday of each month to learn from community members and care providers alike.

The Growing Through Pain and Progressive Loss group meets at Summit Independent Living Center, 700 S. Higgins, Mondays from 1-3 PM through March.

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Transition Missoula hosts a screening of the 2006 documentary Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, which explores how Cuba bounced back after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Screening at Missoula Public Library at 6:30 PM, with discussion to follow.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 11 Practice empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a peaceful communication weekly practice group, where you’ll role-play stressful situations and practice responding calmly.

Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Wednesdays at noon. Free.

If you or your loved ones are looking for an Alzheimer’s support group, join Summit Independent, 700 Higgins Ave., every second Wednesday of the month for their meetings from noon-2 PM. UM Climate Change Studies instructor Nicky Phear chats about “Deep in the Delta: Studying Climate Change in Vietnam,” along with student Mara Menahan. Mansfield Library, room 450. 12:10-1 PM.

THURSDAY MARCH 12 The new Minimalist Meet-Up Group gets together to chat about a clutter-free lifestyle as inspired by the Minimalist author dudes. Break Espresso, second Thursday of the month at 7 PM. Email Cindy for more info at cindyart5@yahoo.com.

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BEAK EXPERIENCE I recently started dating this new girl. I asked her whether her lips and boobs are real (and it turns out they are). However, I did call her out on having a nose job.

She admitted it but seemed kind of upset. It's the truth. And she's beautiful, however she got that way. What's the problem?

— Just Curious At least you didn't hold her up to the light like a hundred-dollar bill to look for the hologram.

The fact that you have a thought is not reason enough to let it out to roam the streets, exposing itself to the ladies. As I write in "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck," at the root of manners is empathy. So before speaking to someone—especially someone you're dating—ask yourself, "Gee, wonder whether she'll feel all warm and fuzzy inside when I point to her boobs and ask, 'Yours or cubic zirconia?'"

The reality is, people often spin the truth to present themselves in a better light, just as businesses do. (Your cable company does not really "value your time," and unless you're a wino, I'm pretty sure Miller High Life is not "the Champagne of beers.") However, evolutionary psychology research by William Tooke and Lori Camire finds that men and women tend to fudge their presentation in different ways. Because women evolved to prioritize men with the ability to "provide," men are far more likely than women to be deceptive about their finances. (You sure don't see women doing as a male friend of mine did. He lived in a dumpy apartment and drove an old Nissan that looked like it got used for soccer practice

by Godzilla and Mothra, but he had me take a photo of him for his online dating profile in a beautiful neighborhood—in front of some stranger's Porsche.)

On the flip side, because men evolved to prioritize physical attractiveness in women (with the features men find beautiful reflecting health and fertility), women are most likely to be deceptive about their looks (those factory installed by the assembly line boss known as Mother Nature). That's why women are extremely sensitive about a man parsing their appearance—as men are when a woman sizes up their finances and position. So, for the future, keep in mind that there's a reason the term is "beauty secrets" and not "beauty announcements."

GENERAL To reset the balance—so she isn't insecure about your feelings regarding her appearance—get in the habit of saying something nice about what she's wearing and if she looks particularly sparkly some night. And do try to maintain perspective on the level of transformation here. She was merely born with a different nose; she wasn't born "Alan" or "Bruce."

HOW TO GAIN WAIT I'm a reformed party girl. I used to go out, get drunk, and sleep with lots of guys on the first date (if you could even call some of these "dates"). I am older now and am ready for something serious. But after hearing me talking about how I used to be, guys campaign for first-date sex.

We'll start making out a little, and I get into it and end up doing stuff before I really want to.

—Regrets No guy wants to hear, "I really like you, so I'll make you spend months jumping through hoops while catching a little ball in your teeth instead of having sex with you right away like I did with those 6,000 other guys." In fact, "I don't do that … anymore" is pretty much a challenge to a guy to try for the same deal the other guys got. So consider talking about the person you are instead of the person you were. In fact, you might avoid going into any real detail—ever— about the old you. As psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker points out in "The Stuff of Thought," the ability for a person to deny or overlook what he hasn't exactly been told is a powerful force. (No guy wants to think about all the ghosts of penis past.)

You can also preplan to make it hard for yourself to cheat, a technique called "precommitment," recommended by economist Thomas Schelling. For example, because alcohol and moonlight tend to combine to form a waterslide into your bed, you could schedule your first few dates at a less sex-friendly time and place, such as 10 a.m. at the coffee bar. Then if you go for a post-date walk, at least it won't be "the walk of shame." Before long, you should find that you have a new habit— ending dates with "looking forward to seeing you again" instead of looking for your panties under a guy's bed.

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We will begin reviewing resumes and requesting interviews March 16, 2015.

CHIP TRUCK DRIVERS NEEDED from the Missoula area. • Local hauls • Home daily • Good pay • Benefits • 2 years exp. required Call 406493-7876 9am-5pm M-F. Digital Media Coordinator Adventure Cycling Association seeks an energetic, detail-oriented Digital Media Coordinator. This is a unique opportunity for someone who enjoys editorial duties, related online publications and content, as well as public relations work. The ideal candidate will be a team player who works well in a stimulating environment, meets deadlines and works well under pressure. We are also looking for candidates who have experience in communications and marketing as well as an enthusiasm for cycling and bicycle travel. The position is based at Adventure Cycling’s headquarters in beautiful and bike-friendly Missoula, Montana. Please submit a resume, cover letter, and three writing samples directly to ssnyder@adventurecycling.org.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): "To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright," said heavyweight German philosopher Walter Benjamin, a fellow Cancerian. I am happy to report that there's a good chance you will soon be blessed with an extraordinary measure of this worry-free self-awareness. And when you do—when you are basking in an expanded self-knowledge infused with self-love and self-appreciation—some of your chronic fear will drop away, and you will have at your disposal a very useful variety of happiness.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In a New Yorker cartoon, Tom Gauld outlines "The Four Undramatic Plot Structures": 1. "The hero is confronted by an antagonistic force and ignores it until it goes away." 2. "The protagonist is accused of wrongdoing, but it's not a big thing and soon gets sorted out." 3. "The heroine is faced with a problem but it's really difficult so she gives up." 4. "A man wants something. Later, he's not so sure. By suppertime he's forgotten all about it." In my astrological opinion, Gemini, you should dynamically avoid all four of those fates. Now is a time for you to take brave, forceful action as you create dramatic plot twists that serve your big dreams.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Whenever I close my eyes and seek psychic visions of your near future, I see heroic Biblical scenes. Moses is parting the Red Sea. Joseph is interpreting Pharaoh's dream. Jesus is feeding 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish. What's the meaning of my reveries? Well, this psychic stuff is tricky, and I hesitate to draw definitive conclusions.

But if I had to guess, I'd speculate that you are ripe to provide a major blessing or perform an unprecedented service for people you care about.

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): To depict what lay beyond the limits of the known world, medieval mapmakers sometimes drew pictures of dragons and sea serpents. Their images conveyed the sense that these territories were uncharted and perhaps risky to explore. There were no actual beasties out there, of course. I think it's possible you're facing a comparable situation. The frontier realm you are wandering through may seem to harbor real dragons, but I'm guessing they are all of the imaginary variety. That's not to say you should entirely let down your guard. Mix some craftiness in with your courage. Beware of your mind playing tricks.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "I will not wait to love as best as I can," says writer Dave Eggers.

"We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future.

This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love." That's your keynote for the coming weeks, Virgo. That's your wake-up call and the rose-scented note under your pillow and the message scrawled in lipstick on your bathroom mirror. If there is any part of you that believes love will be better or fuller or more perfect in the future, tell that part of you to shut up and embrace this tender command: Now is the time to love with all of your heart and all of your soul and all of your mind.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I love the song "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," by Pink Floyd.

Other favorites are Tool's "Third Eye" and Yo La Tengo's "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind."

But all of these tunes have a similar problem. They're more than ten minutes long. Even before my attention span got shrunk by the Internet, listening to them tested my patience. Now I have to forcefully induce a state of preternatural relaxation if I want to hear them all the way through. In the coming days, Libra, don't be like a too-much-of-a-good-thing song. Be willing to edit yourself. Observe concise boundaries.

Get to the point quickly. (You'll be rewarded for it.)

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Sneaking around isn't necessary, Scorpio. There's no useful power to be gained by hiding information or pursuing secret agendas. This is not a time when it's essential for you to be a master of manipulation who's ten steps ahead of everyone else. For now, you are likely to achieve maximum success and enjoy your life the most if you are curious, excitable, and transparent. I invite you to embody the mindset of a creative, precocious child who has a loving mommy and daddy.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first humans to reach the summit of Mount Everest. It took them seven weeks to climb the 29,029-foot peak. In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh got into a bathyscaphe and sailed to the lowest point on the planet, the Mariana Trench at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. It took them four hours and 47 minutes to go down 36,070 feet. Based on my analysis of your astrological omens, I think the operative metaphor for you in the coming weeks should be the deep descent, not the steep ascent. It's time to explore and hang out in the depths rather than the heights.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The African country of Ivory Coast has two different capital cities. Yamoussoukro is the official capital, while Abidjan is the actual capital, where the main governmental action takes place. I suspect there's a comparable split in your personal realm, Capricorn: a case of mixed dominance. Maybe that's a good thing; maybe it allows for a balance of power between competing interests. Or perhaps it's a bit confusing, causing a split in your attention that hampers you from expressing a unified purpose. Now would be a favorable time to think about how well the division is working for you, and to tinker with it if necessary.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I've gone on three book tours and done my spoken-word show in scores of bookstores. But one of my favorite author events took place at the Avenue C Laundromat in New York City's East Village. There I performed with two other writers as part of the "Dirty Laundry: Loads of Prose" reading series. It was a boisterous event. All of us authors were extra loose and goofy, and the audience offered a lot of funny, good-nature heckling. The unusual location freed everyone up to have maximum amusement. I see the coming weeks as a time when you, too, might thrive by doing what you do best in seemingly out-of-context situations. If you're not outright invited to do so, I suggest you invite yourself.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When Arnold Schwarzenegger became Governor of California in 2003, the state had the eighth largest economy in the world, right behind Italy and just ahead of Brazil. Schwarzenegger had never before held political office. When Cambodian doctor Haing Nor performed in the film The Killing Fields, for which he ultimately won an Oscar, he had no training as an actor. He was a novice. Will you try to follow in their footsteps, Pisces? Is it possible you could take on a role for which you have no preparation or seasoning? According to my divinations, the answer is yes. But is it a good idea? That's a more complex issue. Trust your gut.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "As you get older, the heart sheds its leaves like a tree," said French novelist Gustave Flaubert. "You cannot hold out against certain winds. Each day tears away a few more leaves; and then there are the storms that break off several branches at one go. And while nature's greenery grows back again in the spring, that of the heart never grows back." Do you agree with Flaubert, Leo? I don't. I say that you can live with such resilient innocence that your heart's leaves grow back after a big wind, and become ever-more lush and hardy as you age. You can send down such deep, strong roots and stretch your branches toward the sun with such vigor that your heart always has access to the replenishment it needs to flourish. The coming weeks will provide evidence that what I say is true.

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mailed to RICHARD A. VARNER, 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 10th day of February, 2015. /s/ Richard A. Varner, Personal Representative REELY LAW FIRM, P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201 Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DP-1533 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of MARTIN STIRNEMAN BEHNER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, Mary Grace Kibler, return receipt requested, at Tipp & Buley, P.C., PO Box 3778, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 26th day of February, 2015 /s/ Mary Grace Kibler, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV15-125 Dept. No.: 1 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Galen Sontag Henseler, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Galen Joseph Sontag Henseler to Galen Joseph Sontag Henseler. The hearing will be on 04/01/2015 at 1:30 p.m.

The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 2/19/2015. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 3 Cause No. DP-15-32 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of RUTH E. DYE, Deceased.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the undersigned was appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or the

claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Harold V. Dye, the personal representative, return receipt requested, at Dye & Moe, P.L.L.P., 120 Hickory Street, Suite B, Missoula, Montana 59801—1820, or filed with the clerk of the above-entitled court. Dated: February 26, 2015. /s/ Harold V. Dye, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-14-216 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. HOLDEN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Kathleen L. Holden has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed 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 said 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, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

We declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 28th day of October.

2014. /s/ Kathleen L. Holden, Personal Representative /s/ Richard J. Samson, Attorney for Applicant MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-15-26 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY IRENE HEBERT, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Valetta Hutcheson 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, Montana 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 11th day of February. 2015. /s/ Valetta Hutcheson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Dorothy Irene Hebert /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DV-15-72 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION. TREASURE STATE BANK, Plaintiff, v.

LEONARD L. KNAPP, JOSEPH THERRIAULT, AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN HEIRS, OR ANY UNKNOWN DEVISEES OF ANY DECEASED PERSON, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, UNKNOWN, CLAIMING OR WHO MIGHT CLAIM ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFF’S OWNERSHIP OR ANY CLOUD UPON PLAINTIFF’S TITLE THERETO, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM BE PRESENT OR CONTINGENT, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the Complaint to Quiet Title in this Action which is filed with the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Petitioner’s attorney within twenty-one (21) days after service of the SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION, or such other period as may be specified by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A filing fee must accompany the answer. This action is brought for the purpose of quieting title the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: A tract of land in Lots 1 and 2 of Block 3 of the Townsite of Frenchtown, in the NE1/4SE1/4 of Section 34, Township 15 North, Range 21 West, M.P.M., Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: A strip of land 30 feet wide on the southerly side and all that land in said Lots 1 and 2 lying north of the following described center line: Beginning at a point on the westerly line of said Lot 2, which said point bears northerly along said westerly line a distance of 51.6 feet, more or less, from the southwest corner of said Lot 2; thence from the said point of beginning along a curve to the right of 955.0 feet radius, 71.6 feet to a point on the easterly line of said Lot 1, which said point bears northerly along said easterly line a distance of 66.7 feet, more or less, from the

southeast corner of said Lot 1, and containing in all 0.10 acres, more or less. Dated this 11th day of February, 2015. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, By: /s/ Casie Kragh, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-14-261 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: PHILIP WAYNE ZIEG, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent 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 Katherine Kleinkopf, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested in care of Trent N. Baker of the law firm Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, P.C., 201 W. Main, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 26th day of January, 2015. /s/ Katherine G. Kleinkopf Personal Representative 3010 Spurgin Road Missoula, MT 59804

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-15-29 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANN MARIE CARTER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Gary E. Carter 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 said 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, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

We declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 17th day of February, 2015. /s/ Gary E. Carter, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ann Marie Carter /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-15-31 NOTICE OF HEARING IN THE MATTER OF THE

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by Matt Jones

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1 Go out 4 Faddish 1990s collectibles 8 Hawke of "Boyhood" 13 Bovine opinion 14 "Head Like ___" (NIN song) 15 A nephew of Donald 16 AM drinks 17 Looked longingly 18 Checkout line count 19 Comedian Garofalo gives negative feedback?

22 Least tropical 23 Execute perfectly 24 Topeka residents provide instructions?

30 "This ___" (1979 hit) 31 One of The Judds 32 Schnitzel stuff 36 "South Park" surname 39 Period of silence 40 Appearance at home?

42 2010 Apple release 44 Brew inspired by a fictional search engine on "The Good Wife"?

50 Not quite the leader 51 Yuletide refrain 53 Grammy category for fiveyear-olds?

57 "Beer Barrel" dance 58 Actor ___ William Scott 59 "Get it, man?"

60 Herb in pesto sauce 61 "All My Children" femme fatale 62 Prefix before brow 63 Needed a bath badly 64 40-yard race 65 Longfellow contemporary

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DOWN 1 Modern pictograph 2 "___ Horseman" (title character voiced by Will Arnett) 3 1990s conflict site 4 Imaginary figure 5 Move like The Blob 6 "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" singer Campbell 7 Car styles 8 Slurred speech?

9 All-out battle 10 A nephew of Donald 11 Uses a scope 12 "Dr. Mario" platform 14 "Open" author Andre 20 Ending for Hallow 21 "Boo-___!"

25 "Boiler Room" co-star Long 26 Reduce to essentials 27 Work the soil 28 Chanted syllables 29 Comedian's forte 32 "Wet/dry" buy 33 Shakespearean suffix 34 "Aladdin" monkey 35 Glove material 37 Detox place 38 Size for some margins 41 Daytime fare with Sharon Osbourne 43 Troi on "Star Trek: TNG" 45 Sport-___ (4WD vehicle) 46 Gathered in a crowd 47 "Solve for x" subj.

48 Bedridden 49 Bad weather culprit, sometimes 52 Texas A&M player 53 Junk or dinghy 54 "Let It Go" singer 55 Giga- times a thousand 56 Je ne ___ quoi 57 "Downton Abbey" airer ©2015 Jonesin’ Crosswords

PUBLIC NOTICES ESTATE OF BARBARA J. CHAMBERLAIN, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Cassie R. Dellwo has filed an APPLICATION OR PETITION FOR FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF LIMITED SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of Barbara J. Chamberlain which may be examined in the office of the Clerk of this Court. Hearing has been set at the Courtroom of this Court in Missoula County, Missoula, Montana, on the 30th day of April, 2015, at 9:00 o’clock a.m., at which time and place all interested persons may appear and object. Appllicant, Cassie R. Dellwo, will appear at said hearing via telephone conference. DATED this 27th day of February, 2015. /s/ Cassie R. Dellwo, #11880, Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm, 38 2nd Ave. East, Dickinson, ND 58601 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-15-24 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANN M. FANDRY, 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 be mailed to Paul A Halttunen, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o J. Tiffin Hall, Attorney at Law, 124 Riverside Drive, Suite 101, Eureka, Montana 59917 and filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 11th day of February, 2015. /s/ Paul A. Halttunen, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP14-252 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF STEVEN WILLIAM BENZSCHAWEL, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to PATRICIA MAE DeFOE, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Douglas Harris, Attorney at Law, PO

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Box 7937, Missoula, Montana 59807-7937 or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 3rd day of February, 2015. /s/ Patricia Mae DeFoe, Personal Representative NOTICE ANDREA FARLEY The State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services, has filed a Petition against you seeking a finding of dependency and neglect in regards to your child, Chloe Cantrell. It appears that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown.

Your are hereby ORDERED to serve upon Stacye Choate, Attorney for the Tennessee Department of Children Services, 600 Hearthwood Court, Cookeville, Tennessee 38506, (931) 646-3012, an Answer to the Petition filed by the Tennessee Department of Children Services, within thirty (30) days of the last day of publication of this notice, and pursuant to Role 39(e)(1) of the Tenn. R. Juv. P. you must also appear in the Juvenile Court of Dekalb County, Tennessee at Smithville, Tennessee on the 8th day of April, 2015, at 8:00 A.M. for the Adjudicatory Hearing on the Petition by the State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services. If you fail to do so, a default judgment will be taken against you pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1117(n) and Rule 55 of the Tenn. R. of Civ. P. for the relief demanded in the Petition.

You may review and obtain a copy of the Petition and any other subsequently filed legal documents at the Dekalb Court Clerk’s Office, Smithville, Tennessee.

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST Deed of Trust: Dated August 9, 2005 Grantor: Rebecca E. Titus (Married) 658 Utah Avenue, Missoula, MT 59802 Original Trustee: David R. Chisholm 175 N. 27th Street, Suite 1400, Billings, MT 59101-2048 Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee and limited agent for U.S. Bank N.A. and its successors and assigns P.O. Box 2026, Flint, MI 485012026 Current Beneficiary: U.S. Bank National Association, 4801 Frederica Street, Owensboro, KY 42301 Successor Trustee: Scott W. Farago, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, P.O. Box 7909, Missoula, MT 598077909 Date & Place of Recordation: Original recorded August 16, 2005 under Document No. 200521182, records of the Clerk & Recorder of Missoula County, Missoula, Montana.

The undersigned hereby gives notice that on the 13th day of May, 2015, at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at the front steps of

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the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, SCOTT W. FARAGO, as Successor Trustee under the above-described instrument, in order to satisfy the obligation set forth below, has elected to and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, lawful money of the United States of America, payable at the time of sale to the Successor Trustee, the interest of the above-named Trustee, Successor Trustee and Grantor, and all of her successors and assigns, without warrant or covenant, express of implied, as to title or possession, in the following described real property. LOT 9 IN BLOCK 2 OF EAST MISSOULA ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AND DESCRIBED AS LOT 9 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5373. The defaults for which this foreclosure is made are the failure of the above-named Grantor, and all of her successors and assigns, to pay when due the monthly payments provided for in the Note in the amount of Seven Hundred Eight and 60/100 Dollars ($708.60) for the months of November 1, 2011 through January 2, 2015; together with interest which continues to accrue at the rate of 5.5 percent (5.5%) per annum; together with the escrow balance of Seven Thousand Three Hundred Fifteen and 91/100 ($7,315.91). The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is the principal balance of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Nine and 05/100 Dollars ($112,989.05), plus interest thereon at the rate of 5.5% from and after the months of October 1, 2011 to January 2, 2015, in the amount of Twenty Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen and 96/100 Dollars ($20,213.96), plus per diem interest thereafter at the rate as provided in the Note, plus all costs, expenses, attorney’s and trustee’s fees as provided by law. DATED this 15 day of December, 2014. /s/ Scott W. Farago, Successor Trustee, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, PO Box 7909, Missoula, MT 59807-7909 STATE OF MONTANA):ss County of Missoula) This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 15th day of December, 2014 by SCOTT W. FARAGO, Successor Trustee /s/ Joan D. Edmunds, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Missoula, MT My Commission Expires September 01, 2016 February 19, February 26, March 5, 2015

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/09/09, recorded as Instrument No. 200914294 Bk 841 Pg 734, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which David M Felker and Daphne J Felker, husband and wife 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: Lot 2 in Block 3 of Spring Hills Addition, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 09/01/14 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 9, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $215,906.31. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $208,777.03, 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 May 21, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time.

The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

Grantor, successor in interest

to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

You may also access sale status a t www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com.

(TS# 7023.112643) 1002.277068-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/12/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200611513 Bk: 774 Pg: 867 and further Modified by Agreement Recorded on 9/4/2012 under Instrument No. 201217027 Bk: 899 Pg: 1104, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Nedra Gasvoda, an unmarried Woman was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for America’s Wholesale Lender, its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and Charles J Peterson was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Charles J Peterson as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 358 of Pleasant View Homes No. 4, Phase 1, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201118418 Bk: 885 P: 45, 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”)

PUBLIC NOTICES is now due for the 11/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of January 8, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $214,334.15. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $184,327.24, 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 May 22, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time.

The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwest trustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com.

(TS# 7021.16322) 1002.245370-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 24, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: TRACT A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 3272, LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SEC-

TION 12, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 18 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Rick D. Lloyd, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 30, 2006 and recorded July 6, 2006 in Book 778, Page 536 under Document No. 200616476. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates WMALT Series 2006-8 Trust. 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 $1,179.32, beginning December 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 08, 2014 is $243,927.52 principal, interest at the rate of 5.00% totaling $50,068.96, late charges in the amount of $353.82, escrow advances of $16,408.81, and other fees and expenses advanced of $5,682.68, plus accruing interest at the rate of $33.41 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, in-

MNAXLP cluding 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: December 16, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss.

County of Bingham ) On this 16th day of December, 2014 before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, known 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 she executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 11/6/2018 Chase Vs. Lloyd 41916.681 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 1, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA IN THE STATE OF MT: LOT 4 OF MODERIE LOTS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Jack C. Westre, as

Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Source, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 27, 2007 and recorded February 15, 2007 in Book 792, Page 28 as Document No. 200703753.

The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-OA1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-OA1. 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 $1,666.96, beginning September 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 18, 2014 is $463,926.59 principal, interest at the rate of 6.625% totaling $80,167.54, late charges in the amount of $2,864.14, escrow advances of $21,200.65, suspense balance of $-842.77 and other fees and expenses advanced of $11,420.34, plus accruing interest at the rate of $33.83 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: December 18, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss.

County of Bingham) On this 18 day of December, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, known 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 she executed the same. /s/ Lisa J. Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Ocwen V. Westre 41495.892 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 4, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot A46 of Windsor Park, Phase III, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Karla Tecca and Vincent Tecca, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 20, 2007 and recorded April 20, 2007 in Book 795, on Page 1176, under Document No. 200709481. The beneficial interest is currently held by Federal National Mortgage

Association(“FNMA”). 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 $850.23, beginning July 1, 2014, 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 November 17, 2014 is $201,865.17 principal, interest at the rate of 4.0% totaling $3,718.37, escrow advances of $1,142.82, suspense balance of $-133.09 and other fees and expenses advanced of $14,252.86, plus accruing interest at the rate of $22.12 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: December 23, 2014 /s/ Lisa J. Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss.

County of Bingham) On this 23 day of December, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J. Tornabene, known 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 she executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Feb 18, 2020 Seterus V Tecca 42008.276

MURPHY STREET STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units (unit number followed by rent owed, late fees and auction fees): 20 ($2599), 27 ($1609), 41 ($1319), 52 ($959.00), 61 (($690), 74 ($1131.00), 80 ($1906), 89 ($1702), 100 ($1412), 112 ($2104), 113 ($2570), 117 ($1827), 132 ($2188), 136 ($596), 143 ($1450). Units contain personal items. Auction to take place at Murphy Street Storage, 2504 Murphy Street, Missoula, Sunday, 3/22/2015 at 2:00 p.m. Cash or money orders only.

CLARK FORK STORAGE

will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 95, 148, 190, 201,248. 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 starting3/16/2015 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 3/19/2015 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.

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 RUSTY• Rusty is a 7-year-old male Chow Chow mix. He is truly the nicest Chow you will ever meet. Rusty is great with dogs of all sizes and walks very nicely on a leash. His activity needs are moderate, and would do well in a less active home with older kids. Rusty is really a striking creature to behold and frequently steals the show in the kennel.

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BUTTERCUP•Buttercup is a 3-year-old female Border Collie mix. She is incredibly sweet and loves to lean next to you and soak up lots of attention. You will never feel lonely with Buttercup in your home.

This happy little girl is always looking to please.

2420 W Broadway 2310 Brooks 3075 N Reserve 6149 Mullan Rd 3510 S Reserve

ROO•Roo is a 2-year-old male brindle German Shepherd mix. He is young and has a great deal of energy which would make an active family his perfect home.

South Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59801 Roo loves to play fetch and knows how to 2330 Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) sit before going through a door. He will need an owner who is willing to invest the 3708 North Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59808 Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) time to train and exercise to keep him bal- Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 9:00am-12:00pm (Sat) anced.

BIG RED•Big Red is a senior male cat.

This older guy is a true lap cat and loves to be brushed. Big Red originally came to the shelter after being treated for a gun shot wound in his right side. Now he is all healed and looking for a retirement home. Big Red is great with other cats, and wouldn't mind a dog sniffing him, but probably wouldn't appreciate being pestered one.

To sponsor a pet call 543-6609

RABBIT•Rabbit is an 8-year-old male black Domestic Short Hair. He loves to sit in laps and be brushed. Rabbit is terrified of other cats and spends most of his days at the shelter hiding in his kennel or in a corner. This gentle man deserves a home where he isn't surrounded by other animals. Only then will he ever come out of his shell.

Help us nourish Missoula Donate now at

www.missoulafoodbank.org For more info, please call 549-0543

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

SOPHIE• Sophie is a 7-10 year-old female Calico/Tabby. She is currently our longest-term resident at the shelter, having been here for 113 days. Sophie has not adjusted to shelter life very well and has come to view her little cage as her only solace. She has the most pathetic meow that will tug at your heart strings.

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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 TED• Ted is a gentleman who loves to tell you about his adventures. He enjoys getting pets and rubs and will certainly meow his thanks in return! Originally a stray, Ted is looking for his forever home where he can have long conversations, get lots of ear scratches and have plenty of windows to look out of. Come let Ted melt your heart today!

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SOPHIE• Sophie is an active, playful girl who loves to play fetch and explore the outdoors. She is a very smart girl and already knows a few commands, but she would love to attend a Basic Manners training class with her new adopters to learn even more!

If you are looking for an eager companion to share in your Montana adventures, come meet Sophie today.

SIERRA•Sierra is a beautiful lady who can be a bit shy at first. She prefers to investigate people during a quiet moment when the spotlight isn't on her. She has proved to be loving and enjoys cheek scratches and ear rubs. Sierra is looking for a quiet home to help her gain confidence so she can bloom into the star we know she is!

BENJAMIN•Meet Benjamin! Looking for a smart, quirky cat who will never cease to entertain you? Then Benjamin's your guy! He is a whiz with interactive food toys and will make you smile as he serenades you with his lovely voice. Benjamin has been at the shelter for over a year now (currently our longest resident) and it's his turn to finally find his furrever home.

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MARGOT• Margot is a spunky girl who really is the Life of the Party! Margot enjoys going on hikes and playing tug, but fetch is truly the way to this girl's heart.

Margot participates in our volunteer Paws Ahead training program and her adoption comes with a free private lesson with our Certified Professional Dog Trainer.

MONTE• Meet Monte!

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

Monte is a big, goofy guy who is definitely still a puppy despite his size. He is very playful and has experience living with dogs and cats.

Monte is crate-trained and loves his peanut butter-filled Kong toy. He knows how to sit and would love to attend a Basic Manners training class with his adopter to learn more. Stop by to meet Monte today!

1600 S. 3rd W. 541-FOOD

Missoula’s Locally Owned Neighborhood Pet Supply Store

www.gofetchdog.com - 728-2275 South Russell • North Reserve

RENTALS APARTMENTS 1 bedroom, 1 bath, $525-$625, New Complex, DW, A/C, coinop laundry, storage, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 7287333 1 bedroom, 1 bath, $525.

Downtown, coin-op laundry, carport, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking.

GATEWEST 728-7333 1 bedroom, 1 bath, $675, newer complex, near Broadway & Russell, DW, A/C, coin-op laundry, storage, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 1-2 bedroom, 1 bath, $575$650, N. Russell, coin-op laundry, storage, off-street parking, H/W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 1-2 bedroom, 1 bath, $600$705, quite cul-de-sac, near Good Food Store, DW, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, H/W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 1024 Stephens #5. 2 bed/1 bath, central location, DW, coinops, cat? $700. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1115 Rollins: 2 Bedroom, Slant Street, Large, Yard, Hook-ups, Heat paid! $725. Garden City Property Management 5496106 1 year Costco membership & $200 gift card.

1213 Cleveland St. “D”. 1 bed/1 bath, HEAT PAID, central location, shared W/D, pet? $600. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-8777353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611

1237 Kensington: Newer Studio, Full kitchen & bath, Dishwasher, Laundry, Heat paid! $640. Garden City Property Management 549-6106 1 year Costco membership & $100 gift card.

1315 E. Broadway #3. 1 bed/1.5 bath, near University, coin-ops, carport, pet? $700.

Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1315 E. Broadway #6. 2 bed/1.5 bath, close to U, coinops, pet? $800. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1914 S. 14th St. W. “C”. Studio/1 bath, newer, W/D included, central location. $575.

Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1939 S. 3rd St. W.: 1 Bedroom, Stacking washer & dryer, *FREE DIRECTV*, Microwave, $595. Garden City Property Management 549-6106 1 year Costco membership & $100 gift card.

2 bedroom, 1 bath, $875-$895, 2 Weeks FREE w/6 Month Lease, Brand New 6-Plex, DW, A/C, large closets, patio/balcony, storage, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No Pets, No

Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 2306 Hillview Ct. #1. 2 bed/1 bath, South Hills, W/D hookups, shared yard, storage. $600.

Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2329 Fairview #1. 2 bed/1 bath, shared yard, close to shopping. $650. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2345 S. 3rd St. W.: 2 Bedroom, Hook-ups, Dishwasher, Microwave, Near Reserve, $725.

Garden City Property Management 549-6106 1 year Costco membership & $200 gift card.

720 Turner St. “B” 3 bed/1.5 bath Northside, pet? $900 Grizzly Property Management 5422060 Are you a first time renter and

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not sure how to pick the right property choose a NARPM professional property manager. Our members have a code of ethics that require managers to educate our tenants on fair housing laws. westernmontana.narpm.org Got vacancy? Contact a NARPM member and see how you can put their expertise, education and commitment to work for you. westernmontana.narpm.org Looking for the right property and not sure which one to choose? Choose a NARPM professional property manager.

NARPM members have a duty to protect the public against fraud, misrepresentation, unethical practices in property management. You can feel safe knowing you are protected by a NARPM member. western montana.narpm.org NOW LEASING! Mullan Reserve Apartments Rugged yet refined. Secluded yet convenient.

Luxurious yet sustainable. Call for a free tour. 543-0060. 4000 Mullan Road. mullanreserveapartments.com River Ridge is a lovely, active community dedicated for seniors only (residents must be 55+ to qualify). This apartment complex has a mix of 1 & 2 bedrooms apartments over 3 floors.

Thoughtful floor plans, radiant heat flooring and all utilities paid help make this is comfortable and welcoming place to call home. There is a large community room with a fireplace, a library, card/puzzle room, and a billiards room. 2 elevators serve the building, there is a laundry room on each floor and garages are available for an additional fee. 1 bedrooms $625, security deposit $550 and 2 bedrooms $725, security deposit

$650. Please contact Property Manager Colin Woodrow at 406-549-4113 x131 cwoodrow@missoulahousing.org to schedule a tour.”

Tenants from hell? Contact a NARPM member and see how we can restore your sanity. westernmontana.narpm.org The Palace Apartments, located at 149 W. Broadway, is now leasing studio’s, 1 bedroom & 2 bedroom units! This is an income qualifying property, with rents from $405-$707 monthly.

H/W/S/G/ all paid, electric is tenant responsibility. Parking must be acquired thru the Missoula Parking Commission. The Palace boasts a central downtown location, with 2 elevators and a secure building. Please call Matty Reed, Property Manager, at 406.549.4113 x130 for details!

MOBILE HOMES Lolo RV Park Spaces available to rent. W/S/G/Electric included. $425/month 406-273-6034

DUPLEXES

$600. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

1717 13th St. “B”. 3 bed/1 bath triplex, central location, W/D hookups, shared yard. $1000.

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All properties are part of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program.

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Grizzly Property Management, Inc. "Let us tend your den" Since 1995, where tenants and landlords call home.

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 10955 Cedar Ridge. Loft bedroom, 1 bath on 20+ acres with guest house & sauna near Blue Mountain Recreation Area. $299,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 1511 Van Buren. 3 bed, 1 bath in lower Rattlesnake. Hardwood floors, coved ceilings & basement. Mt. Jumbo views. $229,900. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-581. annierealtor@gmail.com 2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Rose Park Home with commercial space. $265,000. Prudential Montana.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 2101 South 14th West. 4 bed, 2 bath with mother-in-law apartment & double garage. $239,900.

Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 5312605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com

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

Missoula Properties

2227 West Kent. 2 bed, 1 bath with unfinished basement and small fenced yard. Central location. $138,000.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270 glasgow @montana.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Central Missoula home. $275,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, East Missoula home. $225,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, East Missoula home. $249,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. 5 acres in Target Range with 3 bed, 1 bath home. Borders DNRC land. $325,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 3010 West Central. Five acres bordering DNRC in Target Range with 3 bed, 1 bath home. $325,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 3924 Chelsea Drive. 3 bed, 2 bath Pleasant View home. Central heating & A/C, covered front porch & 2 car garage. $235,500. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambroserarealestate.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, University District home. $439,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

4 Plex By The River 319/321 1st St. Dream location!

3-plex and alley house (2 efficiencies and 2 one bed units) behind Bernices ‘hood, River views and end of the street. Reduced $365,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Are your housing needs changing? We can help you explore your options. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www.clarkforkrealty.com Buying or selling homes? Let me help you Find Your Way Home.

Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, Prudential MT Real Estate 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Farviews Home 404 Westview. Three bedroom, 2 bath home in the desirable Farviews neighborhood for $265,000!

Solar panels, views, great home.

KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com I’ll save you time and energy. Let me help you Find Your Way Home. I know Missoula and have lived here 30+ years.

Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, Prudential MT Real Estate 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM If you’ve been thinking of selling your home now is the time. The local inventory is relatively low and good houses are selling quickly. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, Prudential MT Real Estate 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Interested in real estate? Successfully helping buyers and sellers.

Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, Prudential MT Real Estate 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Orange Street Triplex 201 S Orange Street Triplex. $275,000. Location is awesome, near the river and downtown and river trails and bike trails and all sorts of conveniences.

Two main floor units, one upper.

Some hardwood floors and some upgrades and tons of character!

KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Put my experience and dedication to work for you. JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate.

(406) 214-4016 • jay.getz@prumt.com • www.JayGetzMissoula.com Rattlesnake Farmhouse A friendly home with large garden in the middle Rattlesnake.

1145 Lolo Street. At corner of Gilbert and Lolo Streets. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 10,200 sq. ft. lot [0.23 acres] Fruit trees. Access to town and trails. For sale by owners of 24 years. $279,000. Main and Second floors have 1,375 Sq. Ft. Unfinished basement 240 Sq.Ft. Parking off street. Fenced yard and garden. All SIDs paid including city sewer,sidewalk.

Real Estate is not always Black & White Call Rita Gray 406-544-4226 ritagray@lambrosera.com

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REAL ESTATE Natural gas heat. Roof one year old. Taxes $2304.33 in 2014.

Pictures on craigslist. 406-4371800 or masirr@yahoo.com

mons is its gorgeous exterior and great community atmosphere.

KD 240-5227 or Sarah 3703995 porticorealestate.com

South Hills Ranch Style 2615 Arcadia - $250,000. 3 bed/1 bath. Open floor plan, gorgeous updates including kitchen abd bath, backs to open space, large backyard. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com

Uptown Flats #303. Top floor unit looks out to the “M” and includes all the wonderful amenities that The Uptown Flats offers. $159,710. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

Sweet & Modern 949 Discovery. $225,000. 3 bed/2 bath energy-efficient home with a trail up Mt. Jumbo right out your door! No maintenance siding; low maintenance yard; super floor plan and kitchen, and lots of light. KD 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

We’re not only here to sell real estate, we’re your full service senior home specialists. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway.

(406) 7282621. www.clarkforkrealty.com When considering a move please call Missoula native JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate. (406) 214-4016 • j a y. g e t z @ p r u m t . c o m • www.JayGetzMissoula.com WHO CARES? We do, in good times & bad... Auto; SR-22; Renters; Homeowners. JT Zinn Insurance. 406-549-8201. 321 SW Higgins. Find us on Facebook.

CONDOS 4801 Bordeaux. 2 bed, 2 bath with A/C & 2 car garage. $168,000. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 532-9283. ritagray@lambrosera.com Burns Street Condo 1400 Burns #16 $160,000. Three bedroom upper level unit offers spacious, convenient, and beautiful living space. One of the best things about Burns Street Com-

Uptown Flats #312. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $151,900. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5465816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, carport, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5465816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com Why Rent? Own Your Own 1400 Burns #10. Designed with energy efficiency, comfort and affordability in mind. Next to Burns Street Bistro and Missoula Community Co-op.

2 bedroom unit for $119,000.

KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Condo for sale - 901 Rodgers St. 2BR/1.5 bath, 2 level condo, quite Northside neighborhood. Carpet throughout, laminate flooring in LR. Close to downtown, bike to UM, bus stop on same block. Includes W/D (not coin-op),carport pkg & storage unit. Great investment opportunity, must see. $98,900 view at forsalebyowner.com Listing ID: 24018866

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LAND 1625 Lot 12A Cote Lane. Level 1 acre with fantastic views. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com 20 Acres $0 Down, $128/mo.

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NHN Arnica. Pattee Canyon acreage with great view of Missoula. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 5329296 mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com NHN Rock Creek Road.

20 acres bordered on north by Five Valleys Land Trust. Direct access to Clark Fork River. $189,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

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OUT OF TOWN 1476 Eastside Highway, Corvallis. 3 bed, 2 bath Victorian on over 7 fenced acres with barn & outbuildings. $389,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Nine Mile Valley home on 12.3 acres. $350,000.

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4 Bdr, 3 Bath, Frenchtown home on 5.4 acres. $300,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

17730 Wild Goose, Frenchtown.

4 bed, 2 bath on 1/2 acre by King Ranch Golf Course.

Fireplace, jetted tub & 2 car garage. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home. $180,000. Prudential Montana.

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5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $479,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5615 Nightingale, Lolo. 3 bed, 2 bath on quiet cul-de-sac. A/C, UG sprinklers, deck, fenced yard

& 2 car garage. $227,500.

Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate.

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March 14, 6:00pm DoubleTree Hotel

St. Patrick’s Day Banquet & Auction

March 14, Higgins Avenue

St. Patrick’s Day Parade

March 12, 5:15pm & 7:15pm Roxy Theater

Irish Film Night

March 10, 7:00pm St. Anthony’s Parish Life Center

St. Patrick Lecture by Dr. Traolach Ó Riordain

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