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“I’M PROUD OF WHAT I’VE DONE.” MISSOULA DOC FIRST TO ADMIT HE HAS PROVIDED AID IN DYING

PAYS FOR ANDREW W.K. PREACHES POLITICS TRUMPS GOVERNING OPINION PAT MUSIC OPINION TRUTH-TELLING THE POWER OF A PARTY IN CALL OF THE SENATE MESS

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OFFICIAL 2013 BEST OF MISSOULA BALLOT INSIDE

NEWS

“I’M PROUD OF WHAT I’VE DONE.” MISSOULA DOC FIRST TO ADMIT HE HAS PROVIDED AID IN DYING

PAYS FOR ANDREW W.K. PREACHES POLITICS TRUMPS GOVERNING OPINION PAT MUSIC OPINION TRUTH-TELLING THE POWER OF A PARTY IN CALL OF THE SENATE MESS

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Cover photo by Cathrine L. Walters

News

Voices/Letters All coal, all the time...................................................................................4 The Week in Review Spice, buses and doughnut orifices ..............................................6 Briefs Fish, films and fireworks.........................................................................................6 Etc. Rep. Bryce Bennett takes the floor.............................................................................7 News Missoula physician first to say he provided aid in dying .........................................8 News PSC revisits executive pay disclosure before water rate increase............................9 Opinion Politics trump government in legislature’s latest drama ..................................10 Opinion Senate punishes Pat Williams for simply telling the truth................................11 Feature Practicing patience at the Garden of 1,000 Buddhas.........................................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts All hail the Party King, Andrew W.K. ........................................................................18 Music The Quiet Ones, Medusa, Agatha and Kurt Vile....................................................19 Books Recommended reading for “Game of Thrones” fans...........................................20 Theater Hospitality invites conflicted emotions ............................................................21 Film Stoker’s chills are worth it.......................................................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .........................................................23 Flash in the Pan Spring tonic .........................................................................................24 Happiest Hour The Shandygaff ......................................................................................26 8 Days a Week Meditating on technology ......................................................................27 Mountain High Gear for Garhwal ..................................................................................37 Agenda Peace Week .........................................................................................................38

Exclusives

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

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[voices]

STREET TALK Asked Tuesday, April 9, near the intersection of Orange and Fifth streets in Missoula.

by Cathrine L. Walters

This week we speak with the only physician in the state who has admitted to providing aid in dying. How do you feel about a doctor assisting patients in ending their life?

Follow-up: Is it something you would ever personally want?

Carol Boulter: I agree. I don’t think it’s necessary if someone’s in end-of-life stages to prolong their life. Full support: Yes. Both of my parents chose to have assistance and I agree with it.

Anthony Lozada: I think it’s their choice.

If they’re in so much pain that they want to end their life they should be able to do it safely. Depends: At this point, no. But if I was diagnosed with cancer or something terminal, I think I would.

Beverly Williams: I truly feel this is a decision between a patient and a doctor.

I’m currently fighting lung cancer and I’m doing nicely, but there are people who are not. Close to home: I would consider that.

Bob Moy: If they are in severe pain I think morphine is okay just before you die to help you go through the transition easier, to have your mind in a good place when you cross over. Everybody hurts: Oh yeah, if I was suffering. I don’t think anybody should suffer if you’re dying.

Suffering is a crime against nature.

Mike Skow: Honestly, if it’s in the patient’s interest to have it done then yeah, I’m all for it. Family affair: Definitely. I don’t want to be a drain on my family.

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No need for coal Recently in the news was this fact: In 2010, 1.2 million people died in China from air pollution alone. The question is: Could that happen here in this country?

Would our government allow such a devastation of human life to occur without trying to protect its citizenry? Or would corporate greed buy its way into the Halls of Congress even more to limit regulation?

Much of this air pollution is from the combustion of carbon-based fuels. In southeastern Montana there is a proposal to develop another coal mine called Otter Creek. This coal is designed to be transported to China as well as other Asian nations. Since coal burning in the U.S. is on the decline since 2007 by 14 percent, there is no need for the coal here. Not this coal, as it is of lesser grade than coal found elsewhere.

If allowed to proceed, not only would Montana be contributing to the death and destruction of China’s people, but we would be bringing negative impacts upon ourselves. Can Montana and the world actually accept the additional 2.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere from this one mine? For once it enters the atmosphere, it is global. Let’s think of the positive influence that Montana could have on meeting the world’s energy needs. Why should we sacrifice our own pristine land, water, air, wildlife and lifestyle for such a dirty, needless and unwanted alternative? Montana is better than this.

Clinton Nagel Bozeman

Coal is the key As the coal debate heats up on the West Coast, our state is left hoping and waiting for the approval of five proposed coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest. Our state economy is closely connected with the coal industry—keenly feeling the ups and downs of this industry. And, right now, the proposed Pacific

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Northwest terminals will aid in supplying our state a new export market for sustained, long-term economic growth.

Montana has always had the largest coal reserve in the country with over 119 billion tons of coal—simply an unfathomable amount of coal that provides our state a built-in economic opportunity. At the moment, coal, directly and indirectly, provides almost 5,000 Montana familywage jobs with a payroll of over $273 mil-

“The question is: Could that happen here in this country?”

lion. Our state has reaped the benefits of coal production; our unemployment rate is decidedly lower than the national average and our state has a budget surplus of $426 million. This financial well-being stems, in large part, from our coal industry. And, in order to keep this economic gain, the coal industry must continue to grow.

The five proposed Pacific Northwest terminals will aid our state in exporting coal to meet the growing global demand, which will ensure Montana continues our economic advantage.

The Asian markets are booming and their demand for coal is at an all-time high. Over the last decade, Japan, China, and South Korea have combined to consume over 5 billion short tons worth of coal; during that time, Asia’s share of global coal rose from 24 percent to 63 percent. The Asian markets have an over-

whelming demand for affordable energy, which we could supply. With uncertain domestic coal markets, the industry will rely on exports for future growth.

Our state has already seen the consequences of smaller industry investment.

Although Montana has the highest coal reserves, we rank fifth in coal production.

With new investments and the promise of export capabilities, Montana could increase production—leading to greater job creation and even more tax revenue.

Since our economy—and indeed, the economies of our neighbors in the region as well—is so closely connected with the coal industry, a rise in production will indirectly aide other industries, too. For example, our coal companies will send the coal to Oregon and Washington by rail, so the subsequent uptick in rail will not only benefit the rail companies, but the other industries that use the railways and depend on reliable infrastructure. In our state, any gain for the coal industry will be a gain for our total economy.

In light of the tremendous these tremendous opportunities, both chambers of the Montana Legislature have passed a resolution calling for increased production and export of coal. Last week, in show of bipartisanship, the Senate passed the resolution 41-8. With the fate of these proposed export terminals yet to be decided, it’s important for all Montanans to sound the rallying cry in favor of new port construction.

With the most coal reserves, a production rate that could be increased, lawmakers that “get it,” and a growing global demand for our commodity, Montana is at the forefront of a sizable economic boom. The Pacific Northwest terminals will provide the platform to boost our state’s economic development.

Rep. Jonathan McNiven Huntley

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, April 3 After being pulled over for driving in the wrong lane on Highway 93 between Missoula and Lolo, Omar Rodriguez-Martinez, 19, admits to being under the influence of “spice,” or synthetic marijuana. He is charged with DUI and criminal endangerment.

Thursday, April 4 Barbaro Verdecia is charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly kicking Missoula’s new downtown police officer in the leg and throwing a walkman at his head. The officer, Andy Roy, is a 13-year police veteran who assumed his new beat April 1.

Friday, April 5 Chaos ensues at the Montana Legislature.

Democrats attempt to use an uncommon parliamentary procedure to kill two bills that would change the state’s voting protocol and are ignored by the Republican majority.

Saturday, April 6 The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office notes that someone stole a fire danger sign from Big Flat Road. According to a public APB issued two days later, the sign is worth $500 and, if found, could garner a $1,000 reward.

Sunday, April 7 At 3 a.m., a man calls the Independent to complain about the picture featured on the front page of last week’s issue. He expresses outrage in a voicemail message that his 12-year-old daughter was exposed to “doughnut orifices.”

Monday, April 8 The Missoula City Council approves using civil asset forfeiture funds to purchase software. The move bothers Councilman Bob Jaffe, who writes in his online listserv, “This is our cut of the money stolen from the folks legally operating medical marijuana businesses in Missoula ...”

Tuesday, April 9 Missoula’s Mountain Line celebrates its 35th anniversary. Since launching in 1978, the public transportation service has provided a total of 22 million rides. Last year, it broke a record, giving 924,469 lifts to commuters.

Yellow glacier lilies bloom along a hillside in the Bitterroot National Forest on Sunday afternoon. Mule deer typically enjoy eating this early spring foliage and its roots are an important and preferred food for grizzly bears.

Fish

Mack Days faces the hook Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes fisheries specialist Cindy Benson remembers the day her father first caught a lake trout, also called a mackinaw, in Flathead Lake. It was in the early ’60s, and though her family knew the species had been introduced decades earlier, it was still a rare catch. “Then all you would see were cutthroats, bull trout and kokanee salmon,” she recalls.

Today, though, the native fish are all but gone, and the charter boats that now operate out of the north end of Flathead advertise trophy lake trout fishing. It’s why for the last 11 years CSKT, with the help of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, has hosted Mack Days, a semi-annual fishing tournament geared toward quelling the ever-growing lake trout population.

But recent questions about the event’s efficacy are making the future uncertain for the popular competition.

In 2012, Mack Days recorded the removal of nearly 40,000 lake trout from Flathead. Combined with the non-tournament harvest, which is bolstered

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by many of the same anglers who compete in the tournament, about 70,000 fish were taken last year.

But according to CSKT fisheries biologist Barry Hansen, it’s not enough. By his estimations, in order to make even a 50 percent dent in lake trout populations, about 114,000 fish need to be removed annually.

The shortfall makes the CSKT Tribal Council wonder if Mack Days, which costs the tribe more than $350,000 a year, is worth it. “What we’re doing now is progressing nicely,” says Hansen, “but we need to do more if we’re going to benefit native fish.”

Earlier this year, CSKT and FWP spearheaded an effort to draft five new management plans for Flathead lake trout. Recently, though, the state has withdrawn from the process and distanced itself from Mack Days, citing concerns with the proposals and, according to FWP biologist Mark Delray, “issues with the process in general.” He added that Montana FWP has not started brainstorming alternatives.

Benson feels that even if Mack Days isn’t solving the problem, it is helping. And its benefits, she says, go beyond the shores of Flathead Lake. She notes that the majority of fish caught are cleaned, packaged and

frozen. From there, the filets are sent to food banks “from Missoula to Whitefish.” She estimates that the event provides about 40,000 pounds of fish annually, all of which would be lost if Mack Days ends.

Jamie Rogers

UM

Cuts cause “deep concern” Money is the primary concern at the University of Montana right now—or rather, a lack of it next year.

And while Provost Perry Brown says budget reductions are merely a “possibility” at present, the tone on campus has been markedly altered as deans and department chairs write up recommendations for cuts they hope will have a limited effect on students.

“The deans are working hard to maintain all the necessary ingredients for all of the programs that they offer,” Brown says.

Registration for fall semester opened on Cyberbear April 8, and students may already have taken note of the impacts of budget discussions. Brown has encouraged chairs to identify sections of courses that could be cut if budget reductions become a reality.

[news] That means select sections may be listed on Cyberbear but not open for registration. Some of those sections may open later, Brown adds, depending on student demand.

“Last fall, we had 700 fewer students than we had the previous year,” Brown says. “If we have fewer students again, that means there are at least some sections that won’t be needed because there won’t be anybody in them.”

At the College of Arts and Sciences, the 8 percent reduction administrators are using as a cautionary figure could equate to cuts up to $1.6 million, says Dean Chris Comer. He’s told his chairs to be transparent with adjunct faculty and to realize that they can’t “register students for courses that we then can’t deliver.”

The overall uncertainty has created a mood of “deep concern,” Comer says, and caused some faculty to become “edgy.”

“I’m sure a number of adjuncts have been told that the course they taught last year or the year before is in doubt and may not be offered,” he says. “But the colleges have not been given definite numbers … so nobody’s being told they’re not going to be hired for next year.”

Comer adds that “it would be fair to say [budget reductions] will not be invisible to students.” It will be harder to find courses, he explains, “and yeah, it’s going to inconvenience some students and cause some consternation.”

Comer would like to remain optimistic, but he’s also realistic.

“I don’t think the situation is going to turn out dramatically different than we’re expecting,” he says.

Alex Sakariassen

City Council

Dousing the fireworks fight Independence Day is still more than 11 weeks away, but discussion of Missoula’s fireworks law is already lighting up council chambers.

“I’m not at all convinced that the only or best way to show your patriotism is to blow things up,” says Councilman Dave Strohmaier.

The citywide ban on fireworks is a perennially contentious issue that’s sparked years of debate. On one side are locals who dislike the pyrotechnics because they start fires, leave litter and make pets go berserk from the noise. On the other side are those who like to celebrate July 4 and feel fireworks are nothing but a show of patriotism.

“When people really want to nail the scofflaws on this fireworks thing, I think they have a picture in their mind of maybe some punk kid,” says Missoula Fire Chief Jason Diehl, whose staff helps patrol fireworks complaints alongside the Missoula Police Department. He

says it’s not always punk kids but families that are often breaking the law.

Strohmaier has previously taken a no-tolerance stance on the issue. Last year, he called out Missoula Police Chief Mark Muir for law enforcement’s failure to cite locals caught violating the city ordinance, an offense punishable by as much as a $500 fine.

“I think the time has come to issue additional citations,” Strohmaier told Muir during a 2012 public meeting. Muir responded that he’d like more guidance from city officials about how to deal with the issue.

It appears that guidance is forthcoming—and that Strohmaier’s stance is softening.

Strohmaier and the council, at Diehl’s suggestion, are investigating whether Missoula should amend its existing ban to allow fireworks for a limited period of time.

“The idea is that for a day, July 4, certain types of fireworks would be allowed,” Strohmaier says. “But the caveat is they would not be allowed any other day.”

If approved, Missoula’s fireworks law would mirror an ordinance Great Falls officials created in 2007. Havre crafted a similar rule in 2011.

In the coming weeks, Strohmaier will solicit input from colleagues, city staff and the public, further researching how similar efforts have fared in other parts of the state. He aims to have Missoula’s newly amended law ready by July 4.

“We are actively seeking input on this,” he says.

Jessica Mayrer

War

A strange anniversary Ten years ago, in response to the United States’ invasion of Iraq, students at the University of Montana began screening films on a weekly basis. The subjects of those films typically centered around war and iniquity and the group hosting the gatherings dubbed itself the Students for Peace and Justice. After a decade, however,

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attendance and student interest outside the core members started to dwindle.

“We had to scale back last semester because we didn’t have enough funding and we didn’t have enough human power to be able to show films every week anymore,” says student organizer David Schaad. “So we started showing films every month. And our attendance has been kind of lackluster at times.”

Schaad’s hoping to use the 10-year anniversary of the Iraq invasion to change the recent downward trend.

For the past two months, he’s spent much of his free time organizing Peace Week at UM—a five-day campus conference April 15-20 featuring a host of speakers. The event will cover everything from a look back on a decade of war and activism to the cost of war on military families, all with an eye to the effects on Montanans.

“My goal is not to depress people here but to say, ‘Okay, that war is happening thousands of miles away, and it doesn’t seem to exist anymore for most of us, but that’s not really true,’” Schaad says. “To some degree, we’re all connected with veterans, whether we realize it or not.”

Peace Week will include a keynote speech from Army Capt. Paul Chappell, an Iraq vet and outspoken advocate for ending war, as well as a question-and-answer session with former drone pilot Brandon Bryant.

Schaad says he’s also working to have a hobby drone hover around the Oval during the lunch hour April 16 to highlight the “ubiquitousness of drones not only in the military now, but in civilian use.”

Vicki Watson, faculty adviser for Students for Peace and Justice, says it’s been increasingly difficult for the Peace and Justice Film Series to compete with other local film series over the years. The group’s films have been “frankly pretty sad” in tone, making it hard to keep people interested.

Watson and Schaad hope the Peace Week can help renew interest in Students for Peace and Justice, and perhaps become a model for more conferences or activities outside the film series. At the very least, Schaad says, “I’d like to get back to the days of having a packed theater.”

“That’s definitely our goal,” he continues. “To both use this as a heritage event to highlight this anniversary … and bring student energy back into the group.”

Alex Sakariassen

ETC. The Montana Code defines “deviate sexual relations” as “sexual contact or sexual intercourse between two persons of the same sex or any form of sexual intercourse with an animal.” The crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Though the Montana Supreme Court found the law unconstitutional in 1997, the language remains in Montana statute—a prejudiced slur scrawled into Montana’s governing text.

Such injustice for so many Montana women and men is difficult to talk about in a way that might make the dissenters listen. It’s difficult to give a law so unreasonable the gift of reasonable debate.

But on April 8, on the floor of the Montana House, Missoula Democrat Bryce Bennett did just that when discussing Senate Bill 107, the latest effort to repeal Montana’s most incendiary anti-equality statute. He said: “Members of this body, my colleagues and my friends, under this law I’m considered a felon. I’m not your equal. In fact, this law puts me in the same category as people who rape animals. Under this law I can be imprisoned for up to 10 years for being part of a loving, caring relationship.

“I know this law is unconstitutional, and it’s not being enforced. I’m not worried about being arrested and taken into jail, but I feel the sting of this law still. Because words are important and they matter. The fact that years later, this language is still on the books means that our state still sees me as a criminal … I am a second-class citizen in a state I was born in and have called home my entire life.

“Members of the body, this law is about me, but it’s not just about me. Gay and lesbian Montanans are your neighbors, your co-workers, the soldiers who defend our nation, and for many of us, our family … We’re not strangers. We’re the people in your life that you love and respect. This bill is about honoring that basic respect for our fellow Montanans. This bill is about offering basic dignity to everyone in our state.”

Bennett spoke for four minutes to a crowded chamber of fellow lawmakers. The room was silent and respectful throughout, and no opponents rose in response. Testament, perhaps, to the fact that words really do matter.

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Cowardice to courage Missoula physician first to say he provided aid in dying

by Alex Sakariassen

Shortly after the Montana Supreme proven unsuccessful, so have efforts by session, an as yet unheard from voice in Court upheld a terminally ill patient’s con- groups like the nonprofit Compassion the battle over terminally ill patients’ stitutional right to seek life-ending medica- and Choices to pass legislation defend- rights. For proponents of aid in dying, his willingness to step forward was a tion in December 2009, Missoula physician ing the practice.

Kress says he’s written aid in dying “game-changer,” says Compassion and Eric Kress received a visit from a man with advanced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or prescriptions for three terminally ill pa- Choices Montana campaign manager ALS. The man was adamant about receiving tients since 2009—two with esophageal Emily Bentley.

“Before Dr. Kress came out, our opaid in dying. He couldn’t walk. He could cancer and another with advanced ALS. hardly speak above a whisper. His body, “They all knew they weren’t going to live ponents liked to say the Baxter decision made it a ‘gray area,’” once “200 pounds of musBentley says. “Now, cle,” Kress says, had been rewith Dr. Kress coming duced to “120 pounds of out, we know it is legal skin and bones.” and doctors are pro“He couldn’t pound the viding this. Something table,” Kress says. “But emolike HB 505 isn’t just tionally, with his eyes, he theoretically clarifying was pounding the table. His something. They’re former self might have taken actually stripping away a swing at me.” a right that currently Kress, a family physician exists.” at Western Montana Clinic HB 505, sponand the former medical disored by Rep. Krayton rector at Hospice of MisKerns, R-Laurel, failed soula, declined to write the to pass committee prescription. Several weeks photo by Cathrine L. Walters April 3. It remains later, according to Kress, the man took his own life by Missoula physician Eric Kress says he’s “proud” to have offered stalled in committee.

Kress says he did putting stockpiled narcotics aid in dying to three terminally ill patients since 2009. have reservations down his feeding tube.

“I felt a sense of failure and cowardice forever, and wanted to be in control of about “jumping into the fray.” Aid in dying that I had not acted in that patient’s best their own situation,” he says, adding their faces organized opposition from groups interests,” Kress says. “I was more worried desires were “crystal clear.” Each under- like Montanans Against Assisted Suicide, about me than I was the patient when I went examinations from multiple physi- which collected 4,000 signatures from made that decision. Emotionally, for me, I cians to determine that they were mentally those who support its cause this year. Even was ashamed of it, that I hadn’t written the competent and indeed terminal. And each those in the healthcare community are dihad to answer one important question: If vided—112 Montana physicians banded toprescription for him.”

Kress shared his story March 26 be- the disease were gone tomorrow, would gether in support of HB 505 last month.

Shortly after the Judiciary hearing, fore the Senate Judiciary Committee while the request for life-ending medication still testifying against House Bill 505, a meas- stand? All answered no, indicating to Kress Margaret Dore, a Seattle attorney who has fought against aid in dying since Washingure that would level up to 10 years of that it wasn’t a question of depression.

Finally, all three were required to sign ton state legalized it in 2008, wrote to prison time or as much as $50,000 in fines against any Montana physician who pre- consent forms stating, among other things, Montana senators chastising Kress. “If scribes life-ending medication. During that they would administer the medication [Kress] is not prosecuted, or if the prosecution fails,” Dore wrote, “assisted suicides same testimony, Kress became the first themselves.

Other patients have asked Kress about will thereby be encouraged and … there Montana physician to admit he has since written lethal prescriptions for terminally life-ending medication, but none met the will be a push to expand the practice to ill patients. His only regret, he says, is required criteria. Some people are so close less compelling cases, for example, perto death already that their pain can be sons with treatable diabetes.” denying that first request.

Kress anticipated backlash when he “To be quite honest, I’m proud of managed through hospice care, Kress says. what I’ve done,” Kress says. “I’m not Others find the medication too costly— decided to share his story. But his resolve about $1,000 for the necessary dosage of is strengthened, he says, by the memory ashamed of this.”

The Montana Supreme Court’s deci- the barbiturate Secanol—and the challenge of the last words spoken to him by his first sion in Baxter v. Montana just over three of finding a pharmacy willing to fill the aid in dying patient, who asked Kress to years ago did little to clarify the issue of prescription too daunting. Still, for Kress, do what he could to “further the cause.” aid in dying in the state. While the ruling the lines between palliative care and aid in Now Kress feels he has to “own this decision to come forward,” meaning he’s in affirms that physician aid in dying is not dying have become blurred.

“This is palliative care, no question,” the political debate for the long-haul. against public policy, it only offers par“I’m proud of this. The patients were ticipating physicians a legal defense Kress says. “Somebody is going to die, and against charges of homicide. Republicans you’re alleviating their symptoms in the very grateful to me,” Kress says. “So why should I go to jail for it?” have loudly decried aid in dying as a dying process. That’s palliative care.”

Kress’ testimony brought new depth form of suicide, even murder, and while asakariassen@missoulanews.com attempts to enact an outright ban have to the aid in dying debate this legislative

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Salary secrets PSC revisits pay disclosure before water rate increase

by Jessica Mayrer

Public Service Commissioner Travis Kavulla predicts that a public hearing slated for later this spring to hash out Mountain Water Company’s rate-increase request will devolve into a scene.

“It’s going to simply be an absurd spectacle,” says Kavulla, who’s one of five PSC members charged with vetting rate-increase requests from public utilities such as Missoula's Mountain Water.

The public hearing on Mountain Water’s request is going to draw attention, Kavulla says, because ratepayers are currently forbidden from learning how much many stateregulated utilities pay their executives. That means the public won’t be allowed to participate in a discussion about the role executive compensation plays in rate setting.

“Literally, the press and the public photo by Cathrine L. Walters will have to be cleared from the Mountain Water Company filed a lawsuit to keep its executive compensation private. room,” Kavulla says.

Despite a rule passed in 2010 Kavulla notes that CEO salaries are thing, other than it looked really good in by the PSC that mandated privately owned not inconsequential when regulators and the press,” Lake says. state utilities such as Mountain Water disFormer Commissioner Ken Toole, the utilities set rates.

As a PSC commissioner, close how much they pay their top three highest earners, the public still isn’t al- Kavulla is privy to earnings information Democrat who spearheaded the rule, says it’s not toothless. He points to Mountain lowed to see that information. The rule that is kept from the public.

“I think the level of compensation of Water’s vigorous criticism of it as proof. He was put on hold because one week after the PSC passed it, Mountain Water filed a Mountain Water executives would be also notes that because utilities such as lawsuit in Helena District Court that ar- newsworthy, would be remarkable, if the Mountain Water don’t face competition and gued the mandate violated constitutional people of Missoula were allowed to know earn a guaranteed return from captive customers, they should be subjected to more it,” Kavulla says. privacy rights. scrutiny than other private enterprises.

Federal law already requires publicly “Mountain’s employees have a rea“I think that this secrecy in pay thing sonable expectation that the privacy of traded utilities such as NorthWestern Entheir financial affairs will be maintained, ergy to disclose their top manager is questionable in any regard,” Toole says. including the salaries and benefits that salaries. According to NorthWestern’s “But when you start saying, ‘This is a pubthey receive working for Mountain, a pri- 2013 proxy statement, company CEO Bob lic utility,’ then I think it’s just not justifivate non-public employer,” stated the Rowe received $1.49 million in total com- able in any way.”

Toole sees disclosure as a social juspensation in 2012—or roughly $30,000 2010 lawsuit. tice issue.

Transparency offers a means to more than the year prior.

The issue is timely as a newly elected curb income inequality—a gap that’s Republican Bob Lake of Hamilton, incarnation of the PSC—one that’s composed of all Republican commissioners— who ousted Missoula Democrat Gail wider today than at any time since the is currently debating whether to repeal Gutsche during the November election, is Great Depression.

“You’ve got a telephone company lothe executive salary rule altogether, mak- leading the effort to toss the mandate. He ing the lawsuit moot. A preliminary March says public disclosure of salary informa- cated in Dillon. I think (the rule is) going to affect how high they set the pay,” he 5 vote indicated four of the five commis- tion simply isn’t the PSC’s job. says. “If the CEO has to walk through the “We have to protect the consumer, sioners oppose the rule. Kavulla was the town of a depressed economy and they’re but we also have the obligation to protect only one to support it.

In 2011, the world’s largest private the company,” Lake says. “We’re not in sucking down $150,000 to $200,000 a equity firm, the Carlyle Group, purchased the business of granting the invasion year, I think that affects them. And it will make them control it a little bit.”

Mountain Water’s parent company, Park of privacy.”

The PSC is slated to hold a public Lake adds that an exclusion in the Water. Last summer, Mountain Water asked the PSC to approve a rate increase rule that allows companies to petition to hearing on the executive pay rule of $2.61 monthly for the average metered keep salary information private leaves the April 23. The hearing on Mountain water user. If approved after the hearing mandate largely toothless anyway. He as- Water’s rate increase request has yet to be this spring, Missoulians will pay roughly serts that the previous, Democrat-heavy scheduled. $48.56 per month—more than any other PSC that crafted the rule did so as a politjmayrer@missoulanews.com ical ploy. “Really, it didn’t change anymunicipal water user in the state.

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Last Friday’s session of the Montana Senate was maybe the weirdest day in the history of this state’s legislature. In order to comprehend what happened, you will need to understand an extremely boring parliamentary procedure known as a “call of the Senate.” I apologize for the explanation in advance. Parliamentary procedure is to politics as the instructions on a box of condoms are to sex. The reading will be worth it, though, because on Friday afternoon Senate Democrats pulled condoms over their heads and fell out the bedroom window.

The explanation: When the Senate is in session and a quorum is present, any five senators can order a call of the Senate. From that moment, all business is suspended until each member of the Senate is present in the chamber. The sergeant-at-arms and law enforcement officials are empowered to round up any missing senators; once they do, roll is taken and business can continue.

Democrats tried to order a call of the Senate on Friday afternoon. They did so in an attempt to block passage of Senate Bills 405 and 408 (more on those in a moment).

Friday was the transmittal deadline for those bills, which means they would likely die if they were not passed by the end of the day.

Lacking the numbers to simply vote down SB 405 and SB 408, Democrats concocted a genius plan. They sent Sen. Shannon Augare home to Browning, where he would hide while Minority Leader Jon Sesso, D–Butte, ordered a call of the Senate. That would suspend business until the transmittal deadline for the bills had passed.

The plan failed spectacularly. Instead of ordering the call of the Senate first thing and explaining to their caucus what was happening during the ensuing hours of paralysis, Senate Democrats held a party caucus to tell one another what they were doing before they did it. When the session reconvened, Senate President Jeff Essman, R–Billings, refused to recognize Sesso, preventing him from ordering a call of the Senate.

If Democrats had shown themselves willing to exploit parliamentary procedure, Republicans were ready to ignore it entirely.

Essman moved right on to final votes on SB 405 and SB 408. Both passed 28-0, as angry Democrats—listed “absent” in the final vote tally—pounded and eventually stood on their desks.

And what do these important new bills do? What business was so controversial that Democrats were willing to shut down the Senate to stop it, and so crucial that Repub-

“Regardless of who first did wrong in the Senate on Friday, the chamber ended in utter, rat-screw chaos.” licans were willing to ignore the rules of the legislature to pass it?

SB 405 and SB 408 are ballot initiatives.

The first would eliminate same-day voter registration. The second would restructure the state’s primary system so that the two candidates who got the most votes in the primaries would appear on the general-election ballot, regardless of party affiliation.

Both measures would be catastrophic for Democrats if voters approved them. The loss of same-day registration would reduce voting by students and the elderly. A top-two primary system would keep libertarians and other third-party candidates who draw votes away from Republicans off the ballot. In some districts, it would prevent Democratic candidates from appearing on the ballot at all.

On Friday, Republicans abandoned Senate procedure to ram through one bill making it harder to vote and another one reducing the number of people Montanans could vote for. Meanwhile, Democrats attempted to paralyze said Senate and then started a small, polite riot, all to prevent Montanans from eventually voting on either measure.

It was a stunning triumph of politics over government. In a legislative session that has seen Republicans refuse free Medicaid money from Washington, D.C., submit bills nullifying federal regulations that don’t exist yet and propose public corporal punishment for misdemeanors, Friday’s literal refusal to recognize that Democratic senators exist took the cake.

In a session that has found Democrats unable to get a property tax rebate out of committee, unwilling to compromise with the majority to implement the governor’s agenda and unequipped to even address Montana’s medical marijuana mess, Friday’s botched parliamentary maneuver tried to snatch a bite of that cake and wound up jamming a fork deep into the party’s eye.

And in a legislative season that has seen Helena ignore real and pressing issues to pursue political gamesmanship, Friday’s session of the Senate burned down the kitchen, broke all the plates, held up a tangled clutch of scorched housewares to voters and said, “Look, I baked you a cake.”

Regardless of who first did wrong in the Senate on Friday, the chamber ended in utter, rat-screw chaos. There was no government in Helena this week. There was only politics. For much of the 2013 session, Montana’s elected representatives have ignored the duties of their offices to focus on how they might hold them again in 2015. After what I saw in the Senate on Friday, I’m starting to wonder why anyone would want to go back.

Dan Brooks writes about politics, consumer culture and lying at combatblog.net.

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There’s an old college cheer: “Lean to the left, lean to the right, stand up, sit down, fight, fight, fight!” For former Montana Democratic Congressman Pat Williams, it seemed that no matter which way he leaned, he found himself smack in the middle of a controversy, one that had been building on the University of Montana campus in Missoula for several years.

Blame The New York Times for starting the flap. In February, the paper asked Williams what he thought about the rash of alleged crimes attributed to some college football players. He replied, “We’ve had sex assaults, vandalism, beatings by football players. The university has recruited thugs for its football team, and this thuggery has got to stop.”

Whatever the truth of that opinion, Williams apparently forgot that football is one of the most sacred of sacred cows in Montana, and his comment immediately raised the hackles of supporters of the wildly popular Griz. Williams was accused of giving the university a black eye, and a petition circulated online demanding that Gov. Steve Bullock remove him from the Board of Regents. Williams had been appointed by former Gov. Brian Schweitzer during the biennial legislature’s off year in 2012.

It probably didn’t help matters that Williams’ comment was published while yet another trial was under way—this one to determine whether the team’s star quarterback was guilty of rape. He was later acquitted of the charges and reinstated to his position on the team, though trial testimony pointed to, at best, less than gentlemanly behavior on the part of the gridiron hero.

Williams’ straight shooting actually began shortly after he was appointed to the Regents board, as he told The New York Times: “I’m very sorrowful one of the premier universities in the Rockies has been scandalized by a few knuckleheaded students.”

At the time, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the U.S. Justice Department

and the U.S. Department of Education were all investigating the university’s handling of student crimes. National attention was focused on the community’s apparent tendency to sweep athletic stars’ misdeeds under the rug, and some online comments at the time chastised Williams for being too soft on the perpetrators.

At a hearing conducted by the state Senate’s Montana Education and Cultural Resources Committee in March, Williams sought to clarify his “thuggery” comments

“The brouhaha has led to the removal of a highly qualified advocate for the quality and integrity of Montana’s university system.” by saying the Times only asked for his opinion on some football players—not all of them. He was referring, he said, to those who had already been convicted of various crimes, including rape, assault, vandalism and robbery.

But the committee members were not mollified, and passed the confirmation decision to the entire Senate without their recommendation. Williams sent a letter to all the senators, apologizing for not anticipating that his remarks would be taken out of context by the Times reporter and for not realizing that they would be published during an ongoing rape trial in Missoula. And though he had widespread support, the criticism of Williams also continued strong.

On April 4, Senate members voted 2623 against confirming Williams to the board.

Since then, reaction to his rejection has been heated, ranging from support for his ouster on the grounds that he’s been “divisive,” to fierce anger at his punishment: “It just goes to show you that if you criticize the criminal thugs on the sacred football team, their apologists and enablers will do what it takes to destroy you,” read one online comment.

In any event, the brouhaha has led to the removal of a highly qualified advocate for the quality and integrity of Montana’s university system.

Meanwhile, investigations continue into how the Missoula community and university administration have handled the alleged crimes of student athletes. One former football player has pleaded guilty to rape, and another has been charged with viciously assaulting a convenience store clerk with a baseball bat. The head football coach and the athletic director were fired last year. The university has resorted to television advertising touting students’ academic accomplishments in an attempt to focus attention away from the unsavory details broadcast by the news media.

The University of Montana’s situation, however, is hardly unique. Talented student athletes are often allowed to get away with bad behavior—even during their high school years—and some never learn the hard lesson of accepting responsibility for their actions.

Fans are also reluctant to jeopardize the success of their teams by setting high moral standards for the best players. Pat Williams, by recognizing the danger of this approach, paid dearly for speaking the truth.

His parting words were: “I also hope that this vote will not chill the voices of all administrators from speaking clearly about obvious excesses of much of college football and the criminality of some players.”

Wendy Beye is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). She writes in Roundup.

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FOURTH-AMENDMENT FOLLIES – The New York Police Department began testing a high-tech scanner capable of detecting concealed weapons by reading terahertz, the natural energy emitted by people and inanimate objects. “If something is obstructing the flow of that radiation, for example a weapon, the device will highlight that object,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said, adding the device is portable and small enough to be placed in a police vehicle or on a street corner where gunplay has occurred. The New York Civil Liberties Union raised concerns about “virtual pat-downs,” and some security experts warned that false readings could lead to unjustified stops. (New York’s Daily News) When Virginia resident Aaron Tobey declined screening by advanced imaging technology X-ray machines — so-called nude body scanners — at the Richmond International Airport, opting for a pat-down instead, he stripped to his shorts to display a protest of airport security measures written in marker on his chest: “Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.” Claiming the Transportation Security Administration then illegally handcuffed and interrogated him for 90 minutes before he was charged with disorderly conduct, Tobey sued the TSA in federal court. He lost, but the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision. (Wired)

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TOMORROW LANDS – The re-election of Barack Obama has prompted many right-wing Americans to plan a retreat from the world in proposed liberal-free enclaves: New-media entrepreneur Glenn Beck announced plans to build Independence USA, a $2 billion, self-sufficient, libertarian city-cum-theme park that would celebrate “the rebirth of our nation through its own principles.” Beck said he was inspired by Walt Disney’s original plans for a 20,000-resident Epcot Center.

PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel pledged $1.25 million to the Seasteading Institute, which plans to establish self-governing, libertarian-minded nations on giant mobile platforms floating in international waters. Each 12,000-ton platform would house 300 residents.

“Marxists, Socialists, Liberals and Establishment Republicans will likely find that life in our community is incompatible with their existing ideology and preferred lifestyles,” proclaims the website of The Citadel, a walled community of up to 7,000 residents centered on a firearms factory being proposed for northern Idaho. Its website boasts the fortress-like city will feature “no recycling police” and require all residents to “maintain one AR15 variant in 5.56mm NATO, at least 5 magazines and 1,000 rounds of ammunition.” Prospective residents must also pledge to “carry a loaded sidearm whenever visiting the Citadel Town Center.”

Organizers said Independence and the Citadel will welcome visitors “like Colonial Williamsburg,” according to Larry Rosenthal, executive director of the Center for Right-Wing Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. “These communities seem like a cross between the Henry Ford Museum village and the Creation Museum in Kentucky.” (The Washington Times)

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hile driving north of Arlee in 1998, a Tibetan meditation master named Gochen Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche asked his student to turn right toward the “For Sale” sign at White Coyote Road. The property was 60 acres, an old sheep ranch: half table-top flat, half folded into the foothills on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Sang-ngag touched the ground with his hands and looked up at the sky and the valley rim of granite peaks. He had envisioned this landscape as a young boy in Tibet—a plot of American soil in the center of a topographic lotus flower where a garden of peace would counteract the world’s suffering. It didn’t take long for him to make up his mind. “’This is it,’” the student remembers him saying.

One of Sang-ngag’s American students, who prefers to remain anonymous, bought the property, its weathered farmhouse and barn. Another anonymous

student purchased a second building, which was moved to Arlee on tractor trailers, for Sang-ngag and his wife to live and host teachings and ceremonies for his growing Montana sangha, a Buddhist spiritual community. In 1999, the Ewam School of Tibetan Buddhism registered as a religious nonprofit. And in November 2000, Ewam members began forming concrete Buddha statues in a plastic mold. Sang-ngag’s dream of creating a garden of 1,000 Buddhas—a monument to compassion in a declining world—had begun.

Since then, Sang-ngag has kept a schedule of dizzying productivity. He has opened new Ewam centers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, India and Santa Fe, N.M. The Turquoise Leaf Nunnery, which he founded before coming to the U.S., continues to provide housing, work and a safe place for female Buddhist practitioners in Nepal. Two years ago, Ewam opened a “dharma center” above an herbal medicine shop on Missoula’s Hip Strip.

The Garden of 1,000 Buddhas, Sangngag’s first overseas mission, has garnered attention from The New York Times, PBS and nearly every Montana media outlet.

As of March, the garden had received $914,485 in private donations and logged 13,245 volunteer construction hours. In 2009, Sang-ngag announced to his Montana students the Dalai Lama had agreed to visit the garden upon its completion.

The trip would mark the Tibetan Buddhist leader’s first time in Montana.

Yet 13 years after the first statue was cast in concrete, the Garden of 1,000 Buddhas remains starkly incomplete. Despite a recent surge in energy—1,000 stupa statues have been erected and a gift shop opened—there are still pieces missing: unplanted trees, fallow flower beds and about 200 Buddhas shy of 1,000.

Though most members of the Ewam sangha are confident it will happen, the Dalai Lama’s visit is indefinitely on hold.

But what the visit represents, and why a group of Montanans would endeavor to

fabricate from concrete a Buddhist sacred site on an Indian reservation in western Montana are questions more easily asked than answered.

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he story of the Garden of 1,000 Buddhas begins with a man’s singular ambition—one that, if you believe in reincarnation, goes back many lifetimes.

Sang-ngag was born in 1952 in the Kham region of eastern Tibet. His family practiced the Namchack lineage of Mahayana Buddhism, and from an early age suspected Sang-ngag was a reincarnate of a great Buddhist teacher. The story goes that when Sang-ngag was 3 years old, his family was harvesting hay when someone noticed Sang-ngag standing on a rock at the base of a cliff. When he stepped off the rock, he left footprints in the stone as if it were soft clay. “Because of this, people talked of there being a tulku [reincarnate of a great Buddhist master] in our valley,” explains Sang-ngag on Ewam’s

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The Garden of 1,000 Buddhas in Arlee has been under construction for nearly 13 years. When it is finished, Ewam members say the Dalai Lama will consecrate the site.

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website, “but no one was sure whose incarnation I was.”

Eventually it was recognized that Sang-ngag was the sixth incarnation of Gochen Tulku, a Tibetan “wisdom holder,” and Sang-ngag left his home to commit to Buddhist practice. In 1960, he attempted to escape to India but was apprehended by the People’s Liberation Army, which was then in its 10th year of occupying Tibet. In 1969, as China’s Cultural Revolution spread in Tibet, Sangngag was imprisoned.

His brother, Namchak Khenpo, who spends much of the year in Missoula living in a tidy apartment a few blocks from the Good Food Store and teaching at Ewam’s dharma center, barely remembers the time during his older brother’s incarceration. But he vividly recalls the day Sang-ngag was afforded a brief visit with his family. “He came home and he wasn’t dressed like a Tibetan person. He was wearing Chinese clothes,” Khenpo recently said through a translator. “I was scared of him, and ran away from him.

He told me it was okay, but still I was frightened.”

In prison, Sang-ngag practiced Buddhist teachings under the tutelage of fellow inmates who were lamas. He studied powa (transference of conciousness at death), and the mahamudra meditation technique (awareness of mind at rest).

He practiced lojong training and recited mantras, using a knotted piece of rope in place of the traditional strand of beads.

On the Ewam website, Sang-ngag says that during this time he was “able to feel compassion instead of hatred toward my captors.”

After 10 years, Sang-ngag was released and continued a life of Buddhist devotion. Eventually he became a Rinpoche, a title meaning “precious one,” and decided to leave Tibet, a journey that would lead him to the U.S. When he departed, one of Sang-ngag’s teachers

gave him some parting words of advice.

“Your primary spiritual lineage is that of Namchack,” Dudjom Rinpoche said to his student. “So it is your personal responsibility to ensure that these teachings, which are dying out, continue.

Don’t let them down!”

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mong his Montana students, the story of Sang-ngag’s childhood and imprisonment is allegorical—evidence of the powers of Buddhist practice. “Happiness is really how you experience things in your mind,” says Linda Pritzker, the student who first drove Sang-ngag to the plot of land north of Arlee. “At first, he burned with resentment when he got to prison.

But then he practiced these methods. He changed his experience.”

Today, Pritzker often goes by Lama Tsomo, a title given to her by Sang-ngag in 2006, making her the first of his Western students to achieve lama-hood.

Pritzker was born the middle child of a Jewish-American family from Chicago that founded the Hyatt hotel chain.

Forbes 400 lists Pritzker as the 293rd wealthiest American with a net worth of $1.6 billion.

Pritzker began studying Buddhism in the early ’90s as part of her interest in psychotherapy. Therapy, she says, is about “techniques for helping people be better, happier people.” Buddhism is a “highly-refined set of tools to do the same thing.”

Pritzker first heard Sang-ngag tell his story at a Buddhist retreat in Santa Fe in the mid-’90s. She saw him again a short while later at a retreat near her home in Boulder, Colo. Something clicked during the second encounter.

“I had found my teacher. It just felt right,” she remembers. “Like when you know you’re in the right room.”

She dedicated herself to study under Sang-ngag, and over the course of several

Namchack Khenpo leads Ewam members in prayer in the absence of his older brother, Gochen Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche.

years began hosting him for classes at her Boulder home. After a retreat in 1998, Sang-ngag asked Pritzker if he could join her on her upcoming trip to Montana’s Mission Valley where she was planning to move. She agreed, and a few days later they flew to Missoula.

Practitioners sit on cushions during a class at Ewam’s “dharma center” on the Hip Strip.

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rom Missoula International Airport, head north on Highway 93, up Evaro Hill and on to the Flathead Indian Reservation. Drive past the road sign that notes Arlee is a Salish word meaning “place of large diameter Aspen trees” and across the Jocko River, which from that point runs parallel to the road until you reach Ravalli. From there you are within a quarter mile of the Garden of 1,000 Buddhas before you turn off the pavement. The entire trip takes about 30 minutes.

In November 2000, when the first Buddha statue dried in a plastic mold, the land where the garden now sits was unkempt pasture and fallow alfalfa fields.

The only visible structures were the old house where Ewam volunteers slept and ate, and a squat barn, which stored the detritus of ranching equipment and the tools for making Buddhas.

In a video produced in 2010 that plays on a loop during the busy season in the garden’s gift shop, Sang-ngag explains the importance of the site: “Tibetans believe from the time the earth first evolved to the time it ends, 1,000 Buddhas will descend on the earth … Right now we are in an era of decline, a period when the good fortune of all sentient beings is low.

There is much war, disease and suffering … If at this time we construct all these images of all these Buddhas … we believe that this will help to reduce the negativi-

ties all around, bring peace and revive our good fortunes.”

The video concludes: “It is believed that this garden will be one of the major pilgrimage sites on this continent.”

The garden’s design is based on the image of an eight-spoked dharma wheel.

Each spoke represents the eight paths to enlightenment: understanding, speech, livelihood, concentration, mindfulness, effort, action and intention. When the garden is complete, 125 two-foot tall Buddha statues will sit on each spoke, staring contemplatively outward.

Outlining the 10-acre wheel is a perimeter wall, which today is topped with 1,000 stupa statues—ornate representations of the Buddha mind that look like play-thing-sized spires rising from lava rock bases. At the center of the wheel, where all the spokes meet, a 24foot tall concrete statue of Yum Chenmo, the mother of all Buddhas, sits on a throne underneath a four-story pavilion.

On clear days, sunlight glints off the pavilion’s copper roof.

After the first Buddha was made in 2000, work began on Yum Chenmo. This was in the summer of 2001, months before the attacks on the World Trade Center. The base of the statue was filled with weapons (to signify an end to violence), and the throne she sits on was filled with prayers and blessings. The statue itself was hand-sculpted in place by artisans from Asia. Things were moving along, the progress ostensible; what was once a barren field outside Arlee became a field with a giant statue of Buddha’s “Great Mother.”

Then the effort stalled.

For nearly seven years, construction on the garden crawled at an undetectable pace. Ewam practitioners occasionally cast new statues and stored them in the “Buddha Barn,” but any work that could be tracked from the outside halted.

Part of the issue was pragmatic.

“Sometimes there was money, sometimes no,” says Deborah Hicks, Ewam’s media and communications director. “Sometimes there were volunteers, sometimes no volunteers.”

But the problem was also existential.

“As Westerners we’re untamed for this type of work—working with my mind and what it means to dedicate yourself to something like this,” says Hicks. “It takes a great amount of devotion.”

Georgia Milan, one of Sang-ngag’s first Montana students and an Ewam board member, remembers a day when she and Sang-ngag walked through the garden site where the statue of Yum Chenmo sat unpainted. “’Well, I guess this is as far as it’s going to go,’” she remembers him saying.

In 2008, Sang-ngag, his wife and two young children left Montana for Santa Fe. Milan says he left because rural life had become a strain on his family, with the children needing to be driven into Missoula every day for school. There was also a burgeoning Buddhist community in Santa Fe, where he later opened another center.

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“There’s some saying in Tibetan Buddhism that you want your teacher to live two valleys away,” says Milan. When Sang-ngag left Montana, she remembers feeling both abandonment and relief.

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n October 2010, The New York Times ran a story with the headline “On an Indian Reservation, a Garden of Buddhas.” The story concluded that “a potential cultural clash has become cultural reconciliation.”

Julie Cajune, executive director of The Center for American Indian Policy and Applied Research, remembers when she first visited the garden for one of Ewam’s annual peace festivals. She was skeptical. “I guess sometimes gatherings like that, they seem like they don’t accomplish a lot,” she says. “I think it’s good that people raise their voice, but working for peace requires a lot more than getting together and having fun.”

She also remembers talking to other tribal members who were unhappy that “another religious group was buying land on the reservation.” But, she says, Sang-ngag met with the tribal council several times in the early phases of construction and his efforts to reach out to tribal leaders went far to assuage Native concerns.

Cajune, a Salish woman, feels a connection with Sang-ngag. “There’s a familiar history that we share with Tibetan people, so there’s this affinity that you feel for someone that has experienced dispossession and cultural oppression,” she says. “[Sang-ngag] always brings around the conversation to compassion and forgiveness … I have deep admiration for people whose lives exemplify what they say they believe. I really see that with him.”

But to say this unlikely cultural nexus doesn’t invite complication is misleading. Even Milan, who used to work as a physician on reservations, remembers feeling conflicted when she heard about the garden’s location.

“Certainly this is a magical place … When [Sangngag] built that garden, he felt it had to be this place in the universe,” she says. “From a very personal perspective, I was kind of dismayed. I thought, ‘Oh no, not on reservation land!’”

The majority of the reservation’s population is already non-Native. Since statutes passed in 1904, nontribal members have been able to buy land. Though most tribal members seem to agree that anyone could have bought the land on White Coyote Road, and a

neighbor dedicated to peace and compassion is better than many, shards of discomfort remain.

Since 2005, Ewam has hosted annual peace festivals that feature musicians, Buddhists, environmentalists and a general hodgepodge of people sympathetic to Buddhist ideals. Portions of each festival are dedicated to tribal issues, and representatives from the Confederated Salish and Kooenai Tribes are given time to speak. In 2011, Pat Pierre, a CSKT tribal leader and Salish language teacher, spoke on a low stage with a flapping canopy tent behind him. His enthusiasm was tempered.

“We have land on our reservation right here that is lost to our people,” he said. “That monument sitting over there [pointing at the statue of Yum Chenmo], I don’t know how many of our people are going to worship that … We got grounds up in St. Ignatius that are lost to our people, Ronan, different areas, where they build and say, ‘This is it, I was called here to build this.’ I didn’t call them. Somebody called them.”

Pierre, who could not be reached for comment, ended his speech with tolerance and disdain. “But we got it so let’s take care of it. Let’s make it something we can be thankful for. I’m not thankful for losing earth ground,” he said. “This whole reservation used to be Indian Country.”

Cajune remembers the speech well. While she thinks more good than bad will come from the garden, she understands Pierre’s perspective. “I think for people in Pat’s generation, all of the change is sorrowful, even if it’s benign. That place will have an impact on this small community, because it will become a pilgrimage site … I think it would be hard to have witnessed so much change that you can’t recognize a place anymore.”

The garden is not going away. The change is permanent and the two communities are now inextricably linked—sometimes even in unexpected ways. When Utne Reader published its “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World” in 2009, Cajune made the list for her advocacy of American Indian education issues. On the cover was His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama.

Deanna Johnson has been Buddhist for more than 40 years. She says the practice helped her cope with the unexpected death of her son.

god). In the 1950s and ’60s, Buddhist teachers from Tibet led the dissemination of Buddhist ideas throughout the West (other types of Buddhism, like Zen, were also growing in popularity). It became a trend among the high-profile set.

Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder wrote about Buddhism, folding Eastern philosophy into the zeitgeist of the Beat Generation. In 1973, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who had previously taught David Bowie in Scotland, opened Vajradhatu in Boulder, Colo., which acted as headquarters for his dozens of meditation centers around the country and world. His students included Allen Ginsberg and Joni Mitchell.

In 2010, after allegations of Tiger Woods’ proliferative infidelity emerged, he invoked his Buddhist upbringing in a public apology: “Buddhism teaches that a craving of things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security,” he said. “It teaches me to stop following every oday, with around 1.3 million practitioners in impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously, I lost track America, Buddhism is regarded as among the of what I was taught.”

Today, it is difficult to determine how many Monfastest growing religions in the United States (many hesitate to call it a “religion” since Buddha was not a tanans consider themselves students of Sang-ngag.

Ewam does not keep an official membership tally. At a recent class on compassion, taught by Namchack Khenpo at the Third Street dharma center, there were about 20 people in attendance. Of that, Hicks guesses about half were regular practitioners, while the other half she did not recognize (she adds that “anyone is welcome anytime”). She also reports, though, that of the more than $900,000 donated for the construction of the garden, only a few have been sizable sums, while more than a 1,000 individuals have made smaller contributions.

But Ewam is just one piece—albeit large—of Missoula’s Buddhist community. Today there are nine official groups of Buddhist practitioners in town and each offers a different experience to its practitioners. Some, like Big Sky Mind, offer a fairly relaxed opportunity to try and practice meditation. Others, like Ewam, are more dogmatic, and observe rituals and ceremony. Still others, like the A ritualized approach to Buddha’s teachings distinguishes Tibetan Buddhism from other sects. Open Way Mindfulness Center, fall someAbove, Ewam member Charlie Pearl sits next to a ceremonial shrine. where in the middle.

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Despite differences in approach, all of these Buddhist groups form around a central tenant: the human mind is cluttered and needs clearing.

David Curtis, founder of the Tibetan Language Institute in Hamilton and Missoula’s Big Sky Mind group, calls the benefits of meditation profound. “The mind is a little bit like a glass of water with sand and we’re constantly stirring the sand with the spoon,” he says. “The first thing we do when we meditate is that we stop stirring.”

Rowan Conrad, a director with Open Way and a Zen Buddhist practitioner for four decades, says there are differences between Zen and other sects of Buddhism. (“Like if you had the pile of money that’s gone into the Buddha garden and gave it to us,” he says, “we’d probably use it for a social welfare project.”) But the core principals are the same, and they have less to do with religion than with science. He points out that medical professionals like Jon Kabat-Zinn extol the benefits of meditation on the mind. “Modern psychology is so excited because it’s discovering Buddhist psychology,” Conrad says, a coy smile creeping onto his face. “They think they’ve found something new.”

The leader of Tibetan Buddhism shares Conrad’s sentiment. In a 2005 New York Times op-ed, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, wrote, “If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. In my view science and Buddhism share a search for the truth and for understanding reality … By learning from science about aspects of reality where its understanding may be advanced, I believe that Buddhism enriches its own worldview.”

Perhaps because it has so often been publicly coopted by the rich and famous, Buddhism has a reputation as the spirituality of dilettantes. David Curtis, who used to teach Tibetan in Los Angeles before moving to Montana, says that perception is finally changing. “Twenty years ago, the Tibetan thing was quite exotic, and people would say, ‘Wow, this is kind of cool.’ But there’s been a maturation,” he says. “Where once people thought that it would be hip to adopt a Tibetan name and wear a Tibetan vest, now people are genuinely interested in transformation.”

Deanna Johnson, who was a practitioner when she arrived in Missoula in 1973, doesn’t know how she would cope without Buddhism.

On Oct.17, Johnson’s son Bodhi died from complications with seizures while sleeping in the Missoula bedroom in which he was born. He was 31.

If not for her Buddhist practice, Johnson doesn’t know how she would have dealt with the loss of her son. She says Buddhism taught her how to face otherwise unbearable emotions.

“When death happens you can become embittered and deranged. But you can use death and impermanence to compel you to deeper levels of understanding and acceptance,” she says. “I feel very fortunate that I have all these incredible teachings.

And now I get to practice.”

The Johnson family plans to donate money to create a garden in honor of Bodhi on Ewam’s Arlee property, next to the Garden of 1,000 Buddhas. She hopes construction on the Bodhi Pagoda will begin this summer.

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y 2009, the garden looked much the same as it did for the past eight years: a giant statue of Yum Chenmo sitting alone and gray like a weathering vestige of fizzled ambition.

But then Sang-ngag called with news: During a brief meeting in Washington, D.C., the Dalai Lama had

pas. He met with CSKT tribal leaders and discussed the possibility of hosting a symposium on indigenous land issues during the Dalai Lama’s visit. He walked with Ewam members through the garden. During a ceremony in the shade of a large tent, the representative led the audience in prayer and gave a brief speech.

Next to him, in a simple frame, was a photograph of the Dalai Lama.

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hen talking about the Dalai Lama’s visit, Ewam members use the word “when” and not “if.”

What the visit means to the garden and members of the Ewam sanga, though, varies with whom you speak. Georgia Milan sees it several ways. She doesn’t feel the Dalai Lama will change the “nature of the garden,” and believes the attention he might draw to an indigenous land issues symposium would be the greatest benefit.

“For me, Georgia Milan, it’s different. My ego has told people His Holiness has accepted, which he has, and he’s going to come,” she says. “My ego says, ‘Well, I’m a person of my word and I’m going to make sure

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Today, the Garden of 1,000 Buddhas is nearly complete, though there is no date set for the Dalai Lama’s visit. Above, visitors leave offerings at the garden’s entrance.

agreed to visit Montana to consecrate the garden upon its completion.

Media descended on Arlee. Local and regional papers ran stories about the garden and the Dalai Lama’s first trip to the Treasure State, and donations poured in from people around the country and world. Not only Ewam sangha members and Tibetan Buddhists, but people sympathetic to the effort from around the country (it’s rumored a Catholic woman from Boise gave $100,000).

“That’s when it got serious. It took that level of commitment,” says Milan. “My first thought was, ‘Oh, we really got to do this.’”

Since the news broke of the Dalai Lama’s impending visit, the garden has transformed. Volunteers have painted Yum Chenmo in bright, primary colors, landscaped a water garden in honor of Sang-ngag’s teachers into the slope of a hill and erected 1,000 stupa statues on the perimeter wall.

Hicks says the support has been overwhelming at times. “People believe in what the message of the garden is all about,” she says. “Anything that is this important just never dies.”

Ewam volunteers dedicated the entire month of July 2012 to making progress on the garden. They moved Buddha statues from the barn to their perches on the spokes of the 10-acre wheel, and placed stupas in painstaking uniformity.

On the last day of the event, the North American representative for the Dalai Lama consecrated the stu-

he comes.’ But in the end, does it really matter? No, it really doesn’t.”

Today, there is still no finish date for the Garden of 1,000 Buddhas, but for the first time in nearly 13 years, a completed product can be easily imagined.

Who will visit, what it will mean to those who do, and how it will change the town of Arlee remain unanswerable questions.

Equally indiscernible are the intentions of Sangngag. After charging a group of Buddhist converts with the task of building a holy site on an old sheep ranch in a rural Montana valley, he left. It makes Milan wonder. “We’ve been students for many years, and we still forget the basics,” she says. “But there’s something in our hearts. We’re wild yaks, but we’re strong as wild yaks, and we’re stupid as yaks and [Sang-ngag] has the patience to be a yak herder.”

Maybe, she says, completing the garden was never the point. “I think that the bottom line is whatever path is going to get you to enlightenment is the best.

Maybe we wouldn’t have sat down and meditated, so [Sang-ngag] made this really big project and saw us worker bees flitting around, and said, ‘Let’s have them work on it, and they will be a benefit to all beings.’”

Maybe completing the garden was never really important. Maybe the practice was in the task and the burden of the garden was Sang-ngag’s lesson. jrogers@missoulanews.com

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All hail the Party King Andrew W.K. spreads the gospel of celebration

by Kate Whittle

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verything rocker Andrew W.K. does is informed by a singular philosophy: “the power of partying.” Whether it’s tweeting daily party advice, delivering motivational speeches, owning a nightclub, shilling for Taco Bell or offering the soundtrack to Playtex Fresh + Sexy Wipes commercials, W.K. does everything with a remarkably upbeat attitude.

Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier, 33, is a California-born musician who moved to New York City when he was 18. In 2001, he recorded the iconic I Get Wet. Behind the somewhat disturbing bloody-nose photo on the cover is an album of fiercely joyful rock anthems, from “Party Hard” to “Party Til You Puke.”

I Get Wet never spent much time on the Billboard charts, but W.K. took its simple message and turned it into a global Party King brand.

He now speaks at Ivy League colleges, preaching his positive philosophy and often inviting the crowd to get up on stage and boogie with him. He’s also a Twitter maestro, dispensing daily advice like, “PARTY TIP: Do something sexual,” and “PARTY TIP: Thursday is Friday-Eve, so you can party really hard right now!”

His perpetually cheerful outlook even earned him the notice of the U.S. Department of State, which contacted him last spring about becoming a U.S. cultural ambassador to Bahrain. He went through months of background checks and paperwork, but in November, a few days before he was scheduled to leave, someone at the State Department pulled the plug. (He says he was “disappointed and frustrated” by the decision.)

Other artists might be criticized for capitalizing on their success and selling songs to national ad campaigns—especially to something like a post-coital wet wipe—but Andrew W.K. seems to endear himself to even the crabbiest of punks. Perhaps it’s the contagious joy contained in his messaging or the fact that he comes across as approachable and down-to-earth. The Party King is actually someone you would, in fact, want to party with.

We caught up with W.K. while he was getting ready to head out on tour to talk about the origins of his upbeat nature, his philosophy and, of course, partying.

What can people expect on this tour?

Andrew W.K.: I’ll be playing many of my party songs that people may be familiar with, so it’ll be a more dance-electronic show because I don’t have any guitars with me. It’s as high-energy and spirited as I can make it … I feel like, whoever is in that room with me, they become my band. I’ve always felt like it was kind of like hanging out with your friends, singing songs together, almost in your room. It’s really intimate and colorful. I hope people enjoy it as much as I will.

Do you plan on releasing new music any time soon?

W.K.: Absolutely. I’m continuing more work on my rock ’n’ roll party album—been working on it for a while. There’s been so much partying that time to record all the songs and finish them has been a bit fleeting. I’m not proud of that. But I have confidence that the gods have a plan for me and the album. I’m constantly writing riffs and ideas and melodies. There’s just been so much excitement. You just have to go with the flow, like a twig on the shoulders of a mighty stream.

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Let’s talk a little about your partying philosophy. I was wondering when and how that came about.

W.K.: Like so many folks, I struggled with being sad or angry, or just not feeling good sometimes, like when I was in high school. And it occurred to me that there’s gotta be a way to feel better than this. Maybe it’s possible or worthwhile to feel good as much of the time as possible. I wanted to dedicate my life to doing something that would make me feel good, make me cheerful, hopefully make other folks cheerful as well. I was thinking about times when I felt most energetic and enthusiastic and hopeful, and those were moments of celebration, grand moments of gratitude that you were thankful for. Be it the weekend, you’re thankful for a friend’s birthday, thankful for the new year or a holiday. I’m thankful to not be dead every day of my life. That was the way I could justify partying every single day of my life, by an active expression of gratitude—celebrating life in a very literal way.

I think people sometimes hear that you’re the “Party King” and they immediately think that just means a kegger.

W.K.: Everyone has their own idea of what fun is or how they like to celebrate or how they enjoy themselves. Clearly a 4-year-old child will party in a different way than maybe my 94-year-old grandmother. It’s all about getting yourself in that zone, where all you’re doing is physically feeling excited to be alive right then and right there.

It feels like you’ve managed to extend your career by doing a lot of creative things. I was wondering if you have advice for musicians trying to get their name out there.

W.K.: Do what you want to do. Do what you enjoy, do what feels good to you. I’ve been very lucky to have a lot of things I never would’ve expected come my way, opportunities I never could’ve dreamed of. Say yes more than no, and you’ll end up doing more stuff. Never compromise your integrity, always follow your heart, but don’t give into fear or doubt. I want to have an adventure when I’m alive and have fun. So I want to find all the different ways I can— in life and entertainment—to get to that feeling of excitement and fun and joy. For me and as many people who I can get to come on this venture.

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Get a feel for The Quiet One’s daydreamy rock The last time I saw The Quiet Ones was in 2005 at Crazy Daisy’s thrift store in downtown Missoula. It was a rainy Saturday night and the band of two brothers, John and David Totten, had wrangled a handful of local musicians—Burke Jam and some members of Oblio Joes—to join them in playing some dreamy minor-key pop rock and campfire anti-folk. The Tottens had moved to Missoula earlier that year from Tennessee, and they left Missoula before the year was out to live in Seattle. Many bands have gone a similar path, only to fall apart, absorb into other groups or, if they’re lucky, be made kings. (Crazy Daisy’s disappeared, too.) The Quiet Ones survived. Not only that, but the brothers added four musicians and released more albums, including this year’s Molt in Moments.

The Quiet Ones’ music isn’t quiet. If it is, it’s in the way Reigning Sound or Secret Powers are quiet: powerful and welling, but something you can daydream to. Trying to come up with comparisons is an entertaining exercise. “Holy Lover” could be sung while roasting marshmallows at a lake, but it has an edginess that hints at Nirvana and Liz Phair. The ballad “Mountain Moments” explores an earthier, more

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Medusa’s raps are perceptive and clever, and often play with complex rhyme arrangements. On “Whr My Ladies At?” off her most recent release, Whr’s the DJ Booth?, she serves up empowerment through crafty rhymes like “Educate, focus, no lies/you can get enough, but don’t get dickmatized.”

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This Seattle quartet is punk only the Northwest could produce, with its hands-in-your-pockets-while-it-rains tonality and boundless minor chords.

Like At the Drive-In or Sparta before their edges were dulled, Agatha harkens back to those lovely days when everything was “post-punk” this or “post-hardcore” that. But it’s far from post-anything, aside from the rough polish done in post-production on the band’s first full-length, LP. Unlike many modern DIY

outfits, Agatha isn’t afraid to let you actually hear what specific chords and riffs it’s playing. And it definitely wants you to sing along to “Agitate for the class war!”

Yet LP isn’t a clean record, like Rumbletowne labelmate RVIVR’s latest effort. When Agatha sings, “We think in a language of violence,” it’s played violently, too. If it doesn’t get you riled up, you need to take your earplugs out. (Brooks Johnson) Loma Prieta, Agatha, Night Nurses and King Elephant play the VFW on Mon., April 15, at 9 PM. $5/$7 under 21. All ages.

Kurt Vile, Wakin on a Pretty Daze Philadelphia musician Kurt Vile injects classic rock with a heavy dose of early-’90s noise a la Sonic Youth and the best fingerpicking this side of Burt Jansch. Like his former band, The War on Drugs, he is a master at massaging pop songs into meditative anthems for stargazers everywhere.

His latest record is a psychedelic marathon powered by 8-bit drums and frenetic guitars–an endurance test more exciting than excruciating. Songs evoke thunderstorms as they meander and flare and howl. Pedal steel washes everything in AM-radio gold.

“I wanna live all the time in my fantasy infinity, where I will never be abandoned,” he pleads in the menacing “Girl Called Alex,” before punctuating the next “I wanna…” with a smack of pissed-off guitar. It’s the sound of an artist getting older but not softer. The self-loathing heard on previous albums isn’t as present here–Vile recently became a father and his worries center on his family more. “There comes a time in every man’s life when he’s gotta take hold of the hand that ain’t his / but it is,” he says. The line kills me every time I hear it. (Nate Hegyi)

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George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire, the book series you might know better by its TV adaptation, “Game of Thrones,” has achieved something remarkable: It made a fantasy series sexy. It has achieved this in the very obvious way, which is by including lots of sex and violence. As “Game of Thrones” delves into its third season on HBO, getting engrossed in a complicated imaginary world replete with politics and intrigue and dragons is now totally cool. As a nerd who already knew that epic tales are awesome, I look forward to a sparkling future where nobody is snickered at for wearing a cloak to the grocery store or planning a commitment ceremony with her Legolas cardboard stand-up. (Not that I have ever considered these things. Ahem.)

Since carrying around chunky tomes like A Clash of Kings is now fashionable, here are our recommendations for some similarly edgy reading material, from other epic fantasies to attention-span-friendly graphic novels and short stories.

Northlanders, Volume One: Sven the Returned, 2008, by Brian Wood and David Gianfelice Time-strapped historical fiction lovers can read a volume of this graphic novel series in about as much time as it takes to read a list of “Game of Thrones” characters. Or, take a while to linger over the brilliant watercolor illustrations, full of finely detailed costumes, gnarly faced characters and blood sprays. Sven The Returned begins with a Viking man’s battle to avenge the death of his father, and the rest of the volumes portray various times and places in Viking-related history, from a village in Russia in 1020 battling a plague to a ninthcentury Norse blacksmith fleeing church persecution.

The Black Company (Chronicles of the Black Company No. 1), 1992, by Glen Cook This nine-book series follows a few decades in the history of a mercenary unit in an empire where powerful magicians scheme for control. Fantasy newbies be warned, The Black Company’s tone can seem a little goofy at first, with an introductory barrage of made-up-sounding names. The opening chapter begins: “There were prodigies and portents enough, One-Eye says. … Lightning from a clear sky smote the Necropolitan Hill.” Stick with it for the gritty scenes and the mercenaries’ ambiguous morals.

The Earthsea Trilogy, 1977, by Ursula K. Le Guin Le Guin is a legendary sci-fi writer, but she’s written beloved fantasies, too. The Earthsea world is a vast

archipelago, populated by civilizations comparable to an Iron Age-level of technology. Earthsea is worth checking out not only for its sharp writing, but its diversity. Le Guin has made it a point to include characters of color, and wrote a 2004 Slate essay slamming the SyFy Channel for casting several white actors in its “Legends of Earthsea” miniseries.

The Blade Itself: The First Law, Book One, 2007, by Joe Abercrombie You can judge this book by its blood-spattered cover. Billed a “noir fantasy,” Abercrombie’s sometimes funny, often dark writing portrays a world of anti-heroes. The Blade Itself, Abercrombie’s debut novel, follows three men: barbarian Logan Ninefingers, crippled torturer Inquistor Glokta and the dashing nobleman Captain Jezal dan Luthar. It’s an atypical fantasy from an atypical fantasy author: Abercrombie is a young British film editor, a far cry from the beardy Martin or pipe-smoking Tolkien you might imagine. Abercrombie seems hopeful that The First Law might come to the silver screen, too. He joked on his blog when an unrelated novel also called The Blade Itself was adapted as a screenplay, writing, “Brilliant news, one would’ve thought? So am I dancing around all over the house, or rolling about in a bath of 1,000 dollar bills today? Well, not so much.”

Legends, 1999, edited by Robert Silverberg This series compiles short novels from fantasy writers including Orson Scott Card, Elizabeth Haydon and Terry Brooks. The first volume kicks off with “The Little Sisters of Eluria,” a story tied in to one of the most excellent fantasy/sci-fi series ever, The Dark Tower (by Stephen King, whom you may have heard of ). Legends II: Dragons, Sword and King (2004) includes a George R.R. Martin story, if you haven’t yet read any Song of Ice and Fire and want to wet your whistle. “The Sworn Sword: A Tale of Seven Kingdoms” is a nice introduction to Martin’s style: Not overwrought, but describing a world so fully imagined, it’s no wonder he’s so prolific. kwhittle@missoulanews.com

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Welcome in Hospitality invites conflicted emotions

by Josh Wagner

Theater is about secrets. It’s about what the audience knows that the characters don’t, what the characters keep from each other and themselves, and what the audience doesn’t find out until just the right moment. Hospitality, a locally grown play showing at the Crystal Theatre, is a comedy of secrets. It’s full of people with something up their sleeves and eavesdropping from under the kitchen table.

Written by Leslie Stoll O’Neill and directed by Howard Kingston, Hospitality blends the “sister flick” with a “save the farm” western sub-plot.

Its characters range from an ex-physicist with obsessive-compulsive habits to a wisecracking old aunt who reads Playgirl before bed and gets naked in a pond to taunt the neighbors. In this respect, Hospitality does what a good story is supposed to do: tantalize you with the familiar while assaulting you with eccentricities.

The premise is straightforward enough. Years ago Matilda Stein (O’Neill) gave up her dream career in physics to convert the family farm into a guesthouse that’s now struggling to make a profit. One month before the impossible $300,000 balloon payment is due to keep the farm in the family, Matilda’s two sisters, Bella (Ann Peacock) and Trudy (Lauren Cobb), come to spend a few days at the house to celebrate the sisters’ shared birthday month. Joining them is family friend and Matilda’s ex-flame Jamie (Justin Fatz) and the show-stealing Aunt Martha (Margaret F. Johnson).

What unfolds is an escalating farce about family affairs, a few sharp insights into the nature of love and plenty of tenderness between the cracks.

As a comedy, Hospitality manages to keep the laughs going for most of the show. Unfortunately, the humor occasionally runs itself into the ground. For example, Bella, while plotting her seduction of a male character, asks her sister, “Do you think he likes garters?” to her sister’s obvious reply, “I would bet on it,” is the only punch line we need. But she follows it up with, “Since he’s a man,” which is a little too much like explaining the funny.

While the acting is occasionally stilted, the rambunctiousness of the performance makes up for it.

Characters tend to deliver too many lines into the air instead of to each other, which can be disengaging.

But when the actors do manage to connect, those moments shine. Johnson, as Aunt Martha, flings quip after quip into the crowd, but her character transcends the farcical in a few touchingly real moments of reminiscence over her first husband (the second faked his death to get the hell away from her).

Peacock, as Bella, delivers her lines with such sincerity it’s a shame that her character is one of the script’s least developed—which might account for

why her chemistry with Fatz’ Jamie is downright uncomfortable. On the other hand, Jamie’s wonderfully snappy performance mixes with the wry and sarcastic Matilda for such striking chemistry that it altered my expectations for the story’s outcome. Cobb is delightful as Trudy, but she also suffers from having to play a character written without much substance. William O’Neill Jr. (Stoll O’Neill’s father, in fact), who plays a ranch hand, delivers a dash of authentic Montana. Di-

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rector Kingston brandishes his brief moments onstage with devilish charm.

Most of the time, Hospitality is straight-up silliness, and chances are the viewer won’t be moved to tears or spiritually transformed. What makes Hospitality really interesting is its bizarre conclusion. The story opens with comedic realism and gradually grows more and more outrageous until it reaches an abruptly melodramatic peak. The secrets start pouring out with a slightly surreal tempo and dissonance that drives the story toward an ending that, while not fully earned, strikes with such awkward confidence you might just find yourself experiencing a strange new blend of conflicting emotions. If you’ve seen Ricky Gervais’ “The Office,” you’ll have some idea what I mean. The effect is jarring enough to thoroughly enjoy if taken with the right attitude.

Ultimately, Hospitality is an important story for the Montana stage. Among the reckless jokes and the ticklish chaos emerge a triumph of the average family and the rustic lifestyle, but the play also represents the tricky business of openness in a society dominated by obscurity and misinformation. In its best moments, the characters are brutally honest with each other. In this way, the play’s secrets and their revelations place power back in the hands of real people relating to one another as best as they can.

Hospitality continues at the Crystal Theatre from Thu., April 11, to Sat., April 13, at 7:30 PM. $15/$13 in advance at eventbrite.com, or call 406-241-8425. arts@missoulanews.com

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The Stokers live in a Victorian mansion with a winding staircase and a wrought iron gate to lock in all their secrets. Mia Wasikowska plays India, a sullen teen whose father (Dermot Mulroney) was killed in a suspicious car accident on her 18th birthday. Her mother, Evelyn (Nicole Kidman), looks right at home in her black dress. Who’s that man standing on the hill overlooking the funeral?

Stoker is well-crafted, chilly and a little hollow.

It’s the horror film Hitchcock would have made if he’d lived long enough to get into splashing a lot of blood around. It’s hard to paint a picture so cold and

by Matthew Goode. There’s something off about him from the start. He always says and does the right thing, and it’s weird that nobody ever told India that her father had a brother. Uncle Charlie is Hitchcock’s charming psychopath, and his effect on the women of the house determines the rest of the movie's action. The less you know, the better. Just be prepared for blood and inappropriate touching.

This is Korean director Park’s first English-speaking film. He’s the man behind 2003’s Oldboy, a spectacular and bizarre revenge saga. People have described Stoker as violent, which is true, but only by

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frightening with such a rich color palette, but director Chan-wook Park does precisely that, and this is only one of the film’s many contradictions. Wentworth Miller’s script is essentially the story of India’s sexual awakening, and it wonders about bad blood: Are we born monsters or do we become them?

There’s something not right about India. She wears little girl shoes, bobby socks and long pleated skirts, which is pretty strange, since it’s not a period piece. She exists in her own world, but she goes to a high school with normal teenagers, so it’s hardly surprising to see the guys react by sexually harassing what they don’t understand.

India has a talent for noticing details up close that the rest of us miss. A doctor might put her on the autism spectrum. When she zones in on the look and sound of brushing her mother’s hair, the corresponding visuals are almost hallucinogenic. When a spider crawls up India’s leg, you hold your breath and listen to its tiny feet tapping against her stockings, and then the spider disappears under her skirt and now you don’t know what to think of yourself.

The man standing at the top of the hill at the funeral is India’s father’s brother, Uncle Charlie, played

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American standards—and really, who hasn’t seen a guy get shot in the neck by a duck-hunting rifle by now?

The violence in Oldboy is even more graphic and visceral, but it has a point. When Woo-Jin Lee eats a live octopus, for example, it’s a metaphor for embracing his own life. In Stoker, when the blood splatters against the white flowers and makes them red, it means something, and the voice-over narration even tells us what, but we haven’t been given enough meat to comprehend the change.

We never find out who India is or why she does things, which is problematic. Her relationship with her dead father is hinted at often, but it doesn’t amount to much. Their relationship feels underwritten. Finally, the film can drag in places, but sometimes a little dullness is a necessary trade-off for the chilling atmosphere you get in return.

Still, most movies are flimsy and uninspired.

Stoker is worth seeing for the visceral experience alone. It’s sexy in a disturbing way unique to Korean cinema, like spiders crawling on your skin that you don’t want to bat away. arts@missoulanews.com

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OPENING THIS WEEK 42 Fans of clever baseballists should find this biographical film about the life of Jackie Robinson and his history-making time with the Brooklyn Dodgers to be a figurative home run. Starring Chadwick Boseman, T.R. Knight and Harrison Ford. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

ON THE ROAD The screen version of Jack Kerouac’s legendary tale of experiencing post WWII-America the way one was meant to: On Benzedrene. That or via automobile. Starring Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart. Rated R. Wilma.

SCARY MOVIE 5 Are you ready to laugh? Too bad, cuz this is the fifth installment of the franchise and all the good jokes about nefarious babies and diaper changes were used up in Three Men and a Baby. Starring Simon Rex, Ashley Tisdale and Charlie Sheen. Rated PG-13. Village 6 and Pharaohplex.

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

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

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

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

G.I. JOE: RETALIATION Great American heroes, the G.I Joes are at battle on two fronts: one involving mortal enemy Cobra, the other involving their own government.

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Starring Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson and

“Mom, Suzy and me are going to the jungle gym.” Scary Movie 5 opens Friday at Village 6 and Pharaohplex.

Bruce Willis. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Showboat.

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

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

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN A disgraced Secret Service agent is the only one who can rescue the president.

Redemption, y’all, it’s the best. Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman. Rated R. Carmike 12, Village 6 and Pharaohplex.

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

Moviegoers be warned! For show times please visit missoulanews.com or contact the theaters in order to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at 5417469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

Capsule reviews by Jason McMackin.

STOKER After a young woman’s father dies, her longlost uncle arrives to take care of her and her mother. Something insidious is definitely abrewing. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode. Rated R. Wilma.

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For most of human history, winter has been a time of nutrient depletion, if not starvation. After months of living on staples like sugar and flour, with hardly any fresh vegetables, it was common for those who made it out the other side of winter to forage and devour whatever non-poisonous, or even semi-poisonous, green leaves and shoots that could be found beneath the melting snow. The preparations made from these plants were often referred to as a “spring tonic.”

Spring tonics came in many forms, including salad, soup or teas. In addition to providing nourishment, spring tonics were used to flush out a winter’s worth of buildup from the body’s gastrointestinal pipes. Often, spring tonic was served with “sulfur and molasses” to enhance this spring cleaning. There were also poor-man’s versions of sulfur and molasses, like a handful of metal nails soaked in a jar of water.

A contributor to a Fishingtx.com discussion thread, who goes by the handle “Ole Bill,” gives an example of how sulfur and molasses can be used along with the semi-poisonous poke plant, widely dispersed in the U.S., as a spring tonic: “After breakfast on the first day of spring granny would dose everyone with sulfur and molasses then serve up poke and fixins for the rest of the day ya didnt dally in the outhouse or someone would get excited.”

The poke shoots and leaves are typically boiled, first in salt water and again in clean water, to make them safe to eat. But this isn’t safe enough, according to Dr. Jean Weese in a June 2012 Alabama Cooperative Extension System newsletter.

“The boiling process removes some of the toxins but certainly not all of them,” Weese writes. “I suggest that people avoid this plant no matter how many times your mother or grandmother may have prepared it in the past and no matter how good it tasted.

Why would you want to eat something that we know is toxic when there are so many other non-toxic plants out there we can eat?”

Grannies across the land, meanwhile, would probably counter that if it doesn’t kill you it will make you stronger.

Today, even though we have access to bottled vitamin supplements and year-round vegetables, I believe there is still a place for spring tonic. It’s a way of calibrating your body and gut flora to where you are.

And the act of getting outside the house and squishing through the mud, catching rays, breathing fresh air, getting scratched by twigs and buzzed by flies, after months of enclosure, is a tonic of its own.

A good plant identification book is an invaluable tool for the spring tonic forager. In addition to telling you what to eat and what to avoid, it will also key you into legends, stories and traditional uses of the vari-

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ous species. If you’re new to a place, learning the plants and ingesting their earth concentrate is a meaningful step toward fully inhabiting that place. Even if you have spent your entire life living there, tromping around with a plant book can open your eyes to the point that it feels like the first walk you’ve taken.

There’s also a semi-wilderness to be found in your own garden. Early in spring, long before you’ve turned the soil or decided what to plant, the weeds are often already out in force. Many are edible, and can make just as potent a spring tonic as wild plants.

I have a decent collection of wild plant identification books on my shelf, but only recently have I begun picking up some weed identification books, which focus specifically on weeds common to my area.

One thing that’s immensely satisfying about weed books is that, unlike my wild plant books, I recognize most of the plants in my weed books. I guess it goes to show where I spend most of my outside time—in the garden, not the woods. Even if I don’t know the weeds’ names, I’ve already seen them, swore at them, pulled them and all too often watched them resprout. It’s much easier to retain information about a familiar adversary than a stranger.

One of my favorite ways of consuming weeds—not just in early spring but all season long—is a puree I call weed pesto. I usually make it from the usual suspects like lambs quarter, dandelions, mustard greens, chickweed and purslane, but most any edible weed or foraged plant is a candidate. Garden weeds can also be combined with foraged greens like nettles, watercress and wild onions in a wild and weedy spring tonic pesto.

Most weeds and wild plants are processed similarly: simply de-stem, wash and dry. Nettles are a special case, with their own handling and processing rules. They should be harvested when young, and even then just the top six-to-12 inches, which are the most tender. They should be harvested carefully, with gloved hands and scissors. And they should be steamed before cooking so the spines wilt. This extra hassle is worth it for several reasons. Nettles are super healthy, and can grow in great abundance, and have a mild, spinach-like flavor. Nettle pesto, even without any other weeds or wild plants, is a treat in itself.

Puree your cleaned and processed weeds and wild plants in a food processor or blender with olive oil, garlic, salt, cheese and the toasted nut of your choice. In other words, make pesto.

One difference I’ve noticed with wild weed pesto is it’s best made a few days in advance, which allows the flavors to mix, mingle and mellow. But even straight out of the food processor, wild weed pesto is still a much tastier and nutrient-rich option than that jar of soaked nails.

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The Shandygaff HAPPIEST HOUR The what?: Maybe you’ve noticed those summer sixpacks of Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy popping up at parties, or maybe you’ve just dabbled in at-home mixology. A shandygaff—or shandy—is beer mixed with some tasty nonalcoholic companion. You might call it beer-adjacent, something that makes the summer heat all the more bearable, or takes the edge off an otherwise high-octane brew, or adds a bit of needed flavor to a cheap domestic like Budweiser or PBR. It’s definitely worth a try as Missoula’s thermostat starts cranking up.

Name your poison: Some drinkers prefer to cut a light beer with one of the more common shandygaff ingredients: lemonade. Others, namely folks in Iowa, throw together sour ale and cider, a version better known as a Snakebite. If you’ve heard of the orange juicebased Brass Monkey, or just know there’s a Beastie Boys song by that name, that’s a shandy too. Lemon-lime soda, sparkling water, gooseberry cordial—people across the globe will mix anything with beer.

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An Indy take: In an effort to further research Missoula’s shandygaff potential, and perhaps shorten an otherwise lengthy afternoon, the Indy decided to test a concoction of its own.

Call it the Indygaff, if you must. We poured a halfbottle of Reed’s ginger beer over a half-pint of Kettlehouse’s Fresh Bongwater Pale Ale. Instant winner. Sweet, slightly hoppy, with a hint of spice on the aftertaste—it’s what every drinker craves when basking in those first post-winter rays.

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

Jakers 3515 Brooks St. 721-1312 www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$ Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s.

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

Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Serving country French specialties, Montana elk, Berkshire Pork, and delicious seafood dishes. Delectable salads and appetizers, as well as breads and desserts baked inhouse. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Philly West 134 W. Broadway 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces inhouse so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. $-$$

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

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

Find our products at: The Good Food Store • Biga Pizza • Bridge Pizza • Pizza Cafe in Ronan (12"crust). $-$$ NOT JUST SUSHI We have quick and delicious lunch specials 6 days a week starting at $7, and are open for dinner 7 nights a week. Try our comfort food items like Pork Katsu and Chicken Teriyaki. We also offer party platters to go and catering for all culinary styles. Lunch 11:30-3 Mon-Sat. Dinner 5-9:30 Every Night. Corner of Pine and Higgins. Very Family Friendly. 549-7979. $-$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you're in the neighborhood.

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Crowned Missoula's best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 1110 Sun 12-9. $-$$ Taco John’s 623 W Broadway 2600 S Reserve West-Mex® is about fresh taste and BOLD flavors. Taco John’s recipes make you smile and yell “OLÉ”. We combine hearty helpings of seasoned meats, crispy Potato Olés®, and flavorful cheeses with fresh-made Mexican specialties like burritos, tacos, and quesadillas. All topped off with bold sauces, spices and salsas. You’ll find West-Mex® cooking makes for an unbeatably satisfying meal. See you soon ... Amigo :) $-$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you'll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery.

Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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April 11 – April 18, 2013

Sapless? Jason Clark’s piece “The ‘S’ Word in Idaho” is on display during Artini: Redux at the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St., Thu., April 18, from 5–9 PM. Free.

THURSDAYAPRIL11 The UM American Indian Student Services hosts an eight-week Insider/Outsider Film Series, which takes place at the Payne Family Native American Center on the UM campus and has a strict “B.Y.O.F. (bring your own frybread)” policy, according to the group’s press release. This week’s film is Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. 5–7 PM. Free.

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

nightlife Leave the pommel horse in the gym and battle your demons with beers and tuneage

by Muzikata instead at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6–8 PM. Free.

The Helmet Project invites folks to check out a bevy of creative helmets re-imagined by local artists at Missoula Bicycle Works, 708

S. Higgins Ave., where folks can bid on one of the wearable works. Proceeds benefit the Tanner Olsen Memorial BMX Park. Tunes by The Boxcutters. Libation and snacks available.

6:30–9:30 PM. Free.

The UM Native American Studies Department hosts a screening of The Lesser Blessed. The film follows the life of a vulnerable First Nations teenager. The screening is followed by a discussion with Richard Van Camp, the author of the critically-acclaimed novel upon which the movie is based. UC Theater. 7 PM. Free.

Check in for some Hospitality, a Montana dramedy about love, land and loyalty. Featuring Margaret Johnson, Ann Peacock and Justin Fatz.

Written by Leslie Stoll O’Neill and directed by Howard Kingston, at the Crystal Theater, 515 S. Higgins Ave. 7:30 PM. $15/$13 advance at eventbrite.com. (See Theater.)

The UM Opera Theater hooks you up with that good singing stuff when it performs Johann Strauss’ operetta Die Fledermausat at the Music Recital Hall. 7:30 PM. $11/$6 seniors/$5 students.

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120 more minutes. Longtime rock duo Local H plays the Top Hat, 134 W. Front St., Thu., April 18, at 9 PM. $15/$12 advance.

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

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

Get a taste in the place where love and funk is in the air (sometimes they are the same scent). Badlander, 208 Ryman St., $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight.

UM Social Justice Action Network and Day of Dialogue Planning Committee host a free Diversity Day brown bag lunch from noon to 1 PM in the Dell Brown Room of Turner Hall. The luncheon features playwright Gregory Hinton; Missoula City Council Members Dave Strohmaier, Stacy Rye and Caitlin Copple and UM students who were instrumental in community organizing efforts surrounding the 2010 passage of a city ordinance extending nondiscrimination protection to Missoula’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Consider putting on your rubber panties and getting a rawk and roll manicure that would make Gene Simmons pee his cod piece, cuz it’s week two of Vera’s month-long residency at the VFW, 245 W. Main St. This week they are joined by Warshington’s Highlight Bomb and Estafets. 9:30 PM. $4.

Try and make yourself a bit more famouser at the auditions for Christian Ackerman’s new film project Breathless, a short horror film about a hunting trip gone awry.

Parts available for kids, men and women, both young and old. MCAT Studios, 500 N. Higgins Ave. 1– 6 PM. Visit rootheadstudios.com.

Hear bands battle blissfully with bandoleers of bass, booming guitar and beautiful voices at Top of the Mic 4, a yearly music contest for area musicians. Sean Kelly’s, 130 W. Pine St. 9 PM. Free.

FRIDAYAPRIL12 Poet Alice Notley of “the socalled second generation New York School of poets” reads her words to all you lovers thanks to UM’s President’s Writers-in-Residence Series and the UM Creative Writing Program. Dell Brown Room, Turner Hall. 7 PM. Free.

Noted poet Alice Notley presents a craft lecture wherein she discusses the reception of her 1996 feminist epic, “The Descent of Alette,” in her lecture titled “Alette

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Update: 2013.” UM McGill Hall, Rm. 210. 12:10–1 PM. Free.

nightlife See a whole lot of art made itty-bitty at the ZACC Mini Show Benefit, a gala event that boasts a mini cocktail hour with Eden Atwood, sponsored by Montgomery Distillery, as well as a a Mini Chef Challenge which consists of the mini creations from 17 of Missoula’s finest restaurants and bakeries. Plus, Secret Powers performs.

And the Mayor is in the house. 235 N. First St. 5:30 PM. For tickets visit fundraise.com/zootown-arts-community-center. (See Spotlight.)

Horse around and get on down to the Top Hat for Family Friendly Friday with Whippletree. 6–8 PM. Free.

Speak the language of fashion and say stuff like “hot mess” and “cloying” at the 7th annual Project Selvedge fashion show. Contestants spend eight weeks battling for supremacy and only one can be called the victor. Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave. 6:30 PM. $1.

Check in for some Hospitality, a Montana dramedy about love, land and loyalty. Featuring Margaret Johnson, Ann Peacock and Justin Fatz.

Written by Leslie Stoll O’Neill and directed by Howard Kingston, at the Crystal Theater, 515 S. Higgins Ave. 7:30 PM. $15/$13 advance at eventbrite.com. (See Theater.)

Western Union Band plays the Eagles Lodge. Stop. 2420 South Ave. Stop. 8 PM. Stop. Free. Stop.

Nobody likes a toad licker, so don’t be one and instead check out Eric Tollefson and The Boxcutters at the Top Hat. 9 PM. $10/$7 advance.

Steven Roth is coming back to Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St., to play that rock and roll and roll and roll.

Homie opened for The Who recently. Dang. Joining Roth are local bands High Voltage and Shakewell.

Cost TBA. Plan on getting bluesed up and talking to ol’ Serena from the parts department about making like the French when Three Eared Dog plays the Union Club for you dancing types. 9 PM. Free.

Facts are facts: When it’s time to party we will party hard. This maxim is expecially true during KBGA’s Fools Night Out party at the Badlander/Palace complex. Headlining this year is none other than post-coital wipes pitchman and rocker Andrew W.K., who is rolling

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Punkers Polar Bear Club, Billings’ The Budgets and locals The Whoopass Girls do rock music, and the Dead Hipster Dance Party DJs spin to win, too. $10. Tickets available at Ear Candy, Rockin’ Rudy’s and the KBGA office. (See Music.)

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Free. Call 549-3348 or 360-5664.

Try and make yourself a bit more famouser at the auditions for Christian Ackerman’s new film project Breathless, a short horror film about a hunting trip gone awry.

Parts available for kids, men and women, both young and old. MCAT Studios, 500 N. Higgins Ave. 1– 6 PM. Visit rootheadstudios.com.

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

If you think cats rule and dogs drool or vicey-versey, take part in the 16th annual Ken Shughart Award Dinner where folks can bid on who is right and support the Humane Society of Western Montana while they are at it. Doubletree Downtown, 100 Madison St. 5:30 PM. $60. Visit myhswm.org.

Do some spring cleaning and help raise funds for some good little eggs during the Sussex School Ecothon. K–8th grade kids collect pledges to pick up litter and work on other community projects. So clean out your purse and clean up your hood by donating by calling Robin at 549-8327.

Missoula’s finest purveyors of western tuneage, the Best Westerns, take the stage at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., from 6–8 PM. Free.

If you’ve watched any GoPro video in the last year, particularly one of base jumper Jeff Corliss’ most popular, you know Awolnation. Specifically, you know “Sail,” the mega hit from the electronic band fronted by Aaron Bruno. It rocks while watching dudes in squirrel suits fly through the air, so you know it’ll rock live. Blondfire and Mother Mother open. Wilma. 8 PM. $23 from jadepresents.com.

Take charge of your heart at the St. Pat’s Heart Expo, where healthcare professionals give a blood screen test (lipids and glucose) for $5, a prostate-specific antigen test for $10 and a thyroid-stimulating hormone test for $10. Payment is by cash or check. As always, those tested should not eat or drink anything 12 hours before the test. St. Patrick Hospital Broadway Building Conference Center. 7–11 AM. For more information call 329-5668 or visit ihimontana.org.

Why did Mrs. Daly choose the Green Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, N.Y., as Marcus Daly’s final resting place? Learn that and more at this week’s Daly Mansion Spring Speaker Series.

This week Don Erdman presents “Resting Place of the Rich and Famous and not so Notorious.”

251 Eastside Hwy. in Hamilton. 10 AM. Free.

Have the kids celebrate National Poetry Month by attending the Missoula Writing Collaborative Writing Workshops taught by the state’s Poet Laureate Sheryl Noethe.

For kids 7–12. Fort Missoula, Officer’s Row, No. 28. 10:30–noon.

Be a good kid, and help out Special Olympics at the fourth annual Montana Sports Legend event. For tickets goto First Interstate Bank South Branch, 3502 Brooks St. $75. 6 PM. Celebrate diversity with the youngsters and oldsters at NCBI’s Diversity Day events at the Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. The Youth Advisory Council is showcasing youth talent, featuring song, dance and spoken word centered on the theme, “New Friends, New Community, New Missoula”. The program is a three-part production with lots of interactive presentations from a diverse cross-section of Missoula youth. 6 pm. Free.

It’s back y’all, so get to steppin’ at the Bitterroot Contra Dance which takes place at the Church of the Nazarene Gym, Victor (Fifth Ave & A St.). Janet Grove has the call and the Celtic Knots play the tunes.

Leave the cologne and hairspray at home, hombres. Lessons at 6:30 PM, dance 7–9:30 PM. $5/$10 per family. Call 642-3601.

Tempt your earholes with music by the Missoula Symphony Orchestra which presents its season finale concert, “Tango and Fate,” featuring Music Director Darko Butorac and violinist Lindsay Deutsch. Dennison Theatre. 7:30 PM. For tickets visit missoulasymphony.org.

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

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zoom in “It's all right to be a little bitty, It's a little hometown or a big old city, Might as well share, might as well smile, Life goes on for a little bitty while...”

Tom T. Hall’s ode to the beauty of the diminutive life, “Little Bitty,” is an apt soundtrack to the Zootown Arts Community Center’s inaugural Mini Benefit Show. ZACC Executive Director Kia Liszak says she wants the center’s “first signature event to be interesting and challenging” and “to celebrate all things photo by Cathrine L. Walters small, since the ZACC is small.” The “Pigbeef: the Voyage to Inner Space,” by Wesley Saint John. challenge for artists is the size limit: all the pieces are 6 inches by 6 inches.

ZACC basement might find it tough to imagine a More than 60 area artists took the challenge, and black tie affair taking place within that space, but now 93 works are on display. there has been some extensive painting and remodLiszak also included culinary arts in the show by eling and the floor is now literally a-glitter. The entire implementing a sweet and savory challenge, basement itself is now an arts installation.

WHAT: ZACC Inaugural Mini Benefit Show WHO: Dozens of area artists as well local restaurants and bakeries WHERE: 235 N. First St. WHEN: Fri., April 12, at 5:30 PM HOW MUCH: $40, tickets available at fundraise.com/zootown-arts-community-center

wherein local restaurants and bakeries are creating miniature versions of signature dishes and desserts to be judged by a blue ribbon panel. Participants include Riverside Cafe, Tagliare Delicatessen, Mercantile Deli, Pearl Cafe, Bernice’s Bakery, Posh Chocolat and many more. The victuals are to be tasted, awarded prizes and auctioned off by Mayor Engen.

Those who have attended rock shows in the

Western Union Band plays the Eagles Lodge. Stop. 2420 South Ave. Stop. 8 PM. Stop. Free. Stop.

Slip into them heels, Brenda, and strap on the sass, it’s time for another installment of Argentinean Tango Night at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. 8 PM lesson, 9–midnight melonga. $10/$16 per couple. The evening benefits The Humane Society of Western Montana. Visit ddcmontana.com.

Shh, be very, very quiet, Jet City indie rockin’ dudesters The Quiet Ones do work at the Palace, with Blitzen Trappers’ Marty Marquis and svelt power-poppin’ and rockin’ locals Secret Powers. 9 PM. $10/$7 advance at Ear Candy. (See Music.)

Dig a hole and make it wide out on the dance floor at the Union Club when the Josh Farmer Band makes sweet piano-centric tunes. 9 PM. Free.

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For those unfamiliar with the ZACC and its mission, the show is an opportunity to visit (only 200 total tickets are available and the show looks as if it will sell out) and see how it helps young and old alike to start small and dream big. For those unable to attend, the Mini Show will remain on the walls for a month.

—Jason McMackin

Reverend Slanky makes you spanky, so stuff a pillow down the backside of your trousers and groove with them cats all night long at the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.

SUNDAYAPRIL14 The 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. $5. Visit missoulawinery.com.

This weekend’s only Myron Floren-approved event is the Five Valley Accordian Dance, which also has guitars, banjos, bass, piano and more. The “more” better be a tuba.

Hamilton Eagles Lodge, 125 N Second St. 1–5 PM. $4/$3 members.

Kick out the jams down the ‘Root at the dining room of the Sapphire Lutheran Homes, corner of 10th and River streets. Players of all levels are invited to bring their guitars, mandolins, harmonicas, fiddles, banjos, dobros, or other acoustic instrument. Music includes old-time country, bluegrass, swing, cowboy, folk, old standards, etc. Folks who want to play or just listen are encouraged to come. For more information, call John at 381-2483. Free.

Tempt your earholes with music by the Missoula Symphony Orchestra which presents its season finale concert, “Tango and Fate,” featuring Music Director Darko Butorac and violinist Lindsay Deutsch. Dennison Theatre. 3 PM. For tickets visit missoulasymphony.org.

Brent Jameson of Jameson and the Sordid Seeds does the musical do-whacka at Draught Works Brew-

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nightlife Hear the words of vets and upand-comers during the UM MFA program’s Second Wind Reading Series at the Top Hat, 134 W. Front St. This week’s readers are Khaty Xiong and Kevin Canty. 5 PM. Free.

Ciudades (Cities) Northwest Flamenco Tour is an evening of music and dance featuring Gypsy singer Jesus Montoya of Seville, master guitarist Pedro Cortes and dancer Savannah Fuentes. Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. 7 PM. Tickets range from $10 to $35 and are available at brownpapertickets.com.

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

Check the rhymes of the ancient mariners and dip into the cask o’ grog when rapid-fire rapper Myka9 performs hip-hop at the Palace with the lady Medusa for their Whrs The? Gramophone Tour, which features both MCs playing with a live band. A farmer’s grip of openers includes Northern California’s Vidagua and locals Tonsofun with Enkyrpted, Jaeda and The Codependents. 9 PM. $5/$10 for ages 18-20. (See Music.)

Come on down for Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth. (It ain’t called Wall Street Wednesday, amiright?) $1 from every drink sold is donated to a different non-profit each Monday. Family friendly, from noon–8 PM.

‘Sup litigators? You know the UM School of Law hosts Keith Harper to give the 2013 Blakenbaker Lecture on Professional Responsibility in the UM Law Bldg. Rm. 201. 4 PM. Free.

nightlife Professor Chris Muste discusses the public perception of the Iraq War during his lecture, “Looking Back on 10 Years of War & Activism.” The lecture is part of Peace Week. UM North Underground Lecture Hall. 5–7 PM. Free.

Slinging hardcore and melting rock and roll panties electrically, the Bay-area’s Loma Prieta comes to the VFW, 245 W. Main St., with helper monkeys Night Nurses, Agatha and locals King Elephant. 9 PM. $5/$7 for ages 18-20. (See Music.)

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Let me just say that there ought to be a Heineken special rather than a PBR special at the Top Hat Movie Night screening of Blue Velvet. That is all. 7 PM. Free.

Peace Week organizers screen the film, The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends, which tells the stories of soldiers returning from Iraq and their post-war lives. Gallagher Business Bldg. Rm. 123. 7– 9 PM. Free.

Did you know that Eric Clapton riffs on the classic track, “Blue Moon,” in his guitar solo on Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love”?

Anywho, Blue Moon, the band, performs jazz and blues at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 7–10 PM. Free.

Get learned at lunchtime. This week Robert J. Tuck, PhD, Assistant Professor of Japanese at UM presents, “Social Media in 19th Century Japan: Print, Politics and Poetry.”

Mansfield Center Conference Room. 12:10 PM. Free.

nightlife Help the people who help people find affordable, safe housing and educational opportunities for those in need at the Homeword Chug for Charity where 50 cents of each pint sold at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., aids the group. 5–8 PM. John Floridis plays music at the the Top Hat from 6–8 PM. Free.

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

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of questions you could be presented with: True or false: The number of fatal traffic accidents spikes on Tax Day. (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

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Your guides to the tree swallow’s house. Arty rockers Maps & Atlases plays Stage 112 in the Elk’s Lodge, 112 Pattee St., Thu., April 18, at 9 PM, with Young Man and locals Boys. $12/$10 advance at Rockin Rudy’s.

WEDNESDAYAPRIL17 Rapid rapper Machine Gun Kelly drops loads of flow at the Wilma Theatre. 7 PM. $30/$26.

Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s or jadepresents.com.

The UM Outdoor Program hosts a Used Outdoor Gear Sale open to

the public. To sell your old gear bring it to the University Center Theater between 7 AM and 11 AM. Shop from Noon–5 PM. The Outdoor programs collects 15 percent of the sale price. Now, go clean out that garage.

The SAFE Book Club discusses Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones at the Hamilton Carriage House.

Noon. For more information, contact Jamie at 363-2793.

Thanks to globalization and reruns of “Dallas,” we’re losing languages all the darned time.

Hear all about it from K. David Harrison, a leading specialist in the study of endangered languages and co-leader of the National Geographic Enduring Voice project, who delivers a lecture titled “Endangered Languages: Local and Global Perspectives.” UM Social Science Bldg.

Rm. 356. 4 PM. Free.

nightlife Peace Week hosts Drone Q & A with Brandon Bryant, current UM student and former Iraq vet and drone flyer. Gallagher Business Bldg., Rm. 123. 5–7 PM. Free. (See Agenda.)

Gear for Garhwal has a Kettelhouse Community Unite event wherein the group receives 50 cents per pint to outfit its sister organization, Mountain Shepherds, a villager-owned-and-operated Himalayan guide organization located in northern India. The group is also taking gear and apparel donations at REI, The Trail Head, and the UM Outdoor Program. 313 N. First St. 5–8 PM. (See Mountain High.)

Learn how to make your business more efficient at the Sustainable Business Council’s presentation, “Commercial Buildings: Energy Efficiency for Your Bottom Line,” with Skander Spies, at The Loft, 119 W. Main St. 5:30 PM. Join your comrades in arts at the Art Associates of Missoula Fundraiser, where folks can taste the pasta bar and hear a jazz band and possibly win a “quick draw” by 2012 scholarship winner Jason Bohmen. $35 single/$65 couple. To RSVP mail a check by Fri., April 12 to P.O. Box 1678, Missoula, MT 59806.

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[calendar] Zach Divilbiss makes tunes for you duders to nosh by at the Top Hat’s dinner show. 6–8 PM. Free. Then Martha Scanlan does work at 8 PM, $12. Black Mountain Moan and Black Rose wrap things up at 11 PM for a mere $0 (free). (Pub trivia answer: True, traffic deaths spike 6 percent on Tax Day in April.)

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

The 11th annual Central and Southwest Asia Conference features the Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre performing cultural diplomacy via the arts from 6:45–7:10 PM, in the UC Theater. Free.

Get boned up on that foreign policy during the 11th annual Central and Southwest Asia Conference Keynote Panel discussion, “China, The Middle East and Central Asia: Chinese Foreign Policy in a Critical Part of the World,” with moderator Zhen Cao (Modern and Classical

Literatures and Languages, UM) and discussants Liu Zhongmin (Shanghai International Studies University), Wu Bingbing (Peking University) and Sisu Pan (Central and Southwest Asian Studies Center, UM). UC Theater. 7:10–9 PM. Free.

Step out from behind that curtain, Mr. Petticoat and don’t be ghost-faced during Shadow Palace, a night of electronical tunes with DJs Zxy, Tyson, Nic Jaymes, and Asyn9. Palace (duh). 9 PM. Free.

THURSDAYAPRIL18 Week three of Vera’s VFW Residency is bound to be a sweatfilled threesome when the trio is joined by Skin Flowers and Total Combined Weight. 245 W. Main St. 9:30 PM. $2.

The Central and Southwest Asia Conference presents the discussion, “Discovering Central Asia: A Passage through the Heart of Eurasia.” UC Theater. 11 AM. Free.

The 11th annual Central and Southwest Asia Conference spiel, “Why Do I Study Central and Southwest Asia?” takes place at the UC Theatre at 12:30 PM. Free.

Hear how it is learning Arabic in the Treasure State during the Central and Southwest Asia Conference talk, “Arabic at the Last Best Place.”

UC Theater. 2:30 PM. Free.

nightlife This Artini: Redux, the MAM invites you to bring a representation

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Guess whose back. Ciudades Northwest Flamenco Tour features dancer Savannah Fuentes, guitarist Pedro Cortes and singer Jesus Montoya at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., Sun., April 14, at 7 PM. $10 to $35. Tickets available at brownpapertickets.com.

of your collection to share with the world. As part of the Art4All series, the museum will be creating a sculpture based entirely out of you people’s collections. Family Friendly Hour at 5 PM: bring something special to show and tell. 7 PM gallery talk: the inside scoop on how MAM acquires its permanent collection.

8 PM: up-and-coming filmmakers from UM share their creations in a short film festival.

Enjoy hors d’oeuvres from the James Bar and a cash bar. 335 N. Pattee St. $5 suggested donation.

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

Support young writers here and abroad at the Aerie International Fundraiser, a benefit for the Big Sky High School award-winning literary arts magazine. The event takes place at the Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave., and features music, readings and appetizers.

5:30–8:30 PM. Cost TBA.

Kenny Wait and Skye Berns of the Black Rose Band make musical love tones while you sip on a Clothing Optional pint and discuss legality versus morality at Draught Works Brewery. 6–8 PM. Free.

Darah Fogarty won’t steal your tractor but she is gonna sure as shiitaki gonna play for you during the Top Hat’s dinner show.

Free.

The 11th annual Central and Southwest Asia Conference features the Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre performing cultural diplomacy via the arts from 6:45–7:10 PM, in the UC Theater. Free.

The keynote lecture of Peace Week features Army Captain Paul Chappell’s lecture, “Are Human Beings Naturally Violent and is War Inevitable?” North Underground Lecture Hall. 7–9 PM. Free. (See Agenda.)

Today’s Central and Southwest Asia Conference Keynote Panel is called, “Tatars, Islam and other Muslim Communities in the Russian Federation.” UC Theater. 7:10– 9 PM. Free.

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2013 OFFICIAL BEST OF MISSOULA BALLOT

Life consists of millions of tiny choices that determine who you are, how you live and for what you will be remembered. Some of these decisions are easy, others sorta hard and daunting and the type that leave you paralyzed at the thought of what could happen if you make one choice over another.

Let’s keep this on the easy side of things. What if we told you that you could answer a bunch of questions that you already know the answers to—and your answers could help fuel Missoula’s biggest celebration of the year? Sound good?

Well, luck would have it that we have a Best of Missoula ballot right here. All we’re looking for is your opinion about what makes our city so great. Easy, right? And if you get on a roll and figure you’d like to answer a few more questions, we have even more categories listed on our online ballot at missoulanews.com.

All of your focus and dedication comes with a reward, of course. The Independent’s annual Best of Missoula Party at Caras Park takes place Thursday, July 11, and we’d like you to join us.There’ll be live music, food and drinks as we toast your votes and honor this year’s winners. Okay, now get to the ballot. Filling it out will be the best decision you make all day.

Best Local Arts & Entertainment Art Gallery Band Musician Photographer Writer Movie Theater

Best Local Fashion & Beauty Cosmetics Day Spa Jewelry Kids' Clothing Women’s Clothing Men’s Clothing Lingerie Place for a Men’s Haircut Place for a Women’s Haircut Shoe Store Tattoo Parlor Thrift Store

Ice Cream Milk Shake Mexican Food Pizza Restaurant New Restaurant Family-Friendly Restaurant Restaurant Service Restaurant Wine List Outdoor Dining Romantic Dining Salad Sandwich Shop Seafood Steak Supermarket Retail Beer Selection Retail Wine Selection Vegetarian Food Wings

Appetizers Asian Food Bakery Breakfast Budget Lunch Coffee Delicatessen Burger French Fries Desserts

Auto Repair Bank/Credit Union Big Box Store Bookstore CDs and Music Dry Cleaner Furniture Store Hobby/Craft Shop Lodging Motorcycle/ATV Dealer New Car Dealer

Consider this the fine print: We require ballots to include your full name, e-mail address and phone number in the spaces provided. Ballots missing any of this information, or ballots with fewer than 40 categories filled in, will be mocked, ridiculed and not counted. Same goes for photocopied ballots and ballots with unclear markings.

Hard-copy ballots may be mailed or hand-delivered to the Indy office at 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801, or dropped at any of the ballot locations listed below. Ballots must be received by Wednesday, May 8, by 5 p.m.

New Retail Store Adult Store Pet Supplies Plant Nursery Ranch Supply Store Store for Gifts Home Appliances Home Electronics Store for Musical Instruments Toy Store

Best Local Nightlife Bar Bar Food Bar for a Stiff Pour Beer Selection Bloody Mary Margarita Martini Casino Happy Hour Karaoke Bar Microbrewery Place to Dance Place to Hear Live Music Pool Table Sports Bar

Best Local Goods & Services Best Local Food & Drink

Used Car Dealer

Best Local Sports & Recreation Bike Shop Bowling Alley Fly-fishing Shop Golf Course Health Club Store for Paddle Sports Gear Place to Get a Snowboard Sporting Goods Store for Guns Store for Mountaineering Gear Store for Skis

Name: ________________________________________ Email: ________________________________________ Phone: ________________________________________

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[calendar] Utah’s Repertory Dance Theatre brings a bevy of dance styles and plethora of choreographed pieces to the Ronan Performing Arts Center, 200 Round Butte Road. The performance benefits Lake County Youth Homes. $14/$12 advance/free for those 18 and under. Tickets available at The Terrace in Polson or True Value in Ronan.

people. Get a taste in the place where love and funk is in the air (sometimes they are the same scent). Badlander, 208 Ryman St., $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight.

In another sure sign that it’s spring, Andre Nickatina returns to Missoula for a performance at the Wilma, with Roach Gigz and Mumbles. $25. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketweb.com.

Are you ready to laugh? If so, check out the first night of the three-day long comedy ha-ha bonanza: The Branching Out Festival.

Tonight the preview show takes place at the Union Club, where there are winnable festival passes and more prizes. 10 PM. Free.

Hear bands battle blissfully with bandoleers of bass, booming guitar and beautiful voices at Top of the Mic 4, a yearly music contest for area musicians. Sean Kelly’s, 130 W. Pine St. 9 PM. Free.

Scratch that itch to dance with Gary the dreamy delivery dude when the Wild Coyote Band plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. 9 PM. Free.

Go East, young gals and dudes, or take the shortcut and head to Forbidden Palace: Asian Invasion, a night of Asian house, tech house, Bollywood, Asian dubstep and other Asian-influenced electronic music styles (yowza). With local DJs Keen, ZoneSoldier, Solid-State and Raven Digitalis. Palace. 9 PM. Free. Also includes a performance by The Solid-State Dancers, plus a $3 vodka/Roaring Lion Bluephoria energy drink special.

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

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Maps & Atlases brings rock and roll GPS to Stage 112 inside the Elk’s Lodge, 112 Pattee St., with Young Man and local dudesters Boys.

9 PM. $12/$10 advance at Rockin Rudy’s.

Keep it copacetic and check out rock and roll lifers Local H, who arrive at the Top Hat stage to remind the audience about that time in ‘95 when they took acid and sat on top of the washing machine while it was on the spin cycle. Fuh-reaky! $15/$12 advance.

Do your taxes, friend-o’s, you have until Mon., April 15. Or horde your cash and report nothing like the Paul Revere Society says to do. Send your event info to me by 5 PM on Fri., April 12 to calendar@missoulanews.com.

Alternately, snail mail the stuff to The Calemandar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 5434367. You can also submit stuff online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says “submit an event.”

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pring is here and that means you’ve probably been pulling out some of your gear in preparation for summertime camping fun. If you’re like me, pulling out gear means digging through piles of sleeping bags, pads, rarely used packs, nylon bags filled with stillin-the-package headlamps and more gloves than a baseball team. Good news, though: You can slim down that gear mound and feel good about doing so when you donate your surplus goodies to the Gear for Garhwal.

The Nature Link Institute runs the program, which helps outfit the Mountain Shepherds, a villager-ownedand-operated Himalayan guide service in northern India.

The most-needed gear includes three- and four-season tents, sleeping bags, climbing gear, performance layers and more. Bear in mind that the folks from this part of

the world are diminutive and likely unable to wear your XXL fleece vests (women’s small through men’s large preferred). All cash donations help pay the baggage fees to transport the gear to India, as well as construction of storage facilities.

—Jason McMackin The Gear for Garhwal Kettlehouse Community Unite Pint Night takes place Wed., April 18, from 5–8 PM. Gear can be dropped off at the pint night and through April 30 at locations such as REI, The Trail Head and the UM Outdoor Program space. For more information visit nature-link.org or mountainshepherds.com.

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THURSDAY APRIL 11 Get your paddle wet at the UM Outdoor Program’s Fundamentals of Whitewater Kayaking course. This six-week course starts with the basics in the Grizzly Pool and works its way up to a couple of nice little floats on the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers. Call 406-243-5172.

During the Clark Fork Coalition Walks & Talks: Exploring Missoula’s Urban Islands, see firsthand the impact that invasive trees are having along the Clark Fork River at Missoula’s recently purchased conservation lands parcel with Conservation Lands Manager Morgan Valliant. Learn about the city’s weed management strategy, how to ID invasive plants and how this parcel will be used for public access. Participants should meet at California St. along the north side of the river. Noon. For more information visit clarkfork.org Want to soar with eagles and not be surrounded by turkeys? Attend the Five Valleys Audubon workshop for intermediate birders that takes place over the course of three Thursdays and also has a day trip to the Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. The classes take place at the FWP Regional Office, 3201 Spurgin Rd. 7–9:30 PM. $35. To sign up, contact Larry at 549-5632 or bwsgenea@onlinemt.com.

Time for flower power, people. The Montana Native Plant Society hosts a bevy of photographers to get you stoked for summer flower finding at the Montana Native Plant Society slideshow event. Gallagher Business Bldg. Rm. L09. 7:30 PM. Free.

FRIDAY APRIL 12 Active outdoor lovers are invited to the Mountain Sports Club’s weekly meeting to talk about past glories and upcoming activities at Bigfork’s Swan River Inn. 6–8 PM. Free.

Make sure your first time is special by attending First Timer Friday at the Freestone Climbing Center, 935 Toole Ave. in Missoula, at 7 PM. Free if it’s your first visit.

Support the Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation, see some pretty films and

possibly win some great prizes at the 2013 Telluride Mountainfilm Festival at the Wilma Theatre.

Drinks at 6 PM, films at 7 PM. $12/$10 for students. Tickets available at REI. The Trail Head and selwaybitterroot.org.

SATURDAY APRIL 13 Run for the Trees, run for your life (see trees like take in carbon dioxide and totally create oxygen and stuff). Runners in this 5K, which takes place on Missoula’s Riverfront Trail, celebrate Arbor Month, receive a T-shirt and a seedling.

Grow on and visit runforthetrees.org.

Don’t run on a full stomach during Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which occur at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. in Missoula. It’s after the run/walk that you can grab breakfast with other participants. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org.

Let it Reign

WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 The UM Outdoor Program hosts a Used Outdoor Gear Sale open to the public. To sell your old gear bring it to the University Center Theater between 7 and 11 AM. Shop from Noon–5 PM. The Outdoor programs collects 15% of the sale price. Now, go clean out that garage.

Looking for the ultimate athletic experience? Need something fun to do this spring?

Then register for the Missoula Ultimate Frisbee Spring League. No prior experience necessary.

Fee includes disc, shirt, beer (21+) and fun times every Wed. evening at 6 PM through May 29. Playfair Park, 1600 Bancroft St. $45. Visit missoulaultimate.com.

THURSDAY APRIL 18 Get your paddle wet at the UM Outdoor Program’s Fundamentals of Whitewater Kayaking course. This six-week course starts with the basics in the Grizzly Pool and works its way up to a couple of nice little floats on the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers. Call 406-243-5172. calendar@missoulanews.com

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Ten years ago this country and a so-called “coalition of the willing” invaded Iraq in order to disarm and ultimately destroy the country’s longtime dictator Saddam Hussein. Regardless of how you might feel about the reasons for going to war or the fact that we still have people stationed there, the fact is the war has affected hundreds of thousands of troops and their families, as well as taken a toll on that country’s civilian population which has experienced 100,000 to 1,000,000 deaths, depending upon the source. But what have the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost our society? How has our world changed since the initial invasion? What have we accomplished?

These are the questions that the UM Students for Peace and Justice hope to begin to answer during its inaugural Peace Week commemoration of the Iraq invasion.

Throughout the six-day event a wide variety of speakers discuss the public perception of the Iraq War, now and then, as well as methods of achieving global peace such as multicultural learning solutions. The first

keynote speaker is Army Captain Paul Chappell who gives a lecture called, “Are Human Beings Naturally Violent and is War Inevitable?” Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002 and left the military in 2009 after being deployed to Iraq. The second keynote speaker is Tammara Rosenleaf, who talks about what it is like to live with a 65% disabled veteran (according to the Veteran’s Administration), her husband, Iraq veteran Sean Hefflin. Rosenleaf is an activist working to help military members and their families receive better care upon returning from combat. Wisely, Peace Week also hosts on-campus veterans such as Brandon Bryant, a current UM student who discusses his time flying drones for the US military.

—Jason McMackin Peace Week takes place throughout the UM campus from Mon., April 15 through Sat., April 20. For a complete schedule of events visit peaceandfilmsjustice.org.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY APRIL 11

Suggested Donation $35.

The film Occupy Love explores how the Occupy movement can usurp the power of the current economic system and bring love to your fellow humans. Sponsored by Transition Town Missoula.

Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. Free, but donations are accepted.

MONDAY APRIL 15

SATURDAY APRIL 13

TUESDAY APRIL 16

Do some spring cleaning and help raise funds for some good little eggs during the Sussex School Ecothon. K–8th grade kids collect pledges to pick up litter and work on other community projects.

So clean out your purse and clean up your hood by donating and calling Robin at 549-8327.

Support the Relay for Life fight against cancer by purchasing some gently used office equipment and supplies at the Allegiance Benefit Plan Management / Allegiance Life & Health Parking Lot Rummage Sale, at 2806 Garfield St. (corner of Garfield and Brooks across from the Nissan Dealership). 8–Noon.

The Maclay Bridge Alliance Benefit Auction & Fundraiser hosts a historical walking tour at 11 AM at Maclay Bridge and ends at the Target Range School, where a BBQ immediately follows, with live music, kids activities, silent auction, split-thepot and more. Free.

Be a good kid, and help out Special Olympics at the fourth annual Montana Sports Legend event. For tickets go to First Interstate Bank South Branch, 3502 Brooks St. $75. 6 PM.

SUNDAY APRIL 14 Pound that table and raise a ruckus or simply listen politely at the Missoula Democrats legislative update and fundraiser: What’s Happening in Helena? The Dinny Building, 2875 Tina Ave. 4–6 PM.

Professor Chris Muste discusses the public perception of the Iraq War during his lecture, “Looking Back on 10 Years of War & Activism.” The lecture is part of Peace Week. UM North Underground Lecture Hall. 5–7 PM. Free.

Help the people that help the people find affordable, safe housing and educational opportunities for those in need at the Homeword Chug for Charity where 50 cents of each pint sold at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., aids the group. 5–8 PM. The Missoula Patriots hosts a program called Jihad in America wherein the group screens the video, The Grand Deception, a film about the Muslim Brotherhood in America. Valley Christian School, 2526 Sunset Ln. 7 PM. Free.

Peace Week organizers screen the film, The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends, which tells the stories of soldiers returning from Iraq and their post-war lives. Gallagher Business Bldg. Rm. 123.

7–9 PM. Free.

THURSDAY APRIL 18 The deputy secretary of the Department of the Interior and legal experts from around the country converge at UM to discuss energy law and policy on public lands during the 35th Public Land Law Symposium. The conference’s theme is “Balancing Act and Paradigm Shift: The Role of Public Lands in America’s Energy Future.” The event is hosted by the Public Land & Resources Law Review, the UM School of Law and the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy and Resources. UC Ballroom. Starts at 8 AM. For a full schedule visit publiclandlawreview.com

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

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It felt too awkward to keep standing there, so I just mumbled goodbye and walked to my car. Pathetic, huh?

—Kicking Myself It's good to keep a woman guessing— but not as to whether you want her to go out with you or give you the Heimlich maneuver.

A Dutch study confirmed what you and most of us already know—that talking to a hot woman can turn a man's brain into a pudding cup. The researchers—a team led by Dr. Johan C. Karremans—did the study after one of them was chatting up a "very attractive girl" he'd just met, intent on impressing her, but when she asked him where he lived, he suddenly couldn't remember his street address.

University of Chicago researcher Dr. Sian Beilock, author of "Choke"—a book about overcoming performance anxiety in sports, business, and the arts—explains that we have different types of memory. The type crapping out on you every time your head says "Well, hello, beautiful!" is "working memory," the cognitive horsepower that allows you to hold relevant information in mind (and protect that information from disappearing) while you're trying to do something else. Stressing about what a woman might think of you and overthinking things you normally do without much thought, like tossing around witty banter, depletes working memory resources that would otherwise be available—maybe to the point where you find yourself glancing around the bar for help recalling the simplest facts about yourself: "My name?

Uh...Bud. Bud Light."

You stop the pretty ladies from pulling the fire alarm in your head and evacuating your every thought the same way you, haw-haw, get to Carnegie Hall—practice. Beilock lays out numerous examples that suggest that the more you practice under pressure the less likely you'll be to choke when the stress is on. For example, golfers who had their putting practice sessions videotaped and judged by coaches did much better in competition than those who practiced without scrutiny. You,

likewise, would probably be helped by going out and practicing hitting on hot women with your friends watching in the wings or—better yet, to raise the stakes— with them watching and placing bets with you on how you'll do. To avoid self-conscious overthink, shift your focus from fretting about what a woman thinks of you to having a good time saying things you find interesting and fun. With practice, words should stop deserting you and you should have fewer grammatical accidents, making you far less likely to compliment a beautiful woman on how smashing she looks with, "Drop dead, gorgeous."

SPEED MATING This guy and I ended up having sex on the first date. I asked him whether he'd done this before and still had a relationship, and he said yes, but it didn't last. He said that for our next date, we should do something not involving sex and said we should meet for coffee on Friday. He texted to say the sex was great, and I told him I hope he doesn't feel different about me, and he said he doesn't. But, now he's texting me much less, and Friday came and went with no mention of getting together.

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There are two surefire ways to see that a guy sticks around after sex on the first date: handcuffing him to the headboard or developing magical powers to control men and small appliances with your hair. Otherwise, you should assume that sex on the first date will be sex on the last date. This isn't to say it necessarily will be. But no matter how good a man's intentions, he can't reprogram male psychology, which evolved to push him to seek sex without commitment with as many women as he can. (All the better to leave lots of offspring to pass on his genes.) What keeps a man coming back aren't good intentions; it takes an emotional connection that overwhelms his urge to be on to the next. So, whenever it's possible you'll want a particular guy in your life for more than an afternoon, see that you take things slowly enough for an emotional bond to develop. In other words, if you wind up on your back on the first date, he'd better be standing over you asking, "Oh, my gosh...you okay?"

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): German theologian Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a central figure in the rebellion against the Catholic Church that led to the Protestant Reformation. You'll never guess where he was when he was struck by the epiphany that became the core axiom of his new religion. I'll tell you: He was sitting on the toilet in the Wittenberg Monastery. The Holy Spirit gave him the crucial knowledge then and there, or so he testified. In this spirit, Aries, keep a very open mind about where you will be and what you will be doing when your illuminations arrive this week.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your task is to uncover the semi-happy ending that was hidden back in the story's beginning. Once you do that, you may be able to create a graceful and honorable climax. In fact, I don't think you will be able to bring about the semi-happy ending any other way. It's crucial that you return to the original flash of inspiration—the time when all the plot lines that eventually developed were first germinating. You need to remember fate's primal promise. You've got to read the signs you missed in the early going.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you play poker, the odds are one in 649,740 that you will get a royal flush. That's an ace, king, queen, jack and ten of one suit. As for drawing a straight flush— any five consecutive cards of one suit—the odds are one in 72,192. Judging from the current astrological omens, Gemini, I'd say your chance of getting one of those hands is far better than usual—maybe one in 88,000 for the royal flush and one in 8,888 for the straight flush. But those still aren't great odds. On the other hand, getting a flush—all five cards of the same suit—is normally one in 509, but these days it's pretty likely for you. The moral of the story, not just for when you're playing cards, but in whatever you do: Expect really good luck, but not miraculous, out-of-this-world luck.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place," wrote the poet Rumi.

This is excellent advice for you right now, Cancerian. You are nearing the peak of your power to express yourself with beautiful accuracy. You have more skill than usual at understanding and conveying the interesting truth. As a result, you're in a position to wield extra influence. People are receptive to being moved by your heart-felt intelligence. So please do more than simply push for greater efficiency, order, and discipline. Those things are good, but I hope you will also be a radiant role model who exemplifies what it means to be soulful.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Golden Rock is a Buddhist holy site in Burma. It's a small pagoda built on top of a giant boulder that in turn seems to be precariously balanced at the edge of a down-sloping bed of rock. How does the boulder remain stationary? Why doesn't it roll off the edge? It appears to defy gravity. Legend says that it's held in place by a single strand of hair from the Buddha's head. I suspect that many of you Leos will soon have access to a tricky asset with resemblances to that magic strand. True, it might be merely metaphorical. But if used correctly, it could become a key element in a future foundation.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It's Soul-Searching Season: a good time to go in search of your soul. To aid your quest, I'll offer a few lines from "A Few Words on the Soul," a poem by Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska. "We have a soul at times," she says. "No one's got it non-stop, for keeps. Day after day, year after year may pass without it. For every thousand conversations, it participates in one, if even that, since it prefers silence. It's picky: our hustling for a dubious advantage and creaky machinations make it sick. Joy and sorrow aren't two different feelings for it. It attends us only when the two are joined. We can count on it when we're sure of nothing and curious about everything. It won't say where it comes from or when it's taking off again, though it's clearly expecting such questions. We need it but apparently it needs us for some reason too." (Translation by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh. Read the whole poem here: http://tinyurl.com/SearchSoul.)

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "I do not believe in God," said Mexican painter Diego Rivera, "but I believe in Picasso." My poet-musician friend Tanya has a similar philosophy. "I don't believe in God, or even Goddess, for that matter," she says. "But I do believe in Patti Smith." Do you have a God-substitute, Libra? Or, if you do have faith in a Cosmic Wow, is there also a more approachable, second-tier source of divinity you love? According to my reading of the astrological omens, you would really benefit from feeling an intimate kind of reverence right now—a tender devotion for something higher and brighter that awakens the sleeping part of your lust for life.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): This would be an excellent time to stage staring contests with yourself in the mirror. There's a high likelihood that you will win every time. I think you'll also have great success whenever you try to read your own mind. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you've got an uncanny knack for plucking buried secrets and self-deceptions out of their hiding places. One more thing, Scorpio: Have you ever considered how fun it might be to wash your own brain and kick your own butt? Now would be an excellent time to experiment with those radical acts of healing.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness," writes novelist Chuck Palahniuk. "We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace." Your assignment in the coming days, Sagittarius, is to prove Palahniuk wrong.

As the surges of sweetness flow through you, as your secret joy ripens into bright blooming bliss, imprint the sensations on your memory. Vow to remember them for the rest of your life. Make these breakthrough moments into talismans that will serve as magical spells whenever you need rejuvenation in the future.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein had his priorities straight. This is what he said about his profession: "In philosophy the race is won by the one who can run slowest—the one who crosses the finish line last." It's my belief, Capricorn, that a similar rule should apply to you in the coming days—no matter what project you're working on or goal you're trying to accomplish. Proceed slowly enough to be absolutely thorough, meticulous, and conscientious. As you make your way to the finish line, be as deep as you dare.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In Samuel Beckett's novel Molloy, the main character talks about a long overland journey he took on foot and by bicycle. Before the trip, he had read somewhere that when people are lost in a forest, they often imagine they're moving in a straight line when in fact they're going in a circle. That's why, during his own travels, he intentionally walked in a circle, hoping thereby to go straight. Although this might sound like a loopy strategy, Aquarius, I think it will make sense for you to adopt in the coming week. Your apparent path may be very different, maybe even opposite, to your actual path.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you in competition with someone who is doing mediocre work? Do you find it incomprehensible that anyone would pay attention to that weak expression instead of flocking to your beautiful vibe? If so, here's my advice. Withdraw your attention from your inferior opponent. Don't waste a minute feeling jealous or resentful or incredulous. Instead, concentrate your energy on making your production so strong and smart and irresistible that you simply overshadow and overwhelm your rival's.

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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, until 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the following: City of Missoula Curb and Sidewalk Improvements Catlin St. – S 3rd St. W to 12th St. W Project 09-004 This project consists of installing approximately 14,000 square feet of new sidewalk and 5,000 lineal feet of new curb, associated asphalt repairs and other miscellaneous work. Bidders shall submit sealed bids as prescribed in the Project Manual addressed to the City Clerk, City of Missoula, enclosed in sealed envelopes plainly marked on the outside “Proposal for City of

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turn of the plans and specifications in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors doing work on this project will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA 39-9-211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1-406-444-7734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project.

All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor performing work on a “Public works contract” shall not pay less than the latest Montana Labor Standard Provisions minimum wage as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. A copy of said wage rate is attached as part of the contract documents. The provisions of this part do not apply in those instances in which the standard prevailing rate of wages is determined by federal law. “Public works contract” means a contract for construction services let by the state, county, municipality, school district, or political subdivision or for non-construction services let by the state, county, municipality, or political subdivision in which the total cost of the contract is in excess of $25,000. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against on the basis race, an-

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

Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 4/22/2013 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 4/25/2013 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale.

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cestry, color, physical or mental disability, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or familial status, creed, ex-offender status, physical condition, political belief, public assistance status or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, except where these criteria are reasonable bona fide occupational qualifications. Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula Business Licensing requirements. The City of Missoula reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids, and, if all bids are rejected, to re advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City’s requirements. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to the bid opening at 2:00 p.m. on April 16, 2013. The City of Missoula provides accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in any service, program, or activity of the City. To request accommodation, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (406)5526079. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the city’s website

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

A live auction will be held Monday, April 22nd at 12:30 pm at 8700 Roller Coaster Rd, Missoula, MT 59808. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEA0RING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on April 22, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to hear public comment on the following two ordinances: An ordinance to amend Chapter 20.45 “Accessory Uses and Structures“ sections 20.45.060 (Accessory Dwelling Units) Title 20, City Zoning Ordinance of the Missoula Municipal Code, expanding the applicability to all single dwelling residential districts and revising the standards. An ordinance to amend

PUBLIC NOTICE The Missoula City Council will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Monday, May 6, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana: 2130 Livingston – Car Wash/Cleaning Service Conditional UseRequest from Peter McCue for a Conditional Use approval at 2130 Livingston (see Map E), zoned C1-4 (Neighborhood Commercial).

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29 Detoxifying site 30 River biter 31 Very, to Valdez 32 See 26-across 38 "Love Story" author Segal 39 One URL ending 40 Impede, as with "the works" 42 Line from 1999's "The Sixth Essen" about visiting Miami?

45 Biochemistry abbr.

46 Diploma alternative 47 ___ Avivan 48 With 59-across, line from 1950's "Unsets Blvd." about a new marriage counselor?

53 David ___ Pierce 54 Naive utterances 55 "___ Gang" 56 ___ Dark Materials (Philip Pullman trilogy) 57 Garden gate fastener 59 See 48-across 64 How actors can cry 65 Olympics prize 66 Eggs 67 Fill-in-the-blank survey option 68 California town that used to have a palindromic bakery 69 Animator Avery

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1 It's not PC? 2 "Love ___ Battlefield" (Pat Benatar) 3 Pre-butterfly creature 4 Slapstick ammo 5 Neither Dem. nor Rep. 6 China's Chou En-___ 7 Lancome competitor 8 It may be peddled 9 Biggest city in Ga. 10 Two that are trouble 11 Houston player 12 Cloth fold 13 Dance like an Argentine 18 ___-wee Herman 22 Big rig 24 Mr. Hoggett's wife, in "Babe" 25 "Heidi" author Johanna 26 Fast plane, for short 27 Make ___ for mercy 28 Moved forward quickly 30 Goddess of wisdom 33 Arctic drama 34 Announcer Hall 35 Tierra del ___ 36 Place to save game progress, on some cartridges 37 Had free reign of 41 Brazilian soccer legend 43 Woodworking groove 44 Apiece 48 Cold storage?

49 Signified 50 Dry heave 51 Delish 52 Fast food fixture 53 Style-conscious 56 Dance with a story 58 "Cover ___ Face" (P.D. James book) 60 B-F connectors 61 Mighty tree 62 The night before Christmas, say 63 Marching band instrument

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PUBLIC NOTICES Chapter 20.60 “Parking and Access” Section 20.60.020 (C) (Off-Street Parking Schedule) Title 20, City Zoning Ordinance of the Missoula Municipal Code, revising the parking requirements for parcels containing two units including accessory dwelling units. All persons interested may appear and provide comments at the hearing or may file written comments with the City Clerk prior to the date of hearing. Mail any comments to: Public Hearing Comment, City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. For further information contact Tom Zavitz, Development Services at 552-6632 or Laval Means, Development Services at 552-6628. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on April 15, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to hear public comment on a resolution to adopt Reaching Home: Missoula’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness. For further information contact Ginny Merriam, Communications Officer Director, at 552-6007. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk Joan E. Cook, LAW OFFICE OF JOAN E. COOK, 2423 Mullan Road, Missoula, MT 59808. (406) 543-3800 office@cooklaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-13-70 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DARLENE MORGAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that John P. Morgan 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 above-named as the attorney of record for the Personal Representative, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 3rd day of April, 2013. /s/ Joan E. Cook MISSOULA COUNTY Missoula County Invitation to Bid Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Missoula County Public Works Department until 10:00 A.M., Wednesday April 17th 2013 at which time bids will be opened and read in the Public Work’s Conference Room for the purpose of applying Magnesium Chloride Dust Palliative to approximately 40 miles of gravel roads throughout various geographic areas within Missoula County. All work is to be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications on file in the Office of the Public Works Department and shall be performed under the supervision of the Director of Public Works or his designated representative. Specifica-

tions and bid procedures can be obtained at the Office of Public Works at 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT. Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract and in the form specified in MCA 18-1-203, for example: cash, cashier’s check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft, any of which must be drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the state of Montana or a banking association incorporated under the Laws of Montana; or a bid bond or bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the state of Montana. THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE lowest responsible qualified bidder whose bid proposal complies with all the requirements. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “Proposals for 2013 Missoula County Road Dust Abatement Program” and addressed to: Missoula County Public Works 2013 Dust Abatement Bid 6089 Training Drive Missoula, MT 59808 MISSOULA COUNTY Missoula County Invitation to Bid Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Missoula County Public Works Department until 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, April 24th, at which time bids will be opened and read in the conference room, for the purpose of providing 6000 tons of ” Asphaltic Plant Mix. All work is to be performed in accordance with the plans

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and specifications on file in the Office of the Public Works Department and shall be performed under the supervision of the Director of Public Works or his designated representative. Specifications and bid procedures can be obtained at the Public Works Department at 6089 Training Drive, Missoula Montana, 59808.

Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract and in the form specified in MCA 181-203, for example: cash, cashier’s check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft, any of which must be drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the state of Montana or a banking association incorporated under the Laws of Montana; or a bid bond or bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the state of Montana. THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE lowest responsible qualified bidder whose bid proposal complies with all the requirements. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “2013 Bid for ” Asphaltic Plant Mix” and addressed to: Missoula County Public Works Department 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, Montana, 59808 MISSOULA COUNTY Notice of Election: School District Election Notice is hereby given that on May 7th, 2013, a mail ballot election for the election for Missoula County School Districts will be held.

Drop off locations will open at 7:00 a.m. and will continue to be open

until 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. All electors, as defined in Title 13, are those who reside in the District and are registered to vote by the close of registration on April 8th, 2013.

DROP OFF LOCATIONS: 1. Missoula Fairgrounds Election Center, 1101 South Ave, W, Bldg 15, Missoula, MT 59801 2. Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 3. Hellgate Elementary Administrative Bldg, 2385 Flynn Ln, Missoula, MT 59808 4.

Lolo Elementary Lower Gym, 1139 HWY 93 S, Lolo, MT 59847 5. Potomac Elementary, 29750 Potomac Road, Potomac, Montana 59823 6.

Target Range School, 4095 South Ave W, Missoula, MT 59804 7. Clinton School, 20397 E Mullan Rd, Clinton, MT 59825 8. Seeley Lake Elementary School, 200 School Ln, Seeley Lake, MT 59868 9. Lowell School, 1200 Sherwood St., Missoula, Mt. 59802 10. Paxson Elementary School, S Higgins Ave, Missoula, Mt 59801 11. Rattlesnake Elementary School, 1220 Pineview Dr, Missoula, MT 59802 12. Russell Elementary School, 3216 Russell St, Missoula, MT 59801 13. Frenchtown Fire Station, 16837 Marion Frenchtown, MT 59834 ELECTIONS BEING HELD: 1. Missoula Elementary School District No. 1: Trustee & Tech Fund Levy Election 2. Missoula High School District No. 1: Trustee & Tech Fund Levy Election 3. Hellgate Elementary School District No. 4: General Fund Levy Election 4. Target Range Elementary School District No. 23: Trustee Election 5. Clinton Elementary School District No. 32: Trustee & General

Fund Levy Election 6. Swan Valley Elementary School District No. 33: General Fund Levy Election 7.

Frenchtown Public Schools District No. 40: Trustee & General Fund Levy Election Absentee ballots for the May 7th, School Election may be acquired at the Elections Center at the Missoula County Fairgrounds weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Dated this 4rd day of April, 2013. /s/ Vickie M. Zeier Election Administrator, Missoula County Run Date: April 11th, 2013 (Not more than 40 days or less than 20 days before election).

MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE OF HEARING MACLAY BRIDGE PLANNING STUDY FINAL REPORT Notice is hereby given that the Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a Public Hearing on the Final Report that has been issued for the Maclay Bridge Planning Study. The Maclay Bridge Planning Study identifies reasonable options to address safety, geometric, and environmental concerns based on needs to increase safety and efficiency for the traveling public. Missoula County staff will provide a summary of the Final Report that recommends replacing the Maclay Bridge with a new structure on South Avenue. The Planning Study was funded by the Montana Department of Transportation and replacement of the Maclay Bridge is eligible for Federal Off-System Bridge Program funding. Upon completion of the Hearing, the Missoula Board of County Commissioners will provide a letter of instruction to

the Montana Department of Transportation indicating how Missoula County wishes to proceed with this project. The Commissioners will conduct the hearing at a Special Public Meeting on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, beginning at 4:00 PM, at the Missoula County Administration Building, 199 West Pine, Missoula, MT 59802, Room Admin B14, lower level. Any person wishing to be heard on the matter may submit written or other materials to the Commissioners and/or speak at the hearing. Comments may be submitted any time prior to the hearing by phone, mail, fax or e-mail to the Board of County Commissioners, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, Fax: (406) 721-4043, Phone: (406) 258-4877; E-Mail: bcc@co.missoula.mt.us. Comments may also be submitted by personal delivery to the Commissioners at the Missoula County Administration Building, 199 West Pine, Missoula, MT 59802, Second Floor. Additional information on the hearing may be obtained from Lewis YellowRobe (258-4651, lyellowrobe@co.missoula.mt.us) or Erik Dickson (2583772, edickson@co.missoula.mt.us).

Printed copies of the Final Report are available for review at the Missoula County Commissioners office (199 West Pine), the Missoula County Community and Planning Services office (317 Woody) and the Missoula County Public Works office (6089 Training Drive). An electronic version is available at the Missoula County Public Works website at www.co.missoula.mt.us/PublicWorks/. BY ORDER OF THE MIS-

PUBLIC NOTICES SOULA BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DATED THIS 1st DAY OF APRIL, 2013 MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE TO INACTIVE VOTERS OR NONRESIDENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE SEELEY LAKE RURAL FIRE DISTRICT A trustee election for the Seeley Lake Rural Fire District will be held on May 7, 2013. This election will be held by mail ballot with the ballots being mailed to all active, registered voters within the district on April 22nd. According to M.C.A. 7-332106 (2) “An elector, who resides in the district who presents a proof of payment of taxes on the lands at the polling place is eligible to vote in the election.” Since this election is being held by mail ballot, any inactive voters or property owners who do not live in the district will need to request a ballot from the Missoula County Election Administrator. The request should include voter name, address, date of birth, signature and either a copy of a tax bill or a tax ID number.

The request may be mailed to: Missoula County Election Administrator, 200 W Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. Or faxed to: 406-258-3913. If you have questions, please call the Election Office at 258-4751.

MISSOULA COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE MISSOULA COUNTY FY 2014 APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (CBOs) Fiscal Year 07/1/2013 to 06/30/2014 Missoula County is currently accepting applications from governmental or health

and human service nonprofit organizations that provide basic needs assistance to at-risk populations, or prevent or reduce homelessness in Missoula County. Priority will be given to the projects or services that provide food, medical services, shelter and emergency transportation to at-risk and homeless populations. Organizations that presently receive funding from Missoula County’s Community-Based Organization (CBO) Program may complete an abbreviated application and one-page budget form. For more information, please call (406) 258-4743. The application forms are available at the CBO Program website: http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/opgweb/Grants/CBO_Program.htm. An original and seven hard copies of the application must be complete and received on time in the Department of Grants and Community Programs (formerly Office of Planning and Grants) at a new address, 127 West Spruce Street, Missoula, Montana, 59802, by 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The mailing address is Department of Grants and Community Programs, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. Postmark not acceptable. Allow extra days for delivery in order for your application to be received on time. New programs and applicants will need to complete a full application; please call (406) 258-3712 for assistance.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DV-13-340 Dept. No. 1 Ed McLean NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Jesse Thomas Whiddon-Allen, Petitioner.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Jesse Thomas Whiddon-Allen has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from Jesse Thomas Whiddon-Allen to Jesse Thomas Whiddon and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 8th day of May, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. in the Missoula Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, in courtroom number 1. At any time before the hearing, objections my be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. DATED this 22nd day of March, 2013. (SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Cady Sowre, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-18 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF CHERYL L. BAKER a/k/a CHERYL BAKER McGILL, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Timothy S. McGill has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Timothy S. McGill, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Dan Cederberg, PO Box 8234, Missoula, Montana 59807-8234, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 19th day of March, 2013. CEDERBERG LAW OFFICES, P.C., 269 West Front Street, PO Box 8234, Missoula, MT 59807-8234 /s/ Dan G. Cederberg Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-13-347 Dept. No. 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Notice of Hearing on Change of Name In the Matter of the Name Change of ROBIN RENAE GOULD, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from ROBIN RENAE GOULD, to

ROBIN RENAE GOULD-JONES. The hearing will be on April 30, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 03/28/2013. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court by: Maria Cassidy, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DP-13-75 Department No.: 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III District Court Judge NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RONALD ALLEN PFLUG, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate.

All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jennifer Heindel, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Grant S. Snell, Crowley Fleck PLLP, PO Box 759, Kalispell, Montana 59903-0759, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated this 4th day of April , 2013. /s/ JENNIFER HEINDEL, Personal Representative Ronald Allen Pflug Estate CROWLEY FLECK PLLP P. O. Box 759 Kalispell, MT 59903-0759 By /s/ GRANT S. SNELL Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-13-372 Dept. No.: 3 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Karen Iris Bogen, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Karen Iris Bogen to Kari Ann Owen. The hearing will be on 05/02/13 at 9:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 3/28/2013. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-13-67 NO-

TICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOY ANN MADSEN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to David Madsen, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 25th day of March, 2013, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ David Madsen BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for David Madsen, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-13-35 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOYCE A. ANDERSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Carl Anderson has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 West Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 27th day of March, 2013 /s/ Carl Anderson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Joyce A. Anderson /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-13-50 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ELIZABETH HALL, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Robert Buckner, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C., 1821 South Avenue West, Third Floor, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 13th day of March, 2013. /s/ Robert Buckner, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-2013-48 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: MAE LOUISE MURPHY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Joseph Murphy or Catherine Hazenberg, the Co-Personal Representatives return receipt requested, at c/o Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C., 1821 South Avenue West, Third Floor, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 14th day of March, 2013. /s/ Joseph Murphy, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-13-56 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Leland E. Graves, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the un-

dersigned 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 Mary Ellen Osowski, return receipt requested, at 401 River Drive, Lolo, MT 59847 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 8th day of March 2013. /s/ Mary Ellen Osowski MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-13-60 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM C. FISCHER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Joseph Louis Fischer, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane PC, PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 14th day of March, 2013. /s/ Joseph Louis Fischer, Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. /s/ Joseph Louis Fischer WORDEN THANE, P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative /s/ Jane E. Crowley MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY. Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-13-64 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BENJAMIN F. FLAIG, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication

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PUBLIC NOTICES of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Bryan J. Flaig, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg, P.C., PO Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 19th day of March, 2013, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Bryan J. Flaig, BOONE KARLBERG, P.C. By: /s/ Thomas H. Boone, Esq., PO Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Bryan J. Flaig, Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to Section 71-1-301 et seq. of the Montana Code Annotated, the undersigned trustee hereby gives notice of a trustee’s sale to be held on the 22nd day of May, 2013, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., at or near the south entrance to the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, Missoula, Montana, to sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: The NW1/4 of the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 and the SW1/4 of the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 18, Township 12 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana; and A tract of land being in the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 18, Township 12 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, Excepting Therefrom the E1/2 of said tract previously conveyed by grantors to Judy D. Jones pursuant to an Order of the Missoula County Fourth Judicial District Court dated April 15, 1987 and recorded in Book 260 of Micro Records at Page 1021 and 1022 of Missoula County, Montana and that certain quit claim deed dated April 13, 1987 and recorded in Book 260 of Micro Records at Page 1023 of Missoula County, Montana.

Recording Reference: Book 826 Micro Records, Page 954 Property Address: 7000 Graves Creek Road, Lolo, MT 59847. ESI

#187, LLC, as exchange intermediary for owners Kella J. Babcock and John B. Leone, as Grantor, conveyed the above-described real property, and the improvements situated thereon, to First American Title Company of Missoula, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Stuart F. Larkin, Mary Jo Dunham, and Julie B. Oman, now known as Julie B. Crawley, who were designated as Beneficiary in a Montana Trust Indenture dated May 1, 2009, and recorded May 1, 2009 in Book 838 of Micro Records, Page 791, and as instrument No. 200910154, records of Missoula County, Montana. Said Trust Indenture anticipated and called for the transfer of the real property to Babcock and Leone, and their assumption of the obligations contained therein. The obligation secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture is now in default, in that payments on the promissory note secured by the Trust Indenture have not been made as required. Monthly payments of $3,101.20 which became due on November 1, 2012, December 1, 2012, and January 1, 2013, plus late charges and other charges are now due and owing. The total balance owing as of January 18, 2013 is the sum of $371,643.50, which amount includes the principal and unpaid interest from October 10, 2012, inclusive of default interest rate. In addition, late fees, long term escrow fees, title/foreclosure guarantee expense, and legal expenses are due and owing; plus all additional accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, title expenses, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. In addition, Beneficiary is in default of terms and provisions contained in Section 23 of said Trust Indenture. In accordance with the provisions of the promissory note and Trust Indenture, the amount owing the Beneficiary has accelerated to the full remaining balance due under the terms of the Trust Indenture and promissory note, and Beneficiary has elected to sell the interest of ESI #187, LLC and its successors and assigns Kella J. Bab-

cock and John B. Leone, and their successors and assigns, in and to the aforedescribed property, subject to all easements, restrictions, encumbrances or covenants existing of record at the time of the said Trust Indenture, to satisfy the obligation owing.

Beneficiary has designated Chris Johnson, of Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C. a licensed Montana attorney, as Successor Trustee to conduct such sale proceedings.

The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only the Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. Bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding and no later than the end of business on the date of sale, in cash or cash equivalent (certified checks, cashier’s checks, or wire transfers). Conveyance will be by trustee’s deed without any representations or warranty, express or implied, with sale strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. The sale noticed herein may not be terminated except by the tender to the Successor Trustee of all amounts in arrears due and owing to the date of such payment, together with all fees, costs and expenses of sale as incurred. Please contact the Successor Trustee prior to tender of any such payment to verify amounts owing. Those with an interest in the property and who appear from public record to be entitled to notification of these proceedings are: ESI #187, LLC, PO Box 549, Missoula, MT 59801 Kella J. Babcock, John B. Leone, PO Box 224, Lolo, MT 59847 Kella J. Babcock, John B. Leone, 8000 Graves Creek Rd., Lolo, MT 59847 Kella J. Babcock, John B. Leone, 7177 Graves Creek Rd., Lolo, MT 59847 Kella J. Babcock, John B. Leone, 7000 Graves Creek Rd., Lolo, MT 59847 Occupant, 7000 Graves Creek Rd., Lolo, MT 59847 Lumberjack Saloon, Inc., PO Box 224, Lolo, MT 59847 Farmers State Bank, c/o Jennifer Caton, 3130 N. Reserve St., Missoula, MT 59808 Trustee is unaware of any party in possession or claiming right to possession of the subject property other than those persons noticed herein. Trustee may postpone such sale by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in

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the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

DATED this 18th day of January, 2013. /s/ Chris Johnson, Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA ): ss. County of Missoula) This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 18th day of January, 2013 by Chris Johnson, Successor Trustee. /s/ Susan D. Schwarz, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Missoula, Montana My Commission Expires: September 03, 2016. This is an attempt to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/31/10, recorded as Instrument No. 201017175, Bk. 865, Pg. 668, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Casey James Shelden, unmarried was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee.

The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The West one-half of Lot 10, all of Lot 11 in Tract 12 of School Five Acre, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 10/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 8, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan

was $88,424.58. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $84,862.87, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on June 20, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.104666) 1002.242571-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S

SALE on June 3, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THE NORTH 62.5 FEET OF LOTS 4, 5 AND 6 IN BLOCK “F” OF CAR LINE ADDITION NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. RECORDING REFERENCE IN BOOK 776 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1248 TOGETHER WITH A UTILITY EASEMENT AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 540 OF MICRO RECORD AT PAGE 2153. Walter J. Crawford, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on March 27, 2009 and recorded on April 3, 2009 under Document No. 200907483, Book 836, Page 918. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,112.17, beginning October 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 1, 2013 is $156,497.99 principal, interest at the rate of 5.12500% now totaling $3,471.84, late charges in the amount of $135.33, and other fees and expenses advanced of $509.74, plus accruing interest at the rate of $21.97 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates

and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors.

If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

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

PUBLIC NOTICES INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 31, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss.

County of Bingham ) On this 31st day of January, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Guild Mortgage V Crawford 41291.875 Published on 4/4, 4/11 and 4/18/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 7, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 6 IN BLOCK 1 OF TREASURE STATE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Eric Kelley and Allison Kelley, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., A Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 30, 2008 and recorded October 2, 2008 in book 827, page 385, under document number 200822600. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.

The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,515.29, beginning August 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 22, 2013 is $185,586.80 principal, interest at the rate of 6.5000% now totaling $6,869.55, late charges in the amount of $604.66, and other fees and expenses advanced of $255.35, plus accruing interest at the rate of $33.05 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors.

If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property

to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 28, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss.

County of Bingham ) On this 28th day of January, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Guild Vs. Kelley 41291.876 Published April 11, 18 and 25, 2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 20, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT 3 OF MART ADDITION NO. 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF MICHAEL ANNE LEPOLE, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Home123 Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 13, 2006 and recorded January 18, 2006 in Book 767, Page 1149, under Document No. 200601319. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust 2006-NC1, Asset Backed

SUSTAINAFIEDS Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006NC1. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,213.27, beginning August 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 2, 2013 is $164,744.47 principal, interest at the rate of 7.65% now totaling $44,179.56, escrow advances of $14,375.25, and other fees and expenses advanced of $7,145.82, plus accruing interest at the rate of $34.53 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 9, 2013 /s/ Shandale Gordon Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 9th day of January, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Shandale Gordon, know to me to be the As-

sistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Chase Vs. Lepole 41954.440 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEES SALE on May 20, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 5 of D & E HOMESITES, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. ALAN W FUSSELL AND TONYA M FUSSELL, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to American Pioneer Title Insurance, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Beneficial Montana Inc d/b/a Beneficial Mortgage Co, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated August 27, 2007 and Recorded November 14, 2007 in Book 808, Page 1500 under Document No. 200729863. The beneficial interest is currently held by BENEFICIAL FINANCIAL I INC. successor by merger to Beneficial Montana Inc d/b/a Beneficial Mortgage Co. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,378.26, beginning April 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 31, 2012 is $129,889.83 principal, interest at the rate of 12.240% now totaling $54,386.72, late charges in the amount of $620.19, escrow advances of $14,003.87, and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,043.98, plus accruing interest at the rate of $43.56 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors.

If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale

is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shad be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at feast every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 11, 2013 /s/ Shandale Gordon Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 11th day of January, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Shandale Gordon, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Hsbc Vs. Fussell 41472.441 Notice to Lorraine South County Water District members for public meeting to dissolve district. Meeting will be held on May 28, 2013 at 8121 Springtime Road, at 7 pm.

STORAGE UNIT AUCTION On Thursday, April 18th at 1:30 p.m., an auction will be held at Hellgate Canyon Storage located at 730 Clyde St., Missoula, MT 59802 to sell furniture, clothing, household items, etc. stored by Daniel Bullchild (unit #47) and Michael Keeney (unit #56)for unpaid rent.

The Big Flat Irrigation District will hold a meeting to nominate a commissioner for a 3 year term. The meeting will be held at 11510 Kona Ranch Road on April 19, 2013 at 6:00 p.m

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253 Strand. 2 bed, 1.5 bath with hardwood floors, coved ceilings, updated bath. Charming house close to UM. $247,000. Go to MoveMontana.com for more information. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 2533 Old Ranch Road $172,500. Single level living at an affordable price! 2 bed, 2 bath, double garage, nice amenities w/tile work, 9’ ceilings, & front porch. Properties 2000. Call Steve Schultz 2401075.

2961 Mary Jane Boulevard. 3 bed, 2 bath with cathedral ceilings, private backyard, patio & 2 car garage. $205,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

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3 Bdr, 2 Bath Pleasant View home. $205,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr. 2 Bath Windsor Park home. $215,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3325 West Central. 4 bed, 2.5 bath with open kitchen, covered patio & 2 car garage. $288,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 4 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Grant Creek / Prospect Meadows home. $469,900. Prudential Montana.

For more info call Mindy Palmer

@ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

dential, 728, 8270. glasgow@montana.com

4039 Yorkshire Place. Immaculate 3 bed, 2 bath Pleasantview home on large corner lot with covered front porch, deck & 2 car garage. $235,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com

4705 Potter Park Loop. 2 bed, 1 bath partially finished basement & 2 car garage. $169,900.

4705 PotterParkMoveMoontana.com for more details. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5 4 6 - 5 8 1 6 . annierealtor@gmail.com

4315 Melrose. 3 bed, 2 bath with vaulted ceilings, covered front porch and 2 car garage. $247,500.

Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties, 5 4 1 - 7 3 5 5 . milyardhomes@yahoo.com

5209 Dutton Court. 5 bed, 3 bath with fantastic kitchen, laundry room and 3 car garage.

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

4433A Bordeaux. 2 bed, 2 bath with 2 car garage, fenced yard with pergola. Many upgrades including new flooring. $177,900.

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

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

360-8234 Fantastic Home With View 6305 St. Thomas. 4 bed, 3 bath, updated and gorgeous setting with large private lot, double garage, landscaped and ready to move into! $310,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Linda Vista Home to be built at top of Linda Vista with amaz-

REAL ESTATE ing views! One level living, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on corner lot on Jeff Drive. $279,900.

KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com

floor heat, superior insulation, concrete countertops, yard and garage and more! $265,000 KD porticorealestate.com 2405227

Lot 16B MacArthur. 3 bed, 2 bath to be built with fantastic views. $189,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net

Townhome On The River Land Stewardship Program buyers must qualify. Call KD to find out more about this 2 bedroom 1.5 bath condo with the balcony facing the river and right next to the river trail and close to downtown. $135,000. 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

Remarkably Cute 2039 South 10th West. 2 bedroom home on large lot very centrally located near Good Food Store, bike trails and schools. Full basement and single garage. $185,000. KD, Portico Real Estate, 240-5227 www.porticorealestate.com

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

Starting at $144,900. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 8804749. montpref@bigsky.net 526 Minnesota #B. 2 bed, 1.5 bath energy-efficient condo with large front yard. $130,000.

Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com 5604 Bridger Ct #19 $139,000.

GREAT INVESTMENT!! This 3 bed/2.5 bath southside condo has been updated with fresh paint & new flooring. Spacious main floor with fireplace, open layout and vaulted ceiling. Properties 2000. Call Pat @ 406240-2442 for more information on lease amounts or to schedule a showing 6614 MacArthur. 2 bed, 2.5 bath townhome with amazing views. $194,500. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properites.

240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net 803A Pattee Creek. 2. bed, 1.5 bath condo with garage in 55+ community. $129,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000, 2407653. pat@properties2000.com 839 Discovery. 2 bed, 1.5 bath at base of Mt. Jumbo. Patio, balcony, fenced yard & single garage. $170,000.

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

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Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. From $149,900.

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

MANUFACTURED HOMES 1825 Burlington. Two central Missoula lots with 3 bed, 2 bath mobile. Great investment or first time buy. $83,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com 715 Clements. 3 bed, 2 bath mobile & 1 bedroom house on 1/4 acre. $120,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Proper-

ties, 541-7355. homes@yahoo.com

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LAND FOR SALE 23645 Mullan. Beautiful 14 acre treed meadow west of Huson.

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

240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net

COMMERCIAL 1515 S. Reserve $450,000.

Tremendous Investment Opportunity! 32,580 sq. ft. lot with frontage on Reserve Street. 22 storage units, a 3 bed/1,300 sq. ft. house with a 24x32 double garage. Storage units (10’ x

20’). Properties 2000. Call Kristin Larson for details 406672-7030.

514 W. Spruce $244,900. Fully remodeled 3 bed/1 bath home with newer furnace, roof, wiring, plumbing, etc. Zoning allows for numerous uses including office or retail. Low maintenance yard w/ UG sprinklers. This is a must see

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3010 West Central. Nearly 5 acres in Target Range with 3 bed, 1 bath home. Rural living in town. $499,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com

BUYING OR SELLING: Relocating or Investing. Specializing in Farmland, Ranches, Recreational Properties.

Dakota Properties, participating with Cabela’s Trophy Properties. Contact: Mike Konstant, (605)641-0094, (866)914-9278 Rattlesnake Acreage Rattlesnake 1/4 acre lot at the base of Mt. Jumbo with all utilities stubbed to the site and ready to build on. $160,000. KD 2405227. porticorealestate.com

210 Burlington $272,000 MLS #20131400

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4433A Bordeaux Blvd $179,000 MLS# 20123402

riceteam@bigsky.net missoularealestate4sale.com

102 Boardwalk • $285,000 Great Stevensville property with beautifully landscaped yard. Lot is zoned commercial with heated 48'x30' shop with three 10’ x 9' doors and benches and shelves.

Wired for 220 50 amp for welder and a 30 amp 220 for air compressor.

Mullan Heights Riverfront Condos $144,900 - $249,900 Under new ownership! 1 and 2 bedrooms. Large units, nice finishes, secure entry, secure U/G parking, riverfront, affordable HOA dues and much more. Owner financing comparable to FHA terms available with as little as 3.5% down!

Units, pricing and info available at www.mullanheights.com

2405 W. Kent MLS#: 20131013 $199,900

13475 Crystal Creek $249,900 Well-maintained with mature landscaping. Two wood stoves, large deck.

Bonus room downstairs for crafts or small shop.

Near Turah fishing access.

23645 Mullan $169,900 Beautiful 14 acre building lot on Mullan Road.

Seller Motivated!

Must Sell!

15305 Spring Hill $485,000 Beautiful cedar home on 5 acres bordering Forest Service

803 A Pattee Creek Dr. MLS#: 20131074 $129,900

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE!! Very well maintained and updated 3 bedroom/2 bath home in central Missoula. Full basement with family room, bedroom, bath & unfinished storage area. 700sq.ft. main/700sq.ft. basement. Large fenced yard with mature landscaping

Impeccable, bright condo in 55+ community. Enjoy the low maintenance lifestyle with the convenient location across from Playfair Park and close to Pattee Canyon recreational area, grocery store, and shopping. One car garage and additional parking space. Call Pat for more information or to schedule a tour today

Patrick Dauenhauer 240-2442, Pfdauenhauer@gmail.com

Pat McCormick 240-7653, Pat@Properties2000.com

6787 Linda Vista Blvd MLS#: 20130028 $274,000 4 bed 2 bath well-maintained home with basement, garage and fenced yard. New energy-efficient furnace and wood floors.

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

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

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3.2 Acres in the Wye area.

Gorgeous mountain and valley views. $65,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

531 Minnesota. Two great East Missoula building lots. $55,000 each. Robin Rice Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net

property. Properties 2000.

Patrick McCormick 240-7653.

7911 Sugaree, Lolo MLS#: 20130559 $319,000

Very open and spacious 4 bed/2.5 bath home with double car garage. Vaulted ceilings, stainless steel appliances, kitchen offers eat-in with access to the back deck for your enjoyment, and much more. Great views of the Missoula Valley.

Lots of room for everyone and everything w/1,700 sq. ft. on each floor. This is an excellent floor plan w/good sized rooms and vaulted ceilings. The home offers 3 bed/3bath, wrap around deck, and great views of the mountains. The yard is fully landscaped and has u/g sprinklers. The garage is an oversized attached double car garage.

Paula Crews 360-8655, Paula@PaulaCrews.com

Steve Schultz 240-1075, Steve@Properties2000.com

• Bellvue model 3 bed, 2 bath • 2 car attached garage • Fenced backyard, pergola & many upgrades

4433Abordeaux.com For location and more info, view these and other properties at:

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Missoula Properties Glasgow Cell:(406) 544-7507 • glasgow@montana.com

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REAL ESTATE Commercial Suites located on Reserve Street. Move-in incentives available. Fully furnished or vacant. Great Visibility! Properties 2000. Call Deana Ross 2394726 or email: Dross@Properties2000.com.

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

OUT OF TOWN 10 River Rock Lane $2,500,000.

Beautiful Timber frame design 4 bed, 2.5 bath home PLUS 3 bed, 2 bath fully finished guest house along Rock Creek. Properties 2000.

Visit www.10RiverRock.uCanBuyMe.c

om for details or call Don Sokoloski 544-7830.

102 Boardwalk, Stevensville. 3 bed, 2 bath on almost 3 acres with large 48’x30’ heated shop. $285,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties, 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 13475 Crystal Creek, Clinton. 3 bed, 2 bath with large deck, 2 wood stoves & 2 car garage. $249,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 15305 Spring Hill Road, Frenchtown. Beautiful cedar 4 bed, 2.5 bath with 3 car garage & deck on acreage bordering Forest Service. $485,000. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

170 South 1st Street, Clinton. 2 bed, 1 bath mini-farm on 2.2 fenced acres. 2 car garage, mountain views & walk to the river. $165,000. Rochelle Glas-

gow, Prudential Missoula, 7288270. glasgow@montana.com 2 Canyon View Drive, East Missoula. 3 bed, 2 bath on large fenced lot. Basement with 2 bonus rooms and double garage. $192,500. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula, 7 2 8 - 8 2 7 0 . glasgow@montana.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area home on 6+ acres. $325,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 3 Bath Stevensville area home on 13 acres. $575,000.

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

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5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $575,500.

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

5562 Klements Lane, Florence, $500,000. This unique property has a 4 bed/2 bath home on 10+ acres and a separate 10+ acres parcel right beside it to keep or sell. On the Bitterroot River, ranch style home with barn and carport attached and great views. Properties 2000. Call Paula Crews for details 3608655.

Home On the River Stevensville River Road home on 1.87 acres. 4 bedrooms, views of the Bitterroot Mountains and right on the Bitterroot River. This is awesome! Attached garage plus detached RV garage. $340,000. KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com

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