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IN THE BUFF: MISSOULA AERIE INSTRUCTOR SHOWS HIS STUFF ON DISCOVERY’S “NAKED AND AFRAID”

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News

Voices/Letters Wilderness, voters and Nepal .................................................................4 The Week in Review Jordan Johnson, Zack Wagenmann and wood.............................6 Briefs Sexual assault prevention, Double SNAP and the environment ..........................6 Etc. Sidewalk cafes get the green light ............................................................................7 News Aerie instructor shows his stuff on Discovery’s “Naked and Afraid”.....................8 News Buena Vista mobile home park gets a better view.................................................9 Opinion A fitting end to the 2015 Montana Legislature ...............................................10 Opinion Just how wild is the region’s wildlife? ............................................................11 Feature Behind the scenes with Missoula Freemasons.................................................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Play and contradiction from Elisha Harteis and Michael T. Workman...................18 Music Yautja, Alyeska and Built to Spill.........................................................................19 Music Queercore band Eat Strike doesn’t hold back....................................................20 Theater UM’s Jenny Sutter illuminates one post-war truth..........................................21 Film The D Train arrives just a little too late ................................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................23 Flash in the Pan Will sail for food ................................................................................24 Happiest Hour Nourishing Cultures Kombucha..........................................................26 8 Days a Week You’re my boy, Blue .............................................................................27 Mountain High Missoula Bike Swap ............................................................................37 Agenda City Indian: Native American Activism in Chicago, 1893-1934.....................38

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STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Tuesday, May 5, near the corner of Broadway and Higgins.

This week the Indy profiles a Missoula resident who will appear on the Discovery Channel’s “Naked and Afraid.” If you were dropped naked in a remote region of the world, what’s the first thing you would do?

Follow-up: Contestants have access to one tool. What tool would you want to have?

Ryan Staninger: Find shelter, probably.

Then figure out where the food’s at.

Tool box: A multi-tool.

Sonia Shalhout: Look for water or signs of a water source. Chop ’em down: A hatchet that you could chop things with for shelter or food.

Michael McNamara: Get clothed somehow, somewhere—use leaves or something. Particularly the feet to prevent thorns and such. Blades of glory: A knife with two blades, one serrated and one straight, made out of steel.

Bob Skogley: Probably try to find some food to eat, then eventually some clothes. Practical tactical gear: A multitool like a Leatherman.

Sophie Danison: If it’s cold I’d get some clothes. If it wasn’t I’d probably pee first then try to find some food. To the point: I’m not a hunter. I think I’ve caught one fish my entire life, but a spear would be handy. I guess I could learn to use one. Can I just have a nice sharp knife?

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Voter apathy I must say Dan Brooks’ recent column (see “One voice, April 23) got me motivated to research and write. I suspect, after reading 2014 statistics from the Montana Secretary of State and U.S. Census, only 47 percent of eligible Montanans turn out to vote. Why don’t our elected officials push for greater voter turnout? Currently our elected officials seem uninterested in addressing this issue. As you said, “In a corrupt system, our individual voices might be drowned in a torrent of money and lobbying.” That suggests a possible issue in our current political system.

In a series of positive statements, with the intention to be as sincere as possible, and include the entities that are opposed to ecological destruction, poor leadership and the need for hard work, I will make my sentiment known: I support raising lease rate increases imposed upon entities that mine the U.S. government’s land. I also support reinvesting into renewable energy sources, such as wind turbines and closed-loop CO2-based geothermal power systems so we can end fossil fuel mass combustion-based power and better conserve the Earth biosphere, because we Montanans need clean air and water.

Michael Bowles Missoula

Moral test The Wilderness Act of 1964 states: “In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas within the United States and its possessions, leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness.”

From time immemorial people have protected special places, sometimes due to moral imperatives, sometimes for more mundane reasons. America’s Wilderness Act is a moral act demonstrating our generosity of spirit and humility to forego subduing the entire earth and to protect wild nature. The act passed Congress by

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an overwhelming majority with only one “no” vote in the House.

In 1977, Sen. Lee Metcalf from Stevensville led Congress to designate some of Montana’s best remaining wildlands as Wilderness Study Areas, or WSAs. They were to be managed to maintain their wilderness character and preserve their suitability for eventual wilderness designation. The Bitterroot National Forest is now belatedly proposing to enforce that law in the recently released Travel Plan (see “Geared up for a fight,” April 16).

Fifty years after the Wilderness Act and my how times have changed. Humility and generosity of spirit seem to be out of fashion.

Response from some quarters to the Travel

“When recreation becomes wreckcreation it is

The president of a local bike club argues restrictions on trails he likes to ride don’t make sense because he doesn’t see boot tracks there, as though the issue is one form of recreation versus another.

The issue is not that any particular form of recreation is bad; it is a matter of where it is appropriate. We learn early and generally to accept the wisdom of not riding our bike in the garden or living room.

When recreation becomes wreck-creation it is wrong—morally wrong if not also legally wrong.

Humans can make choices and have many appropriate places to recreate. Resident wildlife and land and water resources do not have the choices or flexibility that we have. Potential damage from recreation can be far more serious and long lasting than having to drive to a different trailhead. Wildlands are continually being compromised and they aren’t making any more.

Will we pass today’s moral test? Is America too far into decadence and selfserving attitudes to care for creation and higher principles? There are no do-overs with this test.

Larry Campbell Darby

wrong—morally wrong if not also legally wrong.”

Plan is all about personal use, recreational use no less. Mountain bikers, especially, are getting torqued because restrictions are being put on where they can ride.

A self-described “diatribe” in the Ravalli Republic by a bicycle rider goes so far as to advocate civil disobedience in response to limitations put on where he can ride his bike. Traditionally, civil disobedience was used to protect the greater public good or high principle. This same individual declares, contrary to Sen. Metcalf and the U.S. Congress, “WSAs do not meet the basic requirements for inclusion to the Wilderness Preservation Act”.

Help Nepal For a few years we lived and worked in Nepal as volunteers, mostly with a nongovernmental organization in Gorkha district, right at the epicenter of the recent massive earthquake. We know many friends in the villages that have been badly damaged or virtually destroyed, and our hearts are heavy for those gentle mountain people.

Please consider donating to the Nepal earthquake relief effort. One very effective charity we know first-hand is Save the Children. They consist of mostly Nepali staff who have worked many years in the villages near the epicenter of the quake. Already they are on-the-ground with help, and they will be there for the long haul.

Contact: SavetheChildren.org, 501 Kings Highway East, Suite 400, Fairfield, CT 06825 Gene & Linda Sentz Choteau

etters Policy: The Missoula Independent welcomes hate mail, love letters and general correspondence.

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, April 29 As part of the settlement of two lawsuits, the Diocese of Helena publishes on its website a list of all diocesan employees known and alleged to have been involved in the sexual abuse of children.

Thursday, April 30 The Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League release former Griz quarterback Jordan Johnson, whose 2012 acquittal on rape charges was featured in the recently released Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town.

Friday, May 1 Officials release the Missoula County Sexual Assault Safety and Accountability Audit, which finds strengths and weaknesses in the community response to a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the handling of sexual assault claims.

Saturday, May 2 The National Football League draft ends without any players from the University of Montana being selected, but former Griz defensive end Zack Wagenmann later signs a rookie free-agent deal with the Arizona Cardinals.

Artist and repairman Dalton Weisz sews the leg onto “Sue the T-Rex” before Jurassic Quest, a touring dinosaur exhibition, opened May 1 at the Adams Center.

Sunday, May 3 On the second and final day of the Western Montana Wood Carvers Show, some 200 visitors stop by the Missoula County Fairgrounds to view miniature versions of the Missoula carousel’s ponies, along with 236 other entries.

Monday, May 4 Target Range Elementary School briefly keeps students inside after a black bear is spotted along South Avenue. The lockdown is lifted when Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks confirms the bear has moved to Kelly Island.

Tuesday, May 5 The Environmental Protection Agency announces plans for the cleanup and longterm management of all remaining portions of the Libby Asbestos Superfund Site. The plans allows for asbestos to be left where it is not believed to endanger human health.

Sexual assault prevention

Theater plays a lead role Theater may not be the most traditional way to teach students about the dangers of sexual assault, but a University of Montana student has pursued a way to directly link performance with prevention.

Last fall, Sydoney Blackmore, a UM theater major, facilitated an interactive skit for the Student Assault Resource Center, the Advocates of Nonviolence student group and Make Your Move Missoula. Since that initial demonstration, she’s spearheaded several other theater projects, including the role-playing Intervention in ACTion performance last month, that merge theater and bystander intervention training.

In her most recent show, actors first run through the skit, then perform a second time with audience members yelling “Stop!” whenever they want to jump in and play the role of the bystander or victim. Blackmore measures the effectiveness of the audience mem-

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ber’s intervention by how well they protect the victim and whether they potentially changed the perpetrator’s course of behavior.

Blackmore’s programs mark a different approach from videos, discussion forums and PowerPoint presentations, and have been especially well received at UM. The campus is still implementing changes with how it handles the issue of sexual assault following a prolonged Department of Justice investigation and the recent release of Jon Krakauer’s new book on the topic.

“It really does speak to the fact that there’s a lot of training that you just can’t do a PowerPoint on—you have to emotionally connect with it,” says SARC Advocacy Coordinator Leah Fitch of Blackmore’s plays. “I think there’s a huge place for theater, creating those connections and allowing people … to get involved.”

For instance, in one skit a perpetrator bought an intoxicated woman a double-shot drink. The perpetrator responds with a sexual advance, adding, “I bought you a double, it’s the least you could do.”

That’s when an audience member volunteered to take the place of a bystander at the bar and confronted the perpetrator.

“He goes, ‘Bartender will you get a double for this guy?’ Then he starts talking about his lawnmower and he says, ‘Yeah, so you should be able to come over. The bar closes in about 40 minutes—do you want to come over around 2, 2:30 and mow my lawn for me?’

“And the perpetrator is sitting there thinking, what is going on,” Blackmore continues. “This guy says, ‘Yeah, I bought you a double so you owe me, right?’

The entire audience erupted with laughter.”

Following the success of Blackmore’s presentations, SARC is now looking to continue the program.

A new position—sexual assault prevention outreach coordinator—is designed to merge theater and bystander intervention training, as well as further SARC’s community outreach. The position, which starts in July, will be at least partially funded through the AmeriCorps Vista Program and fall under SARC’s supervision.

[news] “We fell in love with this way of training,” Fitch says, “so we wanted it to happen and discussed how this could work.”

Applications for the new position will be accepted until the end of May through the AmeriCorps website.

Courtney Anderson

Food

Doubling down On Saturday, May 4, food stamp recipients received a bonus when they swiped their Electronic Benefit Transfer cards in exchange for tokens to use at the season-opening Missoula Farmers Market: They were given twice as much to spend, up to $20.

“They were so grateful,” says Evita Nagle, manager of the market. “Some of these families or college students— whomever they are—they’re low-income, they’re struggling, so for someone to give them an extra $20 worth of groceries is huge.”

The bonus was offered as part of a new program called Double SNAP. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, otherwise known as SNAP or, more commonly, food stamps, provides assistance to 125,049 Montanans, including 15,441 in Missoula County. In addition to being available at the Missoula Farmers Market, Double SNAP was also unveiled Saturday at the Clark Fork Market. On June 1, the Missoula Community Food Co-op will begin offering Double SNAP. For all three entities, the program’s about making local and organic foods accessible to those in need of food assistance, as well as increasing demand for locally made goods.

“Oftentimes what we see with people who are living with limited resources is that there’s this affordability gap to local or fresh or organic produce,” says Jessica Allred, director of development and advocacy for the Missoula Food Bank. “So what the SNAP double-up dollars at the farmers market does is really makes it more accessible to people who are on the SNAP program, who are living on limited means, and opens up this amazing resource of local, fresh produce to a larger population.”

Franco Salazar, manager of the Clark Fork Market, believes Double SNAP will help entice those on a shoestring food budget to see the market as a more viable option for accessing healthier foods.

“I know there’s somewhat of a stigma with some of the products at the market that it’s expensive—local is expensive—so we just wanted to kind of break that wall down and make it affordable,” Salazar says. And as more people spend their SNAP benefits at the market, he says, “there’s extra money going directly to the farmers from the program.”

To raise funds for Double SNAP, each entity is taking a different tack. Businesses and charitable organizations have donated to make the Clark Fork Market’s program possible. Funds for the Missoula Farmers Market have come from grants. The co-op has turned to crowdfunding online.

According to Allred, the assistance provides a muchneeded antidote to a recent drop in food-assistance benefits across the country. Last November, a temporary boost in SNAP funding expired and nearly every recipient saw their benefits decline. In addition, the 2014 Farm Bill will cut $8.7 billion in funding for SNAP over the next 10 years.

Ted McDermott

Oil and gas

Studying the bigger picture A few years back, while working on ecological research at Oklahoma State University, Brady Allred had what he calls a “crazy idea.” What would it look like, he wondered, if you combined the physical footprint associated with oil and gas booms of the past decade across a broad geographic area? Not just the Bakken or the Permian Basin, but, say, the entire central swath of North America from the Gulf Coast in Texas to northern Alberta?

“I’ve done a lot of work before where we look at either something occurring at a very small scale—grazing or fire effects—up to a larger scale, a landscape or collection of landscapes,” says Allred, now an assistant professor of rangeland ecology at the University of Mon-

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tana. “But this was a conceptual or intellectual challenge, being able to think of these cumulative effects.”

The answer surprised not only Allred but several fellow scientists from a number of universities. Last month, Allred co-authored a two-page study in Science magazine with Steven Running, Montana State University’s Julia Haggerty and others examining the extent of ecosystem services lost to oil and gas development.

Their research revealed, for starters, that new oil- and gas-related well pads, roads and storage facilities built between 2000 and 2012 occupied a land area equivalent to three Yellowstone National Parks.

The study, which relied heavily on high-resolution satellite data and detailed information on industry infrastructure, foregoes the more typical region-based analysis in favor of a much broader geographic investigation. While the findings indicate widespread ecological effects like severed migratory pathways, altered wildlife behavior and high water consumption by fracking in already water-stressed areas, they also reveal the resource boom across much of the U.S. and Canada has resulted in severe losses in vegetation. To put this in perspective, Allred says, researchers translated losses in net primary production (the amount of carbon accumulated in plants as biomass) into more relatable terms.

In the case of rangeland, vegetation loss amounts were equivalent to roughly “five million animal unit months,” the study reads; in croplands, the equivalent was upwards of “120.2 million bushels of wheat.”

“We wanted to put it into numbers that people could understand and relate it to other land uses out there,” Allred says.

The study makes a compelling case for policymakers and land-use planners to consider the broader cumulative impacts of permitted development. Lack of such insight in the 1930s, the study reads, contributed heavily to the Dust Bowl. For Allred, the technological advancements that made the study possible can foster increased understanding of how local decisions affect the big picture.

“We need to zoom out and look at it as a bigger picture so we can make these informed decisions,” he says, “so we can decide what trade-offs we are comfortable with.”

Alex Sakariassen

ETC. Bob Brugh stands on the sidewalk outside the Pearl Café, which he owns with his wife, Pearl Cash.

“Table there,” he says. “Table there.”

He says it two more times, indicating where the restaurant places its outdoor seating on the Front Street sidewalk. It’s Tuesday, late morning.

The night before, on May 4, Missoula City Council made it officially okay for Brugh to do what he and many other downtown bar and restaurant owners have long been doing: setting up tables and chairs on the sidewalk. Previously, the city had no rules about whether—and if so, how—such private seating on the public right of way could even exist. Proprietors just did it.

As city engineer Doug Harby said in a presentation at Monday’s council meeting, “We have a number of existing sidewalk cafés in the city and right now we don’t have any municipal code that regulates these or, actually, even permits them.”

The city began investigating this regulatory gap in 2013. When it did, it looked to the rules of the Montana Department of Revenue, which regulates where alcohol can be served. According to a strict interpretation of those rules, establishments serving alcohol must erect fencing around their outdoor seating. But Brugh bristled at the idea. “We enclose cows,” Brugh says, “but we don’t need to enclose people with fences.”

So, last July, Brugh began a campaign for looser regulations. Now, he and other business owners have them. According to the new ordinance, sidewalk cafes do need to be delineated but not with fencing. Instead, planters at the corners, or something similar, will do, so long as at least five feet of sidewalk remains open for passing pedestrians.

While Brugh supported a failed council amendment to ban smoking in these sidewalk cafes, he says it’s ultimately not that important; state law prohibits smoking within 20 feet of an entrance and most outdoor seating, including the Pearl’s, falls within that area.

Brugh says the Pearl’s four outdoor tables won’t make much difference for the bottom line, but he thinks it adds to downtown’s overall feel, making it more vibrant and inviting. Sam Risho, coowner of the Silk Road, agrees.

“We’re totally for it,” Risho says. “We think [the new rules] are exactly what needs to happen.”

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Trenton Harper crouched naked behind a hill in the high country of Udhampur, India, trying not to hyperventilate. He was about to meet the woman he’d be surviving alongside for the next 21 days, half a world away from his Missoula home. They’d have no food, no water, no clothes. Just a bowl, a custom knife from Missoula’s Behring Made Knives and the tireless scrutiny of a Discovery Channel camera crew. As his anxiety began to peak, Harper noticed an old friend sticking out of the dirt nearby: Verbascum thapsus, more commonly referred to as mullein.

“It got me my high school girlfriend,” he says, citing the plant’s medicinal applications. “She had an upper respiratory issue. I gave her mullein and it cleared up all her snotty stuff.”

The sight of that mullein in the foothills of northern India last May quelled Harper’s fears, convincing him that he could, in fact, survive an episode of Discovery’s wildly popular program “Naked and Afraid.” At the time, Harper says, he was “mostly trying not to freak out,” realizing that he was representing both Montana and his native state of West Virginia. Nearly a year after the experience, and roughly two weeks before the episode’s May 17 air date, the Missoula paramedic and 10-year Aerie Backcountry Medicine instructor laughs easily about it all. His only worry now is how he’ll come across in the final cut.

“If I’d had a full belly and been well hydrated and clothed and known I was on TV, I probably would have faked it and just pushed through it,” he says. “But the whole show is a fascinating study of physiology and psychology. The stress, the physical stressors, overwhelm you so that you are as much yourself as you’re really going to be.

And I’m a cranky bastard it turns out.”

Harper first heard of “Naked and Afraid” ahead of its debut in June 2013. It was all the buzz on Facebook among friends and acquaintances in the primitive skills community, he says, and Harper even knew one of the first season’s female participants—survivalist Laura Zerra—through their mutual past work with the Buffalo Field Campaign. He didn’t have much interest at first in applying for the show. But it

didn’t take long for Aerie Backcountry Medicine to wind up in Discovery’s casting net.

When the network contacted director Dave McEvoy, one name jumped out.

“Once I started talking to people about it, like friends and coworkers within Aerie and other places, everybody was like, ‘Oh my god, you should totally do that,’” Harper says. “So I did.”

Harper felt the experience would be an excellent test not only of his backcountry savvy but the primitive survival skills he’d practiced since youth. He built his first bowdrill fire at age 15, he says, and has since blended that knowledge with more equipment-reliant pursuits like backcountry skiing and backpacking. Back in 2010, while working as a paramedic-ranger in Yellow-

says, making fire an absolute necessity not just for warmth but purification. And food was scarce, limited mostly to small frogs and a single dove. While Harper says he did eat something every day, he’s quick to add, “I don’t know if a single grasshopper counts.”

“Honestly,” Harper says, “two weeks into it, if someone had been like, ‘Here’s a granola bar,’ I probably would have been like, ‘Yeah, okay.’ You’re for-real fricking starving.”

Most challenging of all was the dynamic between Harper and his naked partner. She was much more reluctant with the experience and “it totally threw my mental game,” Harper says. He typically subscribes to the motto “control the controllable.”

Being partnered with a less experienced

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Missoula paramedic Trenton Harper builds an animal trap based on a design he learned from a man in Costa Rica.

stone National Park, Harper found himself alone up Cache Creek re-reading Doug Peacock’s Grizzly Years when a grizzly bear popped up a few hundred yards from his camp. Not wanting to test nature’s boundaries, Harper “totally ditched.”

“Your decisions are dictated by the environment,” Harper says of recreating in Montana. “And that’s really rare. Montana’s one of the only places in the lower 48 where your decisions are actually dictated specifically by megafauna.”

When Discovery informed him a couple weeks in advance that he’d be heading to northern India, however, Harper knew predators would be the least of his worries.

The temperatures dropped into the 50s at night. The sole source of water was a mudhole with “like 15 monkeys in it,” Harper

survivalist was the one development he hadn’t anticipated, and while the two have since become good friends, he still regrets letting his frustration show.

“I definitely said a few different times, ‘I just don’t want to look like an asshole.”

Harper’s eager to see the final cut of his 21-day ordeal. He felt he hit his stride in the third week, though he never got around to several of the tasks he planned to complete.

For example, Harper had every intention of making clothes, but found the small deciduous leaves native to the area would have done little other than reduce Discovery’s need to pixelate.

“That’s all my mom wanted,” Harper says, “was for me to make clothes.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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Seeds of change Buena Vista Mobile Home Park gets a better view

by Courtney Anderson

Sharla Lease takes a break from clearing rocks from the soil of a new garden bed and wipes the dirt off her face. The 11-year resident of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, wearing a brown sweatshirt with “Fight Like a Girl” stretched across the front, has been working all afternoon to clear a modest patch of land between two trailers. She plans to plant rosemary, maybe pumpkins and squash.

“Whenever I walk by photo by Cathrine L. Walters and brush rosemary, I think of spaghetti,” says Lease, Volunteers and members of 1,000 New Gardens recently joined residents of the Buena explaining that it’s her go-to Vista Mobile Home Park to build a new community garden. “The overall attitude of people ingredient for the dish. here, it’s hard to put into words,” says Brian Lease. “People just do the job right now.”

Lease is among a handful of residents, volunteers and 1,000 describes as not only aesthetic, but also tees to help manage the neighborhood.

Sheryl Huetter, a garden committee New Gardens members who spent a recent cultural.

“The overall attitude of people here, it’s member, says a garden has long been Sunday digging and designing a new community garden for Buena Vista. hard to put into words,” he says. “People on the community’s to-do list, but Together, they’ll build 10 cedarwood gar- just do the job right now. Neighbors are get- only started to come together two den beds and line them against the empty ting to know each other and it’s a nice place months ago. The sub-committee fronted $600 for the wood to build the beds, lot for neighbors to plant herbs, vegetables to live.” and 1,000 New Gardens provided the The garden project provides a clear and flowers. It’s the first community garden in one of Missoula’s only resident-owned example of the changes. Brian Lease grills soil and compost.

“We want to help the lower-income pork chops and hot dogs while some mobile home parks.

“The court isn’t just a place to live residents erect a tent and others work in the families,” Huetter says. “We have some anymore, it’s a community,” says Brian garden. Some neighbors set up lawn chairs elderly and single-parent families living to watch the project’s progress. Ginger, a in here, and we want to get them access Lease, Sharla’s son.

Members of Buena Vista officially shepherd-heeler mix belonging to one of to fresh vegetables.”

Maggie Ross, an AmeriCorps Vista purchased the trailer court in late 2013, the volunteers, rolls in the dirt and barks member working for NeighborWorks placing the ownership into community with excitement.

Kay Tutt, who’s lived at Buena Vista Montana, says projects like this one help hands rather than an off-site owner. They were the first Missoula trailer park to make for eight years, owns the brown and white change the perception of a stereotypical the move, thanks in part to NeighborWorks mobile home next to the garden. Tutt says mobile home park.

“It’s helpful to do small improvement Montana and the New Hampshire-based she’s recovering from a stroke, so she’s Resident Owned Communities USA, two resigned to watching the day’s action and projects like cleaning up yards and bigger ones like the garden,” Ross says. “It’s also a nonprofits that seek to combat the effects lending moral support. great way to get to know one another, “It’s wonderful the garden’s going to of spiking property values on mobile home communities. Last year, another Missoula help a lot of people get through the through different meetings.”

On Sunday, once the garden beds summer since vegetables can be expensive,” trailer park, River Acres, followed suit.

In addition to the garden project, she says. “It will be nice to look out the win- were completed, Sharla Lease kept working.

Buena Vista has graded its main road, dow and see the garden this summer since She staked out one of the beds and started planting thyme, sage and, of course, installed new street lights and added road I won’t be able to do much.”

Since transitioning to a community- rosemary for her spaghetti. signs, including “Kids at Play” warnings and a welcome to the neighborhood. It’s all part owned park, Buena Vista has elected a editor@missoulanews.com of a transformation that Brian Lease board of directors and formed sub-commit-

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Pyrrhic victory A fitting end to the 2015 Montana Legislature

by Dan Brooks

The 2015 session of the Montana Legislature officially ended last Tuesday, when lawmakers in the House and Senate voted to adjourn three days ahead of schedule. The House’s final act was to reject Senate Bill 416, a $150 million infrastructure bill that required 67 votes to pass because it involved bonding.

That constituted a victory for House conservatives. After submitting to the tyranny of the majority on Medicaid expansion and campaign finance reform, conservative Republicans stood up against a bipartisan bill for water, sewer and road projects. To paraphrase Jefferson, the undercarriage of democracy must bottom out from time to time in the chuckhole of liberty. Or, to quote Rep. Art Wittich, R-Belgrade: “Frankly, from a conservative standpoint, it may be the only thing we did in this session. We have virtually lost everything that we came here to accomplish, including truly compromised legislation.”

So the defeat of the infrastructure bill was a much-needed victory, even if it was not the kind of victory that helped them or their constituents. Many of the improvements SB 416 funded would have gone to districts in eastern Montana, including $18 million for Romney Hall at Montana State University, in Wittich’s hometown of Bozeman.

The term for that kind of victory is Pyrrhic.

The eponym comes from King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose armies suffered so many casualties defeating the Romans at Heraclea that they never recovered. According to Plutarch, “The armies separated; and, it is said, Pyrrhus replied to one that gave him joy of his victory that one other such victory would utterly undo him.”

Now that the session is over, House conservatives will not get a chance to win any more Pyrrhic victories. But they seem pretty well undone anyway. Sen. Duane Ankney’s dark-money bill passed, surviving a hail of unfriendly parliamentary maneuvers upon arrival in the House.

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Sen. Edward Buttrey’s Medicaid expansion compromise passed, even though Wittich’s committee tried to keep it from reaching the floor for a vote.

Both those bills were sponsored by Republicans, but you wouldn’t know it from the way House conservatives have responded. In an editorial in the Billings Gazette cowritten with four other representatives, Sarah Laszloffy, R-Laurel, wrote: “Although Montana elected 59 Republican legislators in a 100-person House, a handful of liberal Republicans sided with the Democrats to form a majority and muscle through the largest increase of welfare Montana has seen in our lifetimes.”

“Like a man who picks a fight in the bar and loses, they came home to punch a hole in the wall.”

It’s a peculiar view of government that sees a bipartisan majority as a means to “muscle through” a bill against the will of the electorate. Polls have consistently shown that a majority of Montanans favor Medicaid expansion. A majority of the people they elected to represent their will in Helena sure did. But throughout the 2015 session, House conservatives saw themselves as right in a way that transcended majority votes.

One sometimes got the sense that they performed the duties of their offices the way people perform religious rituals: not for this world or any governance that might be achieved in it,

but so some higher authority could see how faithful they were.

That explains HB 203, a bill prohibiting enforcement of any future federal gun laws—vetoed by Gov. Bullock before it had a chance to run afoul of the courts. It explains why Carl Glimm, R-Kil, advocated for a bogus “religious freedom” law at the same moment Indiana and Arkansas were scrambling to undo the damage caused by their own.

House conservatives didn’t score “victories” with these bills because they were impractical and possibly unconstitutional, not because a fiendish majority conspired against them. The story of the 2015 session was the story of the most powerful conservative bloc in recent memory pursuing ideology at the expense of governance.

The defeat of SB 416 was therefore a fitting end to the 2015 session. By scoring one last, Pyrrhic victory against a useful infrastructure bill with cross-party support, conservatives proved they could stop something, even if it meant hurting their own districts. Like a man who picks a fight in the bar and loses, they came home to punch a hole in the wall.

The 64th session of the Montana Legislature saw House conservatives turn their advantage into an albatross. They started with power and insisted so strenuously on their own rightness, even as they failed to convince anyone else of it, that they finished with only resentment.

If you’re keeping score, that makes me one for two on bold predictions. I correctly predicted that 2015 would be the year conservatives in the legislature overplayed their hand. I incorrectly predicted that U.S. Sen. Steve Daines would construct a riddle no prince could answer, forcing the Montana Beef Princess to sleep for a hundred winters. But if I’ve learned anything from the last 90 days in Helena, it’s that sometimes you don’t want to be right.

Dan Brooks writes about people, politics, culture and goblin curses at combatblog.net.

[opinion]

Animal control Just how wild is the Rocky Mountain region’s wildlife?

by Paul C. Rogers

Our most memorable excursions often involve glimpses of wild creatures: “It was amazing, we crested the hill and the bear was as startled as we were.” Or “The beaver was dragging a giant branch and never noticed us.” And “First we heard the bugling, then the elk appeared.”

We all revel in these encounters, but what makes wildlife “wild”? Is it simply lack of human control? Perhaps we assume a scale of wildness in animals, with some animals considered less wild because they are more heavily manipulated; the most-managed species often leave the greatest impact on wild places.

Managers now grow game species like crops—planting more fish, fowl or mammals to raise revenue via hunting licenses. State boards add exotic species here, take away predators there, seemingly indifferent to connectivity, yet with deference to the harvest.

Ptarmigan, pheasants, bass, pike and perch are just a few of the alien species we transplant without the curb of significant predators. There’s also buffalo in the Henry Mountains and mountain goats on the La Sal Range of Utah, as well as elk along the Mogollon Rim in Arizona. These exotic strains can transform habitat similar to invasive plants or livestock.

Moreover, federal agencies work under mandates that conflict with state directives: “States manage the critters and feds manage the land,” is the maxim. The result creates an artificial situation, in which fauna and flora are politically segregated yet ecologically integrated.

Who, then, is responsible when animals outpace available resources? Western state wildlife agencies, for example, have engineered four decades of exponential growth of elk, while often overlooking the animals’ impacts on moisture-holding aspen, willow and cottonwood communities. On the Colorado Plateau, in the Southern Rockies, and in high-desert broadleaf oases, mature trees edge toward death as their offspring are browsed to the ground by elk.

Recent monitoring in the remote Book Cliffs along the Utah-Colorado border, for example, found no new tree recruitment on 70 percent of aspen forests. Only 6 percent

of locations were judged to be sustainably reproducing. The signs are most clear where livestock are prohibited—on national parks, reserves and some private lands—and decades of aspen recruitment are absent.

Through time, particularly along the drying fringe of aspen’s range, collapsing groves deprive myriad dependent species of much-needed habitat.

This wildland damage marches on unrecognized in the absence of the usual extractive villains. Some believe animals can’t harm systems they are part of, but is this the case when they are moved, manipulated and managed beyond the limits of an ecosystem?

“Managers now grow game species like crops— planting more fish, fowl or mammals to raise revenue via hunting licenses.”

To address the West’s overabundant herbivores, there are at least three options: direct culling, encouraging predators or going to court.

Culling presents challenges because of the decline in hunter numbers and the growing resistance from animal-rights activists, though a determined wildlife agency—in partnership with willing sportsmen—could theoretically prevail here. The surplus meat might even find needy recipients. Wildlife contraceptives could supplement culling, yet this option also has many critics.

Bringing predators back is already underway. Wolves and grizzly bears, however, are politically DOA outside federally designated recovery areas. In the conservative West, ranchers and sportsmen lobby state governments to oppose predator releases.

The court option is intriguing, but possibly the most incendiary. The Kaibab deer story, well known among conservationists, is instructive. After early 20th century deer herds in Arizona grew beyond carrying capacity, so many deer trails lined hillsides that their impact was reminiscent of the overstocked sheep of the pioneer era.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a case originally brought by Arizona Gov. George Hunt and others, eventually ruled in 1928: “When the numbers of wild deer on a national forest and game preserve have increased to such excess that, by over-browsing upon and killing young trees, bushes, and forage plants they cause great injury to the land, it is within the power of the United States to cause their numbers to be reduced by killing.” Thus, the law restricts state and local authorities from prosecuting federal employees who, in their official capacity, kill some wild animals to save landscapes. Elk, in many places, are the modern Kaibab deer, but bringing federal courts into play will surely ignite howls of protest, just as it did nearly 90 years ago.

Aldo Leopold, the pioneer in wildlife management who cut his teeth in the Southwest, evolved within two decades from a “game management” approach to adopting a “land ethic.” This progression was mirrored in the education of wildlife professionals over the next half-century. Today, wildlife management is still largely trapped in an agricultural paradigm, and agencies find it challenging to “think like a mountain.” Exceptions involving non-game and endangered species exist, though efforts by managers to take holistic approaches still don’t enjoy political backing or robust budgets.

Playing God is tricky stuff when the lion’s share goes to single-species plotting.

So, how wild is wildlife? Apparently, it’s as wild as we choose.

Paul C. Rogers is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a column service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is the director of the Western Aspen Alliance (westernaspen-alliance.org) at Utah State University in Logan, Utah.

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN – Police responding to a drug complaint in Richmond, Va., spotted two men, who began running away. One of the fleeing men, later identified as Darnell Elliotte, 20, fired several shots at the officers. He missed them but shot himself in the leg, allowing his pursuers to apprehend him. (Richmond Times-Dispatch) A subcontractor told police he was working in a subdivision in San Antonio, Texas, when a man approached him, showed a black semi-automatic handgun and asked, “Can I rob the house?” The sub said he replied, “It is not my house,” and later saw the man exit the house carrying a microwave. He snapped a photo of the man putting the microwave into an auto, whose license plate led authorities to Danny Acosta, 30. (San Antonio’s KSAT-TV)

SCHOOL DAZE – German student Simon Schräder, 17, filed a freedom of information request asking the education ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia for the questions to standardized senior exams. The ministry acknowledged that it had received the request, which “is being processed.” (Britain’s The Guardian) Cheating on statewide secondary school exams is common in Bihar, India, where students routinely smuggle in textbooks and notes, but this year local newspapers published photos of parents and relatives scaling walls of exam centers to pass on answers to test takers. Some even showed police officers posted outside the centers accepting bribes. “What can the government do to stop cheating if parents and relatives are not ready to cooperate,” Bihar Education Minister P.K. Shahi said. “Should the government give orders to shoot them?” (BBC News)

SMOKING HAZARDS – A Nevada man inspecting a gasoline can for a leak while smoking a cigarette ignited a flash fire that sent him to the hospital with serious burns. Tim Szymanski of Las Vegas Fire & Rescue said the man’s wife suffered burns to her hands after she heard her husband scream and then tried to put out the fire by patting him down. (Las Vegas Sun)

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GAME OF DRONES – A drone delivering asparagus to a Dutch restaurant crashed on a country road and burst into flames. The delivery had been arranged as a publicity stunt by the De Zwann restaurant in EttenLeur, North Brabant, to celebrate the beginning of asparagus season. A second batch was delivered by traditional means. (International Business Times) A drone carrying mistletoe and a kiss cam at a TGI Friday restaurant in New York City crashed into a woman’s face, cutting open her nose. “It was like I couldn’t get it off because I guess the mistletoe part had fishing wire on it — that’s how it was attached — and it got caught in my hair, and it kept twirling and twirling and twirling while this thing is on my nose,” Georgine Benvenuto said. (Britain’s The Independent) A drone marked with a radioactive warning sign was found on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s office. Authorities don’t know when the drone landed but said it tested positive for only “minuscule” amounts of radiation and posed no threat to humans. It also carried a small camera and a water bottle.

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INCOMPETENT OF THE WEEK – A heavily armed Islamic extremist was unable to carry out his mission to open fire on churchgoers in Paris, French officials said, because he accidentally shot himself in the leg.

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T

o get to Sentinel Lodge #155 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, members and guests go around to the back of Thomas Plumbing & Heating, on South Avenue, and head up a narrow stairwell outfitted with a wheelchair lift. At the top of the stairs, there’s a long, carpeted, lowceilinged room decorated with the archaic symbology common to many Masonic lodges.

An electric neon “G” hangs above an altar. A painting of George Washington wearing a small white apron hangs on an east-facing wall. Two decorative pillars stand near the entrance, each with a globe on top: one depicts the earth; the other the stars. On the south-facing wall, there’s a crude painting of an ear of corn hanging from a tree. An altar is set in the middle of the room, and a Bible is placed atop it. Images of interlocking compasses and masons’ squares are everywhere.

Asked what it all means, Tom Kerr answers with what sounds less like an extem-

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poraneous answer and more like he’s reciting from one of the many texts Freemasons must commit to memory: “Tools and implements of architecture and symbolic emblems most impressive are selected by the fraternity to imprint on the mind wise and serious truths, and thus through a succession of ages are transmitted unimpaired the most excellent tenets of our institution,” he says.

Kerr, an elderly Mason visiting from his home lodge in Victor, acknowledges with a knowing smile the impenetrability of his explanation. He pauses, and then clarifies, this time more casually.“That’s what all of this is about—all of these emblems,” he says. “They’re selected by the fraternity to imprint lessons on your mind to be good. That’s what it’s all about.”

According to those who belong, Freemasonry has a simple purpose: to make good men better. To that end, members perform allegorical rituals designed to impart moral lessons, do charitable works in order to learn the value of self-

lessness, and surround themselves with images loaded with symbolic meaning (a mason’s level reminds one to treat everyone “on the level”). But while Freemasons insist the organization isn’t secretive and has the simple aim of edifying and improving its members, the question of what the fraternal organization is really about is the subject of great debate and exhaustive conspiracy theorizing.

Search “Freemasonry” online, and endless speculation will pop up about how the brotherhood is actually a Satanic cult, a shadow government working to establish the New World Order and/or a Jewish movement for world domination. On YouTube and elsewhere, allegations are rampant that Freemasons faked everything from the terrorist attacks of 9/11 to the Apollo moon landings. Freemasonry has also come under fire over less farfetched accusations, such as for alleged anti-Christian practices and for being generally sacrilegious. The Roman Catholic Church, evangelical churches and the

communist regimes of Russia and China have all formally opposed Masonry, at various times.

While much of this speculation and suspicion can be easily dismissed— Freemasons are not actually lizard people, it’s safe to say—a veil of secrecy has, in fact, long shrouded an organization with millions of members around the world. Its origins are murky, and its rituals are kept secret. Outsiders are not allowed to observe Masonic ceremonies. Enrolled Masons offer each other secret handshakes.

Certain texts are written entirely in mnemonics—long strings of seemingly random letters, unintelligible to anyone but those who have committed dense passages to memory.

Though this secrecy has generated suspicion, it has also contributed to the order’s appeal and growth. Behind closed doors, Masonry proliferated for centuries, spreading around the world to thousands of local lodges. But Freemasonry, like other fraternal organizations, has been on

the decline for pretty much the last hundred years, for a variety of reasons. Government programs and nonprofits have taken over the charitable and volunteer functions of these organizations, to a large degree. Television and the Internet have reduced people’s need to leave the comfort of home to socialize in a designated fraternal lodge. As the pace of life has quickened, a fraternal order’s demands of time and effort are more difficult to elicit.

And as membership dwindles, the fraternal aspect of these organizations has become increasingly difficult to maintain.

The fewer members, the less people want to join.

Sentinel Lodge, though, is working to reverse that trend, making a concerted effort to add new and younger members—some of whom don’t fit the conventional Masonic mold. And results have started to show.

On a recent Wednesday evening, Kerr is one of the 15 men gathered above a plumbing supply store to conduct a Masonic initiation ceremony. Beforehand, the Masons linger and chat. There’s Tom Jordan, a real estate broker who has been a Mason for nearly half a century and who once held the top Masonic position in the entire state: Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Montana. There’s Keven Kidder, a young guy who runs a janitorial business. There’s Terry Nau, a 25-year-old general contractor. There’s Jerry Anderson, a gregarious insurance salesman who’s a few years away from becoming the state’s Grand Master. There’s Brandon Williams, the general manager of Ridge Fitness and the lodge’s current Worshipful Master, the top position.

Over their laps, most of the members wear an apron like Washington wears in the painting—it’s an “emblem of innocence and a badge of the Mason,” accord-

Raven Digitalis prays in the library of the Opus Aima Temple Haus, the center for the Neopagan practice he founded with his partner and the temple’s priestess, Estha McNevin. Digitalis is among Sentinel Lodge’s nontraditional members.

ing to Jordan. And all of them are adorned in their Sunday best. For most, that means a suit and tie. For Anderson, it means a tuxedo. But Raven Digitalis—a third-degree Mason, an Opportunity Resources employee and the lodge’s chaplain—doesn’t attend church on Sundays or any day, so he wears black slacks, black shoes, a black tunic and dark eye shadow. Digitalis is not Christian; he’s a Neopagan priest.

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rom the outside, the Opus Aima Obscurae Temple Haus looks like just another home on Upper Miller Creek Road: a split-level structure at the end of

a long driveway, set before the rise of a densely forested mountain. But inside the two-car garage there isn’t a vehicle or yard equipment. Instead, there’s a shrine to the ancient Egyptian feline deity Bast.

Flags and blankets are loosely pinned to the walls and ceilings. The skull of a bull hangs near the ceiling. Strings of beeswax candles hang from the walls. In the center of the room, a circle and cross have been drawn with chalk and covered with chicken bones.

“We do meditations, workshops and ceremonies in here,” explains Digitalis, the priest of OAO, which isn’t affiliated at all with Freemasonry. “All sorts of different

things. And then sometimes we use the fire pits, too, to dance and drum and have a good time out there.”

Digitalis, whose given name is Colin Smith, is speaking in the Temple Haus’ library, a wood-paneled room filled with books like Modern Magick and The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft.

Shelved in the children’s section are Muggles and Magic and The Best of Hans Andersen. Housed here, too, are the three books Digitalis has authored, including Planetary Spells & Rituals: Practicing Dark and Light Magick Aligned with the Cosmic Bodies (2010). Above the library fireplace someone has scrawled in chalk:

Sentinel Lodge has made a concerted effort to increase membership over the past few years—and the results are starting to show. Since last August, the lodge has added seven new members. Brandon Williams, right, serves as the lodge’s Worshipful Master.

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“Masonry’s influenced virtually every magical, esoteric and mystical system in the West that you can imagine, to one degree or another.”

–Raven Digitalis, Sentinel Lodge #155

Certain Masonic texts, top, are written entirely in mnemonics. Missoula’s other Masonic lodge, Missoula Lodge #13, bottom, has a far grander and older temple than Sentinel’s.

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“Panta rehi ke Oudin Mani.” An infinity sign follows it. It’s Greek, Digitalis explains, and means, “Everything flows in life, nothing is stagnant.”

Digitalis, 31, describes Opus Aima Obscurae, which combines Latin and Hebrew to mean “Work of the Great Primordial Mother,” as being at once a training system, a community group and an esoteric system of thought. The system is a melange of magical, mystical and spiritual traditions and practices that the temple terms “Eastern Hellenistic Neopaganism.” According to temple literature, OAO “attempts to use the unifying philosophies and principles of the Hellenistic Greeks to wed various Western, African, Mesopotamian and Asiatic traditions to the seasonal Wheel of the Year along with modern Pagan structures of worship.”

“There’s just so much out there and it’s the 21st century,” Digitalis says, “so we can pick and choose between different traditions and still try to keep the cultural respect going on when we appropriate any tradition.”

As Digitalis has explored major and marginal world religions, spiritualities and systems of belief over the past 15 years, he says he’s continually come across references to Freemasonry.

“Masonry’s influenced virtually every magical, esoteric and mystical system in the West that you can imagine, to one degree or another,” Digitalis says.

The influence, he says, ranges from the use of the phrase “So mote it be,” an archaic form of “So it shall be” used in both Masonry and witchcraft, to the use of the three-degree initiation structure found in both Wicca and Masonry.

“So, because of those connections, I became interested in Masonry, as a result of witchcraft,” Digitalis says.

After some Masons from Sentinel Lodge #155 attended an OAO community event two years ago, Digitalis thought he’d act on that interest. But the Masons can’t ask potential candidates to join. An interested man must ask them.

“To be one, ask one,” Anderson says.

So Digitalis petitioned to become a member of the lodge. When he did, though, he says he encountered some resistance.

“A couple of people were not sure about me,” Digitalis says. “They didn’t know who I was, what I was bringing to the table.”

For his petition to be accepted, lodge members had to unanimously approve of it. And while Freemasonry is adamantly open to all men no matter their religious background, it does require members to hold and express their belief in a supreme being. As a pagan, however, Digitalis believes in “the multiplicity of gods and goddesses.” To adhere to what he refers to as

Freemasonry’s “monotheistic guise,” he says he chose—and chooses—to think of Masonry’s supreme being as an embodiment of a broader pantheon of gods.

“So when I wear the Holy Bible pendant that, to me, also represents the Gita and the Veddas and the Dhammapada and the Koran and the Torah,” Digitalis says.

“So all these different things. It’s kind of symbolic.”

While this way of thinking allowed Digitalis to fit his beliefs within the Masonic rubric, he acknowledges that the lens through which he views Masonry is “very marginalized.” So marginalized, in fact, that the Grand Lodge of Florida banned adherents of “Paganism, Wiccan and Odinism” from its membership in 2012. That decision was eventually overturned, but it is indicative of lingering uncertainty among some Freemasons about the place of Pagans and other nontraditional believers in the order.

“First of all, there is a religious requirement for membership in the lodge,” says Jordan. “That religious requirement is very, very simple. It is non-sectarian. It is simply that the person who is petitioning has to profess a monotheistic faith— and that is as far as that is carried.” Jordan says the presence of those with nontraditional beliefs “adds to the lodge, to a point.” However, he says, “You have to recognize the foundations of the lodge, and there are certain standards of conduct that will just not fly ...”

Though Digitalis has faced some uncertainty from within the organization, he was allowed to join and has since become the lodge’s chaplain. And he isn’t the only Pagan in Sentinel Lodge. He estimates he’s one of about five who regularly attend lodge events. Digitalis adds that he’s faced less suspicion from within the lodge than from outside friends and acquaintances who question his decision to join.

“I’ve had people disown me socially because they think my being involved in the Masons means that I’m supporting this evil governmental underbelly,” Digitalis says, “when in actuality American democracy is based on the structure of the Freemason’s lodge.”

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hile Masonry’s role in influencing the formation of American democracy is subject to debate, it is true that 14 United States presidents, including George Washington, were Masons. Hence the portrait of our first president at the front of Sentinel Lodge. For 25-year-old Terry Nau, that historical pedigree is key to the appeal.

“Being a history major, I’m like, ‘How cool is it that me and George Washington and Gerald Ford could all sit here to-

gether and be the same, at least while we’re at lodge?’” Nau says. “Because that’s a principle of Masonry: You treat every other brother on the level. Which means it doesn’t matter if he’s the president and I’m just a college student. When we’re here, we’re all just the same. We’re all brothers. It’s neat to me that we can think back to all the guys that have been Masons and that we all kind of share the same values and have been through the same stuff.”

When Nau thinks back to those who came before him, he also thinks of his family. His grandfather, Larry Bell, served as Sentinel Lodge’s Worshipful Master twice.

His father, Charles Nau, has served in the post six times. Nau’s older and younger brothers are Masons. Even the women in his family are active in the Order of the Eastern Star, a related organization open to both women and men.

With so much family involvement, Nau joined the lodge as soon as he was eligible, at age 18. He quickly earned all three Masonic degrees: Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason. As a third-degree Mason, Nau was then eligible to join Freemasonry’s appendant bodies, which expand upon the teachings of the Masonic lodge (also known as the Blue Lodge). Nau chose to pursue the teaching of the Grand Line of the York Rite and has since earned 29 more degrees. There’s only one more available degree—and the 33rd degree is honorary rather than earned.

Growing up among Masons undoubtedly helped Nau fit into an otherwise aging fraternal organization while he was still a teenager, and to rise within the organization so quickly. But he acknowledges he was an exception.

“Not everybody that’s my age can meet the older generation and have a connection like I did, obviously, because I knew a bunch of them before I even joined,” Nau says.

Forging a connection between older and younger members has been key to Sentinel Lodge’s recent growth. To build those bonds, the lodge turned to an at once unlikely and obvious mechanism: Freemasonry’s antiquated ritualist practices.

According to John Michael Greer in The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies, dwindling Masonic enrollment numbers during the 20th century led to “a watering down of standards” at lodges desperate to maintain and expand membership.

“While these changes were put in place in an attempt to bring more men into the Craft,” Greer writes, “their effect has been to cheapen the experience of ritual and thus remove one of the reasons men once became Masons in large numbers.”

At Sentinel Lodge, members have made a concerted effort to reverse this trend and raise standards, even as it continues to focus on some of the more conventional, social aspects of the organization, such as volunteering and raising funds for charitable efforts. Last year, during his first term as Worshipful Master, Williams instituted the Masonic Ritualist Program at Sentinel Lodge.

“What that is, is being able to do every degree part or every opening of a meeting and closing of a meeting without using mnemonics and without having errors,” Williams explains. “So you do it all from your memory.”

As members are able to recite passages from memory, they accumulate points, which earn members pins. “It’s kind of a prestige thing,” Williams says.

Chauncey McGraw, one of the two recent initiates going for his Fellow Craft Degree, says the rigorousness of Masonry—and of Sentinel Lodge, in particular—was a draw. A recent University of Montana graduate and former member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, McGraw was in search of brotherhood but didn’t want to join an organization and “just kind of sit and talk.” For him, Freemasonry seemed like a more serious, edifying option. He was drawn, he says, to the antiquated language, the rituals and the sense of deep tradition.

“Because you don’t really see that anymore,” McGraw says. “And to become part of something like that, it’s really special.”

Digitalis, too, is drawn to the lodge’s emphasis on ritual—albeit for more esoteric reasons. The ritualism of Freemasonry, he says, serves a similar function as the ritualism employed in his temple’s Neopagan ceremonies.

“As a mystic,” Digitalis says, “I believe that performing these very precise rituals creates an astral imprint—an unseen imprint—so every time you open a lodge, you tap into all the other Masons across the world who are opening a [Masonic] lodge, or have so done for the last 400 years. You kind of tap into that structure.

So, in that sense—that ritualistic sense— we’re kind of similar [at the OAO temple], because when we do an equinox ritual or we dance the May pole or we do a dance around the fire and call to the old gods, we’re tapping into these certain energies that are present in the astral plane.”

Whether or not implementation of the Ritualist Program is the reason, Sentinel Lodge’s effort to reach out while also raising standards has, in fact, turned the tide for a long-struggling organization.

Membership has begun to grow. Just since last August, the lodge has seven new members. Other Montana lodges add only one new member a year, on average. Even

so, Sentinel Lodge remains relatively small, with 61 members, compared to 268 at Missoula’s other and far older lodge downtown, Missoula Lodge #13.

Sentinel Lodge has also been especially successful at reaching out to young people. While Montana’s 92 Masonic lodges have an average age of 67, and Lodge #13 shows an average age of 68, Sentinel Lodge has brought its average age down to 54. In fact, nearly half of Sentinel’s members are under age 37.

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t the lodge before the initiation ceremony, Jordan tries to explain the basics of the process that will result in two newer lodge members—22-year-old Chauncey McGraw and 26-year-old Geoff McEvers—being awarded Fellow Craft Degrees and becoming second-degree Masons. But as Jordan talks, it becomes increasingly apparent that an outsider can never fully comprehend what will go on behind closed doors.

“The Lodge is symbolic of the Temple in Jerusalem,” Jordan says. “And in that lecture [being given tonight], the pillars are explained, all the way from the bottom up to the top.” Jordan stands before the two pillars. “What do the globes mean?

What does the form of the pillar itself represent? And [the lecture] goes through explaining the symbolism of a set of winding stairs consisting of three, five and seven steps. And it explains what are the three things that are symbolized here, and what are the five and what are the seven. And it’s an education, with a background.

Here’s the lesson. Pay attention here.”

Jordan acknowledges it’s difficult to grasp the meaning, even for those who’ve been hearing Masonic lectures and participating in its rituals for years. He’s been involved in Masonry since 1969, when he joined the order while stationed at Fort Meade, Md. His involvement continued at lodges as far flung as California and Thailand, where he served during the Vietnam War. Over that time, Jordan says he has given tonight’s second-degree lecture many times.

“When you walk away from it,” Jordan says, “you will probably say to yourself, ‘I don’t remember what he said, but what was it? What was he talking about?’ And it will come back to you little by little by little over the years. Every time you attend a second-degree ceremony, you’ll hear it again. ‘Oh yeah, now I know.’ I’ve been giving the lecture for 25 years or more.

Every time I give it, I learn something from it. To me, it’s a little pot of gold.”

Tonight, however, Kerr, the visitor from Victor, will do the honors, reciting the approximately 20-minute Fellow Craft lecture from memory, behind closed doors.

Asked about the suspicion that’s accompanied Freemasonry’s secrecy, Kerr and everyone else insist there’s nothing sinister going on.

“There are no secrets in Masonry,” Anderson says. “There are none. We are not a secret society, but ... in order for me to know whether somebody else is a Mason, we have certain ways of communicating. Yes, that would be secretive—unless you were a Mason. Or you look on the Internet.”

Sure enough, hints about what will happen during tonight’s ceremony can be readily found online. According to instructions for the Fellow Craft Degree posted on sacred-texts.com, tonight’s candidates—McGraw and McEvers—will each be prepared in the following manner: “All his clothing taken off, except his shirt; furnished with a pair of drawers; his right breast bare; his left foot in a slipper, his right bare; a cable-tow twice around his neck; semi-hood-winked; in which situation he is conducted to the door of the lodge, where he gives two knocks, when the Senior Deacon rises and says: ‘Worshipful, while we are peaceably at work on the second degree of Masonry, under the influence of faith, hope, and charity, the door of the lodge is alarmed.’”

There is no way, though, for an outsider to know if this is what will really happen. Before the ceremony begins, all visitors are asked to leave. tmcdermott@missoulanews.com

According to Mason Tom Kerr, the elaborate symbology of Masonry is “selected by the fraternity to imprint lessons on your mind to be good.” Brandon Williams, bottom, shows off a past master’s apron, which he will receive once he’s moved on from his position as Sentinel Lodge’s Worshipful Master.

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[arts]

I scream Play and contradiction in the art of Elisha Harteis and Michael T. Workman

by Erika Fredrickson

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n Elisha Harteis’ ceramic installation, “The Only Emperor Is...,” a boy sticks his head inside the open stomach of a giant bunny from which piles of ice cream cones appear to spill out. Other children play nearby, ice cream cones scattered around their tiny feet. The scene seems as playful as any nursery rhyme, but the way Harteis has glazed the children in blues and greens and dirty yellows makes them seem feral and ghostly. On further study, one girl is crying and a boy is running away. And even though there’s almost nothing more innocent than a bunny, the installation hints at danger.

“The Only Emperor Is...” is part of the University of Montana’s BFA Senior Thesis exhibit located in the Gallery of Visual Arts, which currently showcases 22 student pieces through mid-May. Harteis’ title is a tribute to Wallace Stevens’ dense and mystifying 1922 poem called “The Emperor of Ice Cream.” In the kitchen, the narrator experiences the sensuality and gluttony of eating ice cream. Later, he enters the bedroom to see the exposed corpse of a woman, but even a sheet can’t cover up the reality of death.

It’s a good poem to understand how Harteis envisions the opposing feelings in her piece.

Elisha Harteis’ “The Only Emperor is…”

The tone makes sense when you hear Harteis’ story, which is that she was a child of abuse, neglect and poverty. Childhood play was inextricably linked to brutality, she says.

“We didn’t have much,” she says, “and we didn’t even have much adult supervision. It’s kind of like Lord of the Flies. You just do what you want to do, whether it’s right or wrong—you don’t know.”

Harteis is remarkably straightforward when talking about her past. When she was very young, her mother married a man who abused her and her older siblings. A friend’s parents finally reached out to help, and Harteis, with support from her mother, moved into a group home for kids. Though the damage and pain is still keenly evident, her installation feels less like a way to reconcile what happened to her and more like a bold attempt to challenge the viewer and the silent nature of abuse.

“It’s really important to talk about the issues,” she says. “People hear you’re a group home kid and they’re scared of you. But you were there to be safe.”

with a clinical, hypnotic voice says, “Ladies and Gentlemen. The sky is the limit.” Each phrase and cliché is followed by a pause, like a carefully directed infomercial made to embody the feeling of “the future.”

“This is not the same as what you usually get,” the voice says. “Think about the value.”

The other screen shows a rubbery but surprisingly realistic hand on a white table as someone saws off the index finger. There’s no blood, but it’s cringeworthy, nonetheless. Next to that screen is a vending machine where you can pay a dollar in quarters to get your very own finger.

wasps because they are generally loathed (unlike bees, for instance) but he offers their heads in an uncomplicated and acceptable form: a piece that could, at first glance, look safe and uncontroversial anywhere. He sold several of those pieces.

Workman is particularly fascinated with artists who use their celebrity to add value to their art. Thomas Kincaid, in an effort to raise the stakes on his “art product” of cozily lit houses nestled in peaceful snowscapes and such, started putting his own blood in the paint.

And Marina Abramovic’s The Artist is Present, where hundreds and hundreds of people stood in line to sit

Michael T. Workman’s “This is Not a Trend”

Harteis has used bunnies in her art before. Sometimes they represent lack of parental supervision, sometimes an abuser. It’s a theme she continued with, even when other people discouraged her.

“I feel like I’ve been pushed toward making more digestible stuff—that my teachers wanted something different from me,” she says. “But I decided I wanted to make a huge bunny. I decided to stop doing stuff made to be received well and see what I can do when I go all in.”

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n the other side of the gallery wall, Michael T. Workman has made a satirical installation using the concept of mass production. The BFA candidate created plastic casts of his index finger to take the idea of “the artist’s touch” in a literal direction. “This is Not a Trend” uses two television screens to pretend to sell a product—the finger—as if it were unique, even though Workman has made hundreds of them.

On one screen, a waxy finger rotates as a narrator

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“I wanted to place all the importance and value in that single human touch,” Workman says. “But I wanted to also contradict that by making it totally not unique and just a replication of something, so there’s no actual touch present.

“It’s absurd and I think it’s funny,” he adds, “but it’s dry. It’s not overtly humorous, but it is humorous to me.”

During last week’s reception, Workman enlisted some people to stand by the vending machine and encourage people to buy. Whenever the vending machine got low, someone would restock it, continuing to devalue the artist’s touch. (The vending machine now has an “out of order” sign on it.)

Workman’s art runs the risk of coming off as pretentious, mostly because it is a commentary on the pretentiousness in the high-art world. But even after spending time with his work, you can start to get a feel for how funny he really is. A recent series, “multiforms,” uses severed wasp heads pinned in a uniform manner to create clean-cut shapes. He picked

across from her at a table in the MoMA and stare into her eyes, could only have really happened because she had built up her own celebrity as “the artist.”

“I think she is one of those people who gets so far into that artist-as-celebrity role that her art has become definitely about her name more than her actual work anymore,” Workman says.

In many ways, Workman uses the same high-brow methods used by the high-brow art world he’s responding to. But, of course, he’s playing around. His work might be about mass production, but it doesn’t embrace it. After each project, Workman likes to move on to something entirely different, as if to avoid the type of pinning down his wasp heads endured.

“I like working in the gray area of art,” he says.

“I don’t like things to be black and white.”

The BFA Senior Thesis exhibit continues at the Gallery of Visual Arts at UM’s Social Science building through May 15. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[music]

Iliad growl Yautja’s Descent spins a metal voyage The titles from Yautja’s Songs of Descent—“An Exit,” “A Crawl,” “A Cleansing Fire”—all evoke creepy musings of a mad 18th-century poet. The Nashville metal band deals in the heavy bass and growls one expects from that kind of imagery. “Tar and Blindness” and “Concrete Tongue” capture the state of being stifled, of riling in some hellish circle, desperate to get out.

Tone-wise, Descent feels like a metal opera, the poetic titles seem to hint at a scene-by-scene story of a classic hero finding his or her way from darkness to light. But the tracks are as short as three-chord punk songs, which is a merciful thing for anyone lacking the attention span for the kind of 16-minute narratives you’ll find on other rock operas and concept albums.

Yautja doesn’t offer metal fans anything too groundbreaking, but there are a few surprising elements. In “A Crawl,” thundering bass and crashing cymbals become the backbone for a guitar riff straight out of a vintage crime movie. In “Tar and Blindness,” a bouncy post-punk bassline shifts the mood from the album’s usual heavy barking and grinding. I like those moments— the fact that Yautja knows exactly when to make them happen, and when to get back to the sludgy head-banging. (Erika Fredrickson) Yautja plays the Palace Fri., May 8, at 9 PM along with Inter Arma, Swamp Ritual and Sunraiser. $10/$7 advance.

Alyeska, Alyeska You wouldn’t think that someone named Alaska Reid would need to come up with a band name, or that Alaska would be someone who grew up in Livingston (or someone who currently lives in Los Angeles).

But those are the facts. Here are two more: She’s the extremely talented frontwoman of indie rock band Alyseka, and they’re playing Missoula this week.

The best way to describe Alyeska’s music is as a blend: two-thirds classic rock and one-third alternative rock, all mixed into something that is not necessarily groundbreaking, but very satisfying nonetheless. Reid has a perfect classic rock voice, which can coo and croon as well as it can wail and yelp. She’s backed by

grunge-y guitar and drums, with a bit of vintage keyboard work inserting itself every now and then. The result is something reminiscent of Nirvana or Pavement or the Pixies, possibly covering a lost album by The Rolling Stones or Nick Drake.

While it can be very difficult to ditch my considerable bias for music from the late 1960s and early 1990s when I listen to new music, I’m confident that Alyeska is still universally enjoyable and empirically good, even if you didn’t spend your high school years listening to an odd combination of Led Zeppelin and PJ Harvey. (Sarah Aswell) Alyeska plays Stage 112 Tue., May 12, at 9 PM along with Chris Staples and Mimicking Birds. $10.

Built to Spill, Untethered Moon On the short list of my life’s regrets, one is turning down a chance to see Built to Spill one night in Austin, Texas. They played a surprise SXSW show at Spider House Coffee on Guadalupe, and I was making lattes on the Northside. All my friends went, but I didn’t want to get fired, so I stayed.

The point of this story: I should have gone. One more barista position won’t transform your resume, and any chance to see Doug Martsch’s beard on stage is worth it, regardless of the consequences.

Subsequently, Built to Spill’s new album, Untethered Moon, came like a twist of the dagger in my guilt over not seeing them four years ago. Untethered Moon is good, and not in the way any album’s good after not hearing from a band for six years. It’s been that long since There is No Enemy, and it was starting

to seem as if Martsch’s talent had run its course. Turns out, it hasn’t.

Though it lacks some of the youthful sarcasm of earlier albums like There’s Nothing Wrong With Love, Moon comes on strong, is a bit more technical and feels like an album that could have been one of Built to Spill’s boisterous early productions. Tracks like “On the Way” and “Horizon to Cliff ” lean toward the more mellow, lyric-heavy side of things, and “When I’m Blind”—the record’s final and longest song, at nearly 10 minutes— showcases the gloriously raspy guitar solo we’ve come to love. The song is all solo, actually, which is fine with me. The album goes out with a roar. Or maybe it’s a swan song—Built to Spill’s last real go at things before hanging it up. Either way, I don’t care. It’s just nice to know they’re still out there. (Micah Fields)

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[music]

License to be Queercore band Eat Strike doesn’t hold back

by Jamie Rogers

photo courtesy of Amy Donovan

The members of Eat Strike can’t stop laughing as they explain the origins of their band. Originally from Billings, founding members Michael Siebert (vocals, keys) and Jordan Perkic (guitar, vocals) say the path to forming Missoula’s newest—and possibly only— “queercore” group was a circuitous one.

Perkic has a mop of bouncy black hair that looks like it might fall off his head as he talks about his first band with Siebert, an improvisational hardcore group called Premature Ejaculation that they formed in ninth grade. Siebert, who wears tight-laced army boots and says she has always identified as female, says PE was inspired by the TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”

“It was supposed to be like that—we’d take prompts from the audience and just play,” Siebert says.

At PE’s first show in a Billings garage, though, they found the audience less participatory than those on television. “We got one prompt,” she adds. “It was T. Rex—like the dinosaur.” She says they played for five minutes before “it was obvious” the show had ended.

But for the lifelong friends, the desire to play in a band trumped the dangers of public humiliation. Generally influenced by the post-punk and post-hardcore movements (specifically Late of the Pier, The Mars Volta, The Blood Brothers), Siebert and Perkic played in a handful of other projects after Premature Ejaculation. During their senior year of high school, they began working as a duo, writing and recording as Eat Strike, and their stick-to-itiveness is beginning to take off. Eat Strike gets booked regularly in Missoula and is planning a 10-day tour of the northwest this summer. And for Siebert, the project has added benefits.

“This band has been a catalyst for being open about my identity,” she says.

Listening to Eat Strike is only a part of the whole, albeit a very good one. Last fall, a few months after enrolling at the University of Montana, they released the band’s debut EP, Terror From Goo Lagoon. The four-track record (available through Too Far Gone Records) is driven by discordant engines. The opening

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of the first track, “Anaheim Ducks (Blade Runner),” sounds industrial and hardcore—like Big Black meets At the Drive-in—with harsh programmed drums and Siebert’s screaming vocals. You know where the song is heading until it turns to a pop-punk anthem chorus, and suddenly you’re not so sure what you’re listening to. The entire EP operates this way—one moment you finally understand what “grindcore” means, the next is melodic and hook-driven. The sound is a walk on a tightrope hovering just above a sound that would fit predictably into a number of different genres. But they always seem to keep their balance.

Seeing the band perform, though, should not be missed. Even among the most wildly creative groups in Missoula’s DIY scene, Eat Strike is unusual. Late last year, Siebert and Perkic recruited bassist Rob Cave (FUULS, Sunraiser) and drummer Brennan Deboer and began honing their live performances. At a recent show at the VFW, Siebert kneeled on top of a fold-up table she’d put on stage. She screamed gutturally into the mic, jumped off the stage, punched the air, ran into the audience. Her energy was spastic and captivating. She says Eat Strike was never meant to have activist leanings—that the “queercore” label was something an event organizer gave to them on Facebook—but she and her bandmates don’t shy away from the role.

Like Siebert, Eat Strike has also given Cave license to feel more open. He identifies as bisexual and says that being in a band that represents Missoula’s LGBT community is important to him. “I’ve never been in a band like this,” he says before pausing for a moment. “A band that reflects who I am.”

Eat Strike plays the This Night of Mayhem show at the Badlander Fri., May 8. The fundraiser for the Women’s Resource Center includes poetry, comedy and dance at 8 PM and music at 9:30. $10/$7 students. arts@missoulanews.com

[theater]

Home and heart UM’s Jenny Sutter illuminates one post-war truth

by Micah Fields

Ever since Bush lit the fuse on our two overlong wars, we’ve been trying to figure out the contemporary returning veteran. Millions have come back, thousands have committed suicide, and meanwhile, the country’s left scratching its head, looking to pinpoint a demographic. Who are modernday veterans after service, exactly? Are they college-age males in Nebraska, using the GI Bill for a diesel mechanic cerphoto by Cathrine L. Walters tificate? Are they survivors of rape at an air base in Kuwait? Alyssa Berdahl stars in Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter Are they handsome, crude, obnoxious snipers from Texas, played by Bradley wisdom throughout the play. As the most influential Cooper? Are they scrawny, freckled writers for alt- character in the performance, Williamson evokes the kind of self-conscious, innocent sincerity Buddy’s weeklies? Truth is, they’re all those things.

Not all servicemen and women face the cut-and- part requires. In his abridged sermons, he skillfully dried vision of combat we’ve come to expect from portrays the role of the well-meaning stranger, oblivHollywood portrayals, but many come back with the ious but open-armed. Even Donald (Reggie Herbert), psychological effects of trauma. The University of the token cynical gutter punk of Slab City, reaches Montana School of Theatre and Dance’s production out to Sutter. Eventually, Jenny starts to lower her of Julie Marie Myatt’s Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter wall and let them in.

The play’s climax occurs when Buddy, after failaims to complicate the narrative of America’s returning veteran with an alternative look at coming ing to execute a “proper hero’s welcome party,” stands over a collapsed and sobbing Jenny Sutter. He home.

Jenny Sutter’s an injured Marine who, upon re- delivers another convenient anecdote about his trouturning from a tour in Iraq, doesn’t go home at all. bled grandfather, a WWII veteran, and turns to Sutter, She hops a bus and ends up in Slab City, an aban- admitting he only wants her to know, in the simplest doned military training facility turned squatter’s par- way possible, that he sees her. She’s just there. Not adise in the California desert. Sutter, played by Alyssa as a hero, or a veteran even, but just human, capable Berdahl, has been discharged from the Marine Corps of anything that entails.

Like any “spotlight” story, Jenny Sutter fails to with a prosthetic leg and a host of post-traumatic stress disorder’s trademarks. She’s uneasy, quickly illustrate the entirety of an experience, this one agitated and suffers violent nightmares from an ex- being struggling with the effects of battle. Not all vetplosion she survived in Iraq. Berdahl captures the erans hide from their families in desert communes neurotic idiosyncrasies of this role, which involves after war, but some do. Director Jere Hodgin seems minimal dialogue in comparison to her newfound to know Sutter’s story isn’t everyone’s, and that’s friend Louise (HanaSara Ito), an energetic, free-spir- okay. He succeeds in sticking to the screenplay’s simited Slab City resident. Swept up by Louise’s hyper- ple, intimate feel. What’s important about Sutter’s active personality, Sutter is suddenly thrust into an story is that it dismantles the notion of supporting veterans through extravagant parades, yellow car environment as alien as a war zone.

Like Jenny Sutter, the people of Slab City are all magnets and boundless adoration. Struggling vetescaping something, whether it’s addiction, family vi- erans don’t need fame, or money, or free lunches at olence or the world’s own harsh reality, and while Applebee’s. They need a family, and that’s what Slab it’s difficult for Jenny to acknowledge, its inhabitants City offers Jenny Sutter.

Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter continues at have something to offer. Slab City’s a fitting gray area for Sutter. It’s a place free of literal and metaphorical the Masquer Theater in UM’s PARTV Center Thu., baggage, where people support and protect each May 7–Sat., May 9, at 7:30 PM. $16/$14 students and seniors. other, no questions asked.

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[film]

Slow track The D Train arrives just a little too late

by Molly Laich

“Where’s KG when I need him?”

The D Train is one of those so-called comedies that’s not laugh-out-loud funny so much as a sad, embarrassing experience for characters and viewers alike. Jack Black stars as Dan Landstrom, whom we first meet at a 20-year high school reunion planning committee; they’re calling people from out of town and nobody wants to come. After a long day of failure, Dan wants to know if the gang wants to go out for beers, and they’re all like, nah, we’re going to bed.

But really, they go without him: It’s high school rejection all over again. You may recognize indie actor and sometimes screenwriter Mike White among the reunion planning committee. He’s written some pretty awesome, weird films (Chuck and Buck, School of Rock) and so when I saw him in the opening scenes I had hope that he was a creative force behind this picture, but no such luck.

They’ve set Dan up as such an incorrigible loser that I expected him to immediately go home to a sad apartment and cat, but in fact he has a beautiful house, a nice, pretty wife (Kathryn Hahn), a teenage son and a baby girl. Jeffrey Tambor (“Transparent” and “Arrested Development”) plays his longtime boss with an adorably simple understanding of computers and technology. The job’s got something to do with sales, I’m guessing, but we’re never given the particulars, a fact that drives me absolutely bonkers and makes me hate the filmmakers.

Now the stage is set and we’ve got no choice but to follow this sad, childish man with weird priorities as he makes a series of dumb, convoluted choices.

You see, late one night he caught a commercial for Banana Boat sunscreen, starring the coolest guy from the class of 1994, Oliver Lawless, played by James Marsden. That’s the character’s god-given name, by the way. With a name like that, combined with James

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Marsden’s body and face, he really should have been starring in feature films by now; dude is blowing it.

Seeing the commercial gives Dan what I’m sure he thinks is a brilliant idea. He’s going to fake a business deal with a fake client in LA, so his boss will fly him out for the weekend, where he will then make contact with Lawless, convince him to come to the reunion and thus become the hometown hero for all. The plan works okay, except his boss insists on coming with, so now there’s this whole messy business of convincing everybody that there really is a business deal. It’s hilarious fodder, providing that your idea of funny is tricking an old man into thinking a nice thing is happening to him.

Dan meets his target at a hip bar in LA, where Lawless behaves about how you would expect. He does a lot of drugs and talks about all the tail he gets, men and women alike, and he exaggerates his success and importance. Of course Dan convinces him to come back home, they continue to trick the boss into thinking there’s a real business deal, and then the subterfuge comes to a head at the reunion. And what city and state is “hometown” exactly? Once again, the movie assumes you don’t care. Why be specific when you can be a bland nothing? (The screenwriters seemed to say.)

Here’s the contradictory thing about The D Train: Black and Marsden are truly great in these roles. The script is dumb and has them doing idiotic, inexplicable things, but the characters they embody have serious depth and range. They talk like real people. And when a pivotal thing that I will not reveal here happens between them, it’s like, finally, we have a movie. It’s just too bad for us that the good stuff is few and far between and happens about an hour too late.

The D Train opens at the Carmike 12 Fri., May 8. arts@missoulanews.com

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OPENING THIS WEEK CITIZEN KANE Orson Welles’ 1941 classic explores a man’s rise to prominence and eventual fall. Screening at the Roxy’s Essential Cinema series Sun., May 10, at 7 PM. THE D TRAIN A small-town schmuck tries to convince a celebrity to return to his hometown for their high school reunion. Starring Jack Black, James Marsden and Kathryn Hahn. Rated R. Carmike 12. (See Film.)

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH Quit smoking dope for a minute and check out the classic stoner-surfer-teen movie, starring a freshfrom-the-womb Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Judge Reinhold. Rated R. Screening at the Roxy Thu., May 7, at 7 PM. HOT PURSUIT An uptight cop and a freewheeling drug lord’s widow must team up to escape hitmen. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara and Matthew Del Negro. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

ROAR (1981) A wildlife preservationist and his family get caught in the midst of epic lion battles. Starring Noel Marshall, Tippi Hedren and Melanie Griffith. Screening at the Roxy Fri., May 8–Sun., May 10, at 7 PM. WHILE WE’RE YOUNG Noah Baumbach directs a drama about a middleaged couple’s marriage derailed by newcomers.

Starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts and Adam Driver.

Rated R. Screening at the Roxy Fri., May 8–Thu., May 21, at 6 and 8 PM.

NOW PLAYING THE AGE OF ADALINE Blake Lively stars as a woman who stops aging after a supernatural accident; strangely, this isn’t a biography of Cher. Also starring Michiel Huisman and Harrison Ford. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12.

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Tony Stark’s peacekeeping program goes awry and it’s up to a bunch of beefcakes to stop a new villain

Paint me green and call me a cucumber. Hot Pursuit opens Friday at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex. from his dastardly deeds. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo. Rated PG-13.

Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

lighted/old. Featuring the voices of Jim Parsons, Rihanna and Steve Martin. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

EX MACHINA A brilliant young computer programmer must evaluate the, ahem, assets of a beautiful lady android; contemplation about the true meaning of humanity ensues. Starring Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson and Oscar Isaac. Rated R. Carmike 12.

THE LONGEST RIDE In case your DVD of The Notebook is starting to get scratched, a bull rider and an artsy college girl fall in love in the latest adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel. Starring Britt Robertson, Alan Alda and Scott Eastwood’s chiseled jaw. Rated PG-13.

Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

FURIOUS 7 Let us all commemorate Paul Walker (RIP) in this, the seventh film about cars that are fast and men who are furious. Also starring Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

HOME A clumsy alien lands on earth and befriends a cheerful young girl. Be advised, the trailer features a Biggie reference that will make you feel de-

uardo Verástegui. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Entertainer.

UNFRIENDED A bullied teen’s angry ghost kills off mean kids via Skype. See, these lazy millennials won’t even leave the house to torment each other anymore. Starring Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer and Courtney Halverson. Rated R. Pharaohplex.

Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle.

MONKEY KINGDOM Disney nature doc where a baby monkey and its mama have to survive in the jungles of South Asia.

Rated G. Pharaohplex.

PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2 Rejoice, all ye who have been deprived of jokes at a fat man’s expense, ‘cuz Kevin James is back as the hapless security guard, and he’s headed to Vegas, baby. Also starring Raini Rodriguez and Ed-

Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find upto-date movie times for theaters in the area.

You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 at 541-7469; The Roxy at 728-9380; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

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Tres Hombres

photo courtesy of Hajo Olij

Will sail for food

by Ari LeVaux How far food should travel between where it is produced and where it is consumed has become a matter of passionate debate. The popular rule of thumb is that the more local the food, the better it is, and we’ve all heard of the many purported benefits that eating locally has on the local economy, the environment and even one’s health.

The discussion is often framed in terms of the greenhouse gas emissions created by food transport, with the presumption that local foods result in less carbon being burned. One problem: there are instances where importing something from a faraway market is more climate-friendly than trying to produce it locally.

If you want to do right by the climate without getting bogged down by details, a few simple rules can help cut through the nuances and guide your purchasing decisions.

One category of food is pretty hard to justify shipping: anything from a different hemisphere that’s out of season at home, such as tomatoes and berries during the wintertime. This isn’t simply a matter of carbon footprint.

In demanding to eat them year-round you are abandoning your relationship to where you are. This relationship is one of the most important benefits of eating locally, and it influences other important choices we make.

Climate activist Bill McKibben once told me his personal rule-of-thumb for purchasing food—the Marco Polo Exception. It states that if a food is nonperishable enough that Marco Polo could have brought it home from China in a sailboat, then we don’t need to worry about eating it, even if it’s not local. If a food is so perishable that it must be shipped refrigerated, and shipped quickly, then it’s off the table.

Pursuing a local foods diet, with flexibility provided by the Marco Polo Exception, prepares your eating habits for a day when certain foods from around the world might be shipped carbon-free, by boats similar to Polo’s. That day might be closer than you think.

Jorne Langelaan co-owns a shipping company with a fleet of two vessels, and plans for two more. For someone whose income is derived from shipping and trade, Langelaan has a surprising take on the practice.

“It is complete nonsense that we are transporting anything and everything across the planet,” he said in an interview with Port of Rotterdam Perspectives. But Langelaan, whose company is called Fairtransport Shipping, would also be the first to point out that not

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all ships emit equally. One of his ships, the Tres Hombres, is currently en route to Europe laden with coffee, rum and chocolate from the Caribbean. No carbon will be burned in the transport of these indulgences, because the Tres Hombres is a sailboat—the only engine-free transatlantic cargo ship in the world.

But while the Tres Hombres and its sister sailboat, the Nordly, are inspirational and beautiful ways to ship cargo, Langelaan and his partners at Fairtransport harbor no illusions that such old-fashioned technology is the key to countering global warming. The sailboats are reminders that fuel-based shipping isn’t the only game in town, and are useful for motivating and educating people, as well as in delivering small amounts of cargo. They’re also just part of Fairtransport’s vision: The company is designing a new, hybrid cargo ship that will run primarily on wind-filled sails, but will also have an engine for use when necessary. Dubbed the Ecoliner, the boat will travel as fast as a conventional cargo ship, while using only half the petroleum.

Despite these promising improvements over conventional cargo ships, Langelaan looks at the Ecoliner as more of a crutch than a real solution. He fears that a more fuel-efficient vessel would simply encourage more long-distance shipping.

“Only products that are not available locally should be transported,” he said, “and in a sustainable way.” The rum, chocolate and coffee on board the Tres Hombres are perfect examples of such products.

They can’t be produced in Europe, and they can handle a slow passage on a sailboat.

In the grand scheme of things, the greenhouse gas emissions from food transport are not a massive threat to the climate. Transportation of food only makes up between 4-10 percent of the total carbon emissions created by the food system, and adds up to much less than the carbon burned in the production, processing and packaging of food. Animal products tend to have especially large carbon footprints, which dwarf the amount of carbon used in their transport.

Keeping track of the impacts of various foods on a case-by-case basis can be overwhelming, but I would argue that thinking about your food choices like this is akin to a meditation practice that makes you a better person, similar to recycling or riding your bike instead of driving. None of these actions will save the world by itself, but they add up, are contagious and create good habits.

[dish] Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 On Monday, April 20th BERNICE'S WILL BEGIN SERVING ESPRESSO!! Yep, you heard us right. And, we have heard you.

Bernice's espresso was created by the talented staff at Hunter Bay (and approved by the staff at Bernice's )to represent the full bodied flavor character of the infamous Bernice's Cup o' Joe. Our espresso is a rich Mocha Java blend of sweet berry African coffees united with Indonesian and Brazilian coffees for an espresso that compliments Bernice's palate of fresh baked treats. Serving 7 days a week 6am - 8pm. Now you can enjoy your morning croissant, muffin or scone with espresso! Wheee! Or, stop by after dinner and have a dessert with a demitasse. Bernice's: from scratch for your pleasure...always. xoxo bernice. Bernicesbakerymt.com $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses.

Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 525 E. Spruce • 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open M-F 6:30-5:30, Sat. 7:30- 4, Sun. 8-3. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drivethru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. • 532-2056 Martini Mania with $4 martinis every Monday. The Griz Coaches Radio Show LIVE every Tuesday at 6pm, Burger & Beer special $8 every Tuesday. $2 well drinks & $2 PBR tall boys every Wednesday. Big Brains Trivia every Thursday at 8pm. Have you discovered Brooks & Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. • 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s historic westside neighborhood.

Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious, affordable food and over-the-top fun and friendly service does not. Mon-Fri 7 AM – 2 PM. Sat and Sun Brunch 9 AM – 2 PM. Reservations for Prix Fixe dinners on Fri and Sat nights. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 42 years of great coffees and teas.

Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Cafe Zydeco 2101 Brooks • 406-926-2578 cafezydeco.com GIT’ SOME SOUTH IN YOUR MOUTH! Authentic cajun cuisine, with an upbeat zydeco atmosphere in the heart of Missoula. Indoor and outdoor seating. Breakfast served all day. Featuring Jamba-

Mother’s Day Lunch Friday, May 8th 11:30am - 12:30pm Mother’s Day Dance Saturday, May 9th 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

laya, Gumbo, Étouffée, Po-boys and more. Beignets served ALL DAY! Open Monday 9am-3pm, Tuesday-Saturday 11am-8pm, Closed Sundays.

Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ Eagles Lodge #32 Missoula 2420 South Avenue • 543-6346 Tailgate with us before each Griz home game, and get a FREE ride to the game on our shuttle.

Soup, salad and burgers served for lunch Monday thru Friday 11:00am to 2:30pm. Don’t forget to stop in for our Thursday Night Matadors & Friday Night Burgers, 6:00 to 8:00pm both nights. Live music EVERY Friday and Saturday night and admission is always FREE! El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. • 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo’s original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. • 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. Ask us about our Take and Bake Service! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Mon-Thurs 11 am - 6 pm. Friday and Sat 11-8 pm Downtown Missoula. $ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am10pm $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. • 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 97:30 www.grizzlyliquor.com. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$

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Nourishing Cultures Kombucha HAPPIEST HOUR What you’re drinking: Kombucha is a fermented, tea-based nonalcoholic brew, which originated as a homemade health drink in China and Russia in the 1950s.

Keep it local: Missoulabased kombucha company Nourishing Cultures started selling batches of the stuff at the farmers markets three years ago. Brewer and owner Heath N. Carey says kombucha is a little unusual because it’s a product people like “because it tastes good, but they also like it because there’s health benefits.”

shows that regular doses of probiotics might strengthen the immune system.

But really, it does taste pretty good: Nourishing Cultures makes kombucha in varieties including lilac, raspberry ginger and chai. We tried the jasmine flavor, which is tangy, crisp, slightly sweet and delicately floral.

How to find it: Nourishing Cultures’ jasmine kombucha is on tap at Black photo by Cathrine L. Walters Coffee Roasting Co., 525 E. Spruce St.; bottled at Found Coffee, 1515 Wyoming St.,; and available at the Clark Fork farmers market every Saturday.

—Kate Whittle Health benefits, you say? Fermented foods, including everything from kombucha to Happiest Hour celebrates western Monsauerkraut to yogurt, contain colonies of beneficial bacteria and yeasts, aka “probiotics.” tana watering holes. To recommend a bar, Carey says a healthy colony of bacteria is good bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, for your gastrointestinal tract, and research email editor@missoulanews.com.

Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pmclose. $-$$ Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s. Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ Market on Front 201 E. Front St. marketonfront.com The Market on Front is more than a market with a restaurant. It is an energetic marketplace which offers an epicurean experience to excite the senses. It is also an energetic, vibrant marketplace creating an opportunity to taste and take home the products of artisans who create excellent products at awesome prices. This community centered specialty food destination features gourmet yet traditional prepared foods, sandwiches, salads, specialty cheeses, charcuterie, local brews, wines, espresso and so much more! $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every weekday for only $3? (Missoula County residents over 60: $3, only $6 if younger and just stopping by) Anyone is welcome to join us from 11:3012:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food and great conversation. For a full menu, visit our website. $ Missoula Farmer's Market N. Higgins by the XXX's missoulafarmersmarket.com Find us on Facebook Seasonal, Homegrown and Homemade!

Fresh local vegetables, fruits, flowers, plants, eggs, honey, baked goods and coffee provided by over 100 vendors. "Music at the Market" performers on Saturdays 9am-noon. Market Hours: Saturday's 8am12:30pm May 2-Oct. 31, 2015 • Tuesday's 5:30-7pm.

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The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$

Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 www.orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-PITA (7482) pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week.

Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$ Plonk 322 N Higgins 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an all-encompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions.

Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-317-1829 www.romainessalads.com Romaines is a Certified Green Restaurant ® dedicated to making environmentally sustainable choices in all operations. We serve salads, sandwiches, and soups made from locally grown and raised produce and meats. The menu also includes vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free options, providing something for everyone on the menu. Locally brewed beers are on tap as well as regional wines pairing well with salads and sandwiches. $-$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 549-8703 • www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass.

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

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May 7–May 14, 2015 of every month from 11 AM-1 PM. $6/$5 for members.

Visit zootownarts.org/artstart.

As part of Children’s Book Week, authors Susan Adrian (of Tunnel Vision) and Janet Fox (of Faithful and Sirens) chat about their stories and sign at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 3:30 PM. Soon-to-be mommas can feel empowered, relaxed and nurtured during a prenatal yoga class, this and every Thursday at the Open Way Center, 702 Brooks Ave., at 4 PM. $11/$10 with card. Drop-ins welcome. Call 360-1521.

The Shuffles Dance Studio hosts tap classes for all ages and levels, Mondays through Thursdays from 4-7 PM. 500 N. Higgins Ave. Call 210-8792 to set up a time and routine that’s best for you, or just drop in any day to observe a class. $60 for four classes.

Get the party started way in advance with the Rivers City Roots Festival Release Party, with tunes from the Lil’ Smokies, a specialty Roots Fest cocktail and announcement of this year’s 10th anniversary blowout at the Top Hat, 4-6 PM. Roots Fest is slated for Aug. 28-29. photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Grab ass. Missoula Community Theatre presents Shrek: The Musical at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, Thu., May 7–Sun., May 10 and Wed., May 13-Sun., May 17. All evening shows at 7:30 PM except Sundays, which are at 6:30 PM. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21.

THURSDAYMAY07 Slide on into the Music Recital Hall for a horn-filled evening when the UM presents the Trombone Solo Night, starting at 7:30 PM. No cover.

The West African Drum and Dance Conference with Djebe Bara presents a weekend of classes led by master artists at the Barn Movement Studio and Downtown Dance Collective. $75 for everything, with individual class pric-

ing $5-$15. Find “Djebe Bara” on Facebook to learn more and find a detailed schedule, or call 926-1606.

Release some stress during t’ai chi classes every Thursday at 10 AM at The Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $10

drop-in class. Visit openway.org.

Chase those Wheaties with a dose of creativity at Art Start, a morning DIY series with projects laid out for you and your child ages 2 and up to work on. Meets at the ZACC the first Thursday

Your little one can pop ‘n lock to their heart’s content with the hip-hop dance classes for ages 3-6 at Downtown Dance Collective, running Thursdays from 4-4:45 PM through June 25.

Register in advance by calling 5417240. $55 for eight-week course.

Yoga newbies can get hip to a gentle, mindful practice with Easy Yoga for Beginners, led by Harriet Alterowitz and Marina Zaleski, including basic poses and breath work. Learning Center at

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[calendar] Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Thursdays from 4-5:15 PM. $45 for six weeks, or $10 drop in.

This year’s Community Bird Festival takes flight with exhibits, arts and crafts, live birds on display and short films.

Hang out at the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo from 4:30-7:30 PM. Free to attend; refreshments available.

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

Cut Poor Henry some slack when they play tunes at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., from 6-8 PM. No cover.

Max Hay rides the soul train into the Bitter Root Brewery for tunes from 68:30 PM. No cover.

The annual Lunafest brings nine short films by and about women in celebration of women’s diverse experiences with motherhood, body image, aging and culture. Wilma Theater. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 7. $15/$10 in advance. Check out ywca.org. Proceeds benefit the YWCA’s GUTS! Girls Leadership program.

Adventurous author Peter Stark chats about his engaging history, Astoria, about the forgotten expeditions to settle the Pacific Coast after Lewis and Clark. Lolo Community Center, 12345 Hwy 93, at 7 PM. Free.

Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place, plus specials on beer.

200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. The UM School of Theatre and Dance presents Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter, a dark comedy about an Iraq vet trying to reenter society. Masquer Theatre, Tue., May 5–Sat., May 9 at 7:30 PM. $10-$16. Visit umt.edu/theatredance.

Missoula Community Theatre peels back the layers with Shrek: The Musical, at MCT Center for the Performing Arts, May 6-10 and 13-17. All evening shows at 7:30 PM except Sundays, which are at 6:30 PM. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21. Call 728-7529 for the box office.

Bust out a little geetar, tunesmiths, at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 8:30-10:30 PM. Impress ‘em enough and you could get paid $50 as a showcased performer. Text 406-3965934 to sign up early.

Hone your performance skills at the Broadway Inn’s open mic night, with singing and prizes at 9 PM. Includes $3 Big Sky beer special. 1609 W. Broadway St. No cover.

Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats, drink

rays of hope

A young college student’s fancy might turn to thoughts of frolicking at the 14th annual UM Spring Thaw, a party on the Oval with tunes from Lil’ Smokies, dunk tank, carnival games and food.

12:30-5 PM. Free.

The Women’s Circle Group Acupuncture at Mountain Sage Acupuncture Clinic, 725 W. Alder St. Ste. 1, focuses on women’s health issues and sounds comfy and nice. 2–5 PM, last appointment at 4 PM. Sliding scale treatments $20-$40 with a first time administration fee of $10. Call 503-5937073.

Throughout the year, Living Art of Montana provides the kind of services that you likely won’t give much thought to until the day comes that you really need it. The nonprofit uses arts and creative writing workshops to help people dealing with illness or loss find catharsis, compassion and a safe space to explore emotions.

Its programs include the Creativity for Life expressive arts workshops, where you can drop in

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

WHAT: Light Show art auction and gala

WHERE: Hilton Garden Inn

Mellow out and take in the antioxidants when David Boone plays singersongwriter tunes at Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

HOW MUCH: $75

nightlife

WHO: Living Art of Montana WHEN: Sat., May 9 at 5:30 PM

MORE INFO: livingartofmontana.org

three Saturdays out of the month for guided activities, and the monthly Creative Connections for Cancer Survivors.

Cindi Laukes’ “Spectral Illumination”

Living Art’s annual Light Show fundraiser gala features dinner, with entrees such as New York strip steak and portobello mushrooms with quinoa, plus a live auction for packages including five hours of private flight instruction from Neptune Aviation and a weekend at Flathead Lake Lodge.

Also up for for bid are paintings from Teresa Warner Garland, sculptures by Ron Knowles, gor-

specials aplenty and attractive local singles in your area. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. Small town girls, city boys and anyone that leaves out can share the night on and on and on at the Dead Hipster Dance Party of lore, at the Badlander on Thursdays, with opening guests SharkWe3k. No cover, plus $1 wells from 9 PM to midnight.

Cleargrain delivers shots of the country-fried good stuff at the Sunrise Saloon while you do the chasin’, starting at 9 PM. No cover.

Take pleasure in some Treasure State hip-hop with a bumpin’ evening featuring Hectic, Beeznest, MT Souls, Graveyard Project, Wormwood and Mac Marler shakin’ it down at the Palace. 9 PM. No cover.

Joey Running Crane and the Dirty Birds take flight on the first week of their May residency at the VFW, with special guests Bird’s Mile Home and Ryan Bundy. 9 PM. $3.

Local smart alecs are doing it for the

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geous glasswork by Karl Stein and fabric art by Bonnie Tarses, plus many more pieces, which play on the “light” theme in ways subtle and obvious. Visit livingartofmontana.org to find a preview of auction items and learn more about Living Art’s services.

—Kate Whittle

lulz at John Howard’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club.

Sign up by 9:30 PM to perform; things usually start around 10. Free.

Let herbal concoctions of your choosing soothe what ails you as Sol Seed spreads the rock ‘n reggae sound around the Top Hat. 9:30 PM. No cover.

FRIDAYMAY08 This is the closing day for the Mother’s Day Art and Craft Show, featuring dozens of pottery and print works created by the artists of Opportunity Resources. 2821 S. Russell St., open for viewing from 8 AM-5 PM. The West African Drum and Dance Conference with Djebe Bara presents a weekend of classes led by master artists at the Barn Movement Studio and Downtown Dance Collective. $75 for everything, with individual class pricing $5-$15. Find “Djebe Bara” on Facebook

to learn more and find a detailed schedule, or call 926-1606.

Ole! The first Missoula Tango Marathon features six milongas, three technique courses, men’s and women’s socials and much more at Downtown Dance Collective, Fri., May 8–Sun., May 10. $90 all-access pass/$55 milonga pass/$45 class pass; with ala carte and student rates also available.

CHeck out tangomissoula.com.

Stay in the game, champ, when the Dark Horse Band plays tunes to dance by at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave., starting at 8 PM on Friday and Saturday. No cover.

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

You’ll be in stitches at Yarns at the Library, the fiber-arts craft group that meets at the Missoula Public Library from noon-2 PM Fridays.

Spokane artists Ric Gendron and Melissa S. Cole weave magical-realism tales drawing from tribal traditions in their collective painting exhibit, Life/Stories. Opening reception at the Radius Gallery, 114 E. Main St., on May 8 from 5-8 PM, and the June First Friday from 5-8 PM. Imaginations take flight at the Missoula Writing Collaborative’s celebration with student readings, Words With Wings. Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave., 5:30 PM. Sip a Guinness and be whisked away to the Emerald Isle with the Irish Music Session, every Friday at the Union Club from 6-9 PM. No cover.

Family Friendly Friday invites little ones to boogie while parental units kick back at the Top Hat, starting at 6 PM, with a rotating lineup of local musicians providing all-ages tunes. No cover.

Enjoy zee cinema at Missoula Public Library’s World Wide Cinema night, the second Friday of every month. The series showcases indie and foreign films.

Doors open at 6:45, show at 7 PM. Check missoulapublibrary.org for info.

Free.

Dip a toe into a new hobby with the Foray into Fencing class hosted by the Missoula Fencing Association, 1200 Sherwood St. 6:30-7:30 PM. Ages 9 to adult are invited to wear gym clothes and show up; limited to 16 participants, so be prompt. Free.

Wendy Woollett’s Montana Monologues brings to life the experience of older ranch women and their experiences growing up in the 1930s and ‘40s. Stevensville Playhouse, performances Fri., May 8-Sat., May 9 and Fri., May 15-Sun., May 16 at 7 PM, plus matinees on May 10 and 17. $15/$12

[calendar] in advance, $12/$8 in advance for kids.

Visit stevensvilleplayhouse.org.

The UM School of Theatre and Dance presents Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter, a dark comedy about an Iraq vet trying to reenter society. Masquer Theatre, Tue., May 5–Sat., May 9 at 7:30 PM. $10-$16. Visit umt.edu/theatredance.

Missoula Community Theatre peels back the layers with Shrek: The Musical, at MCT Center for the Performing Arts, May 6-10 and 13-17. All evening shows at 7:30 PM except Sundays, which are at 6:30 PM. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21. Call 728-7529 for the box office.

It’ll be just another day in paradise with legendary Nashville songwriter Phil Vassar, playing the Dennison Theatre at 7:30 PM. $43.50. Check out umt.edu/griztix.

The Missoula Community Chorus presents its spring performance, “Songs of Sound and Stage,” highlighting tunes featured in films or Broadway productions. St. Anthony Parish, starting at 7:30 PM. $10. Tickets available in advance at missoulachorus.net and Rockin Rudy’s.

Leap into the season with Bare Bait Dance Company’s annual Springboard, featuring original choreography by company members and visiting guests. Performances at the Open Space in the PARTV Center, Fri., May 1Sat., May 2 and Fri., May 8-Sat., May 9 at 7:30 PM, plus a 2 PM matinee on May 9. $12/$10 in advance. Visit barebaitdance.org.

Cut a rug when the Golden Age Club hosts dancing and live music in an alcohol-free environment. 727 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. 6-10 PM. $3. Call 2409617 to learn more.

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

Sing a happy tune at the Evaro Bar’s Friday night karaoke and you just might win a prize. Starts at 9 PM, free to sing.

17025 US Highway 93 North.

DJ Dubwise spins hot old-school and new dance party traxx at Feruqis, 318 N. Higgins Ave., starting at 10 PM. Free.

Party harder than Demeter and her crew of handmaidens at This Night of Mayhem and Creativity, with poetry, comedy, dance and live music from Detta and the 45s, Forgetful Bitties, Evanor, Eat Strike and Holy Lands. It all goes down at the Badlander starting at 7 PM. Proceeds benefit the UM Women’s Resource Center. (See Music.)

John “Poncho” Dobson hosts open mic at Fergie’s Pub every Fri., where you’re bound to mingle with a mix of resort celebs, odd locals and dizzy soakers. You never know who’ll show up and play. It could be you. Starts at 3 PM. 213 Main Street in Hot Springs. Sign up ahead at 406-721-2416 or just show up.

The Ruins rock out with originals and a sprinkling of covers at the Dark Horse Bar, corner of Strand and Regent.

9:30 PM. Free.

Tune in and rock out when Tom Catmull’s Radio Static plays the Union Club, starting around 9:30 PM. No cover.

Metal heavies unite when Virginia’s Inter Arma and Nashville’s Yautja crush the Palace, along with our own whiskey wizards Swamp Ritual and Sunraiser.

Doors at 9:30 PM. $10/$7 in advance at Ear Candy. (See Music.)

The 406 Band has all the right country dance numbers, so come and dance maybe at the Sunrise Saloon.

Tunes get going around 9:30 PM. No cover.

Even The Rock wants to know what’s cookin’ when Colorado bluegrass outfit Trout Steak Revival plays the Top Hat, starting at 10 PM. No cover.

SATURDAYMAY09 Mamalode magazine hosts the annual Mother’s Day Eve celebration, with shopping, pampering and refreshments throughout downtown, culminating in a party at Le Petit Outre from 8-10 PM with champagne and cake. Childcare offered by Mismo gymnastics. Check out mamalode.com.

The West African Drum and Dance Conference with Djebe Bara presents a weekend of classes led by master artists at the Barn Movement Studio and Downtown Dance Collective. $75 for everything, with individual class pricing $5-$15. Find “Djebe Bara” on Facebook to learn more and find a detailed schedule, or call 926-1606.

Ole! The first Missoula Tango Marathon features six milongas, three technique courses, men’s and women’s socials and much more at Downtown Dance Collective, Fri., May 8–Sun., May 10. $90 all-access pass/$55 milonga pass/$45 class pass; with ala carte and student rates also available. CHeck out tangomissoula.com.

Mingle among the sweet abundance at the Missoula farmers markets and People’s Market, with produce, arts, crafts, baked goods, hot breakfasts and strong coffee at the XXXXs, Pine Street

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[calendar] in advance, $12/$8 in advance for kids.

Visit stevensvilleplayhouse.org.

The UM School of Theatre and Dance presents Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter, a dark comedy about an Iraq vet trying to reenter society. Masquer Theatre, Tue., May 5–Sat., May 9 at 7:30 PM. $10-$16. Visit umt.edu/theatredance.

Missoula Community Theatre peels back the layers with Shrek: The Musical, at MCT Center for the Performing Arts, May 6-10 and 13-17. All evening shows at 7:30 PM except Sundays, which are at 6:30 PM. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21. Call 728-7529 for the box office.

It’ll be just another day in paradise with legendary Nashville songwriter Phil Vassar, playing the Dennison Theatre at 7:30 PM. $43.50. Check out umt.edu/griztix.

The Missoula Community Chorus presents its spring performance, “Songs of Sound and Stage,” highlighting tunes featured in films or Broadway productions. St. Anthony Parish, starting at 7:30 PM. $10. Tickets available in advance at missoulachorus.net and Rockin Rudy’s.

Leap into the season with Bare Bait Dance Company’s annual Springboard, featuring original choreography by company members and visiting guests. Performances at the Open Space in the PARTV Center, Fri., May 1Sat., May 2 and Fri., May 8-Sat., May 9 at 7:30 PM, plus a 2 PM matinee on May 9. $12/$10 in advance. Visit barebaitdance.org.

Cut a rug when the Golden Age Club hosts dancing and live music in an alcohol-free environment. 727 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. 6-10 PM. $3. Call 2409617 to learn more.

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

Sing a happy tune at the Evaro Bar’s Friday night karaoke and you just might win a prize. Starts at 9 PM, free to sing.

17025 US Highway 93 North.

DJ Dubwise spins hot old-school and new dance party traxx at Feruqis, 318 N. Higgins Ave., starting at 10 PM. Free.

Party harder than Demeter and her crew of handmaidens at This Night of Mayhem and Creativity, with poetry, comedy, dance and live music from Detta and the 45s, Forgetful Bitties, Evanor, Eat Strike and Holy Lands. It all goes down at the Badlander starting at 7 PM. Proceeds benefit the UM Women’s Resource Center. (See Music.)

John “Poncho” Dobson hosts open mic at Fergie’s Pub every Fri., where you’re bound to mingle with a mix of resort celebs, odd locals and dizzy soakers. You never know who’ll show up and play. It could be you. Starts at 3 PM. 213 Main Street in Hot Springs. Sign up ahead at 406-721-2416 or just show up.

The Ruins rock out with originals and a sprinkling of covers at the Dark Horse Bar, corner of Strand and Regent.

9:30 PM. Free.

Tune in and rock out when Tom Catmull’s Radio Static plays the Union Club, starting around 9:30 PM. No cover.

Metal heavies unite when Virginia’s Inter Arma and Nashville’s Yautja crush the Palace, along with our own whiskey wizards Swamp Ritual and Sunraiser.

Doors at 9:30 PM. $10/$7 in advance at Ear Candy. (See Music.)

The 406 Band has all the right country dance numbers, so come and dance maybe at the Sunrise Saloon.

Tunes get going around 9:30 PM. No cover.

Even The Rock wants to know what’s cookin’ when Colorado bluegrass outfit Trout Steak Revival plays the Top Hat, starting at 10 PM. No cover.

SATURDAYMAY09 Mamalode magazine hosts the annual Mother’s Day Eve celebration, with shopping, pampering and refreshments throughout downtown, culminating in a party at Le Petit Outre from 8-10 PM with champagne and cake. Childcare offered by Mismo gymnastics. Check out mamalode.com.

The West African Drum and Dance Conference with Djebe Bara presents a weekend of classes led by master artists at the Barn Movement Studio and Downtown Dance Collective. $75 for everything, with individual class pricing $5-$15. Find “Djebe Bara” on Facebook to learn more and find a detailed schedule, or call 926-1606.

Ole! The first Missoula Tango Marathon features six milongas, three technique courses, men’s and women’s socials and much more at Downtown Dance Collective, Fri., May 8–Sun., May 10. $90 all-access pass/$55 milonga pass/$45 class pass; with ala carte and student rates also available. CHeck out tangomissoula.com.

Mingle among the sweet abundance at the Missoula farmers markets and People’s Market, with produce, arts, crafts, baked goods, hot breakfasts and strong coffee at the XXXXs, Pine Street

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[calendar] Awards at Free Cycles, where Boston Tea Party, Off in the Woods, Voodoo Horseshoes, Latitude 45 and Codependents hit the stage starting at 5 PM. $5, with brewskis available.

The 11th annual Light Show art auction and gala, featuring the Moksha aerialists and emcee Michael Marsolek, benefits Living Art of Montana and its mission to aid people dealing with grief and loss through creative arts. Hilton Garden Inn, doors at 5:30 PM. $75. Visit livingartofmontana.org or call 549-5329 to learn more. (See Spotlight.)

which are at 6:30 PM. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21. Call 728-7529 for the box office.

Leap into the season with Bare Bait Dance Company’s annual Springboard, featuring original choreography by company members and visiting guests. Performances at the Open Space in the PARTV Center, Sat., May 9 at 7:30 PM, plus a 2 PM matinee on May 9. $12/$10 in advance. Visit barebaitdance.org.

Summer floating season is approaching, so pay your dues first with Missoula’s Dodgy Mountain Men the Blackfoot River Cleanup Benefit, head to the Bitterroot Brewery in Hamil- where you can sign up to help with the ton to stir up tunes from 6-8:30 PM. No annual cleanup, bid in a silent auction cover. and, of course, drink The Wartime Vote online or use the ‘n dance the night away to Cash for Blues’ Nate Hegyi paper ballot on page 34 Junkers at the Top and Carly Fetzer Hat. 8 PM. Free to go double-or-nothin attend. at Draught Works, with tunes from 6-8 Let your inner PM. No cover. dancing queen cut loose with Tango Wendy Woollett’s Missoula’s Argentine Montana MonoTango at the Downlogues brings to life town Dance Collecthe experience of tive from 8-11:45 older ranch women PM on the second and their experiSaturday of the ences growing up in month. $10/$16 for the 1930s and ‘40s. Stevensville Playhouse, performances Fri., May 8-Sat., couples, with potluck treats and refreshMay 9 and Fri., May 15-Sun., May 16 at ments. Check out tangomissoula.com.

7 PM, plus matinees on May 10 and 17. Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and $15/$12 in advance, $12/$8 in ad- Monty Carlo deliver the primo Saturvance for kids. Visit stevensvilleplay- day nite party at the Badlander. Doors house.org. at 9 PM. Two-fer-one Absolut vodka The UM School of Theatre and drinks until midnight. No cover.

Dance presents Welcome Home, DJ Dubwise spins hot old-school Jenny Sutter, a dark comedy about an and new dance party traxx at FerIraq vet trying to reenter society. Mas- uqis, 318 N. Higgins Ave., starting at 10 quer Theatre, Tue., May 5–Sat., May 9 PM. Free. at 7:30 PM. $10-$16. Visit umt.edu/the- The Jack Saloon and Grill (formerly atredance. the venerated Lumberjack) presents live Missoula Community Theatre peels back the layers with Shrek: The Musical, at MCT Center for the Performing Arts, May 6-10 and 13-17. All evening shows at 7:30 PM except Sundays,

music on Saturdays. 7000 Graves Creek Road. 9 PM. Unleash your inner Partysaurus Rex when Mesozoic Mafia take over the

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VFW for their one-year anniversary spectacular, along with Old Sap. Beatzlevox and Partygoers. 9 PM. $3.

The 406 Band has all the right country dance numbers, so come and dance maybe at the Sunrise Saloon.

Tunes get going around 9:30 PM. No cover.

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It’s Saturday nite, guess that makes it all right to whoop it up at the Union Club, with Zeppo Blues providing the tuneage starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.

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You betcha and heck yes when O’Fosho comes all the way outta Fargo to play jammy funk at the Palace, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.

SUNDAYMAY10 The Montana A Capella Society brings you peace ‘n love at its 11th annual spring concert in honor of Mother’s Day. Corvallis United Methodist Church, corner of Eastside Highway and Cemetary Road. 3 PM. Free.

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The West African Drum and Dance Conference with Djebe Bara presents a weekend of classes led by master artists at the Barn Movement Studio and Downtown Dance Collective. $75 for everything, with individual class pricing $5-$15. Find “Djebe Bara” on Facebook to learn more and find a detailed schedule, or call 926-1606.

Ole! The first Missoula Tango Marathon features six milongas, three technique courses, men’s and women’s socials and much more at Downtown Dance Collective, Fri., May 8–Sun., May 10. $90 all-access pass/$55 milonga pass/$45 class pass; with ala carte and student rates also available. CHeck out tangomissoula.com.

The first annual Bike Swap invites y’all to drop off your old gear and twowheelers at the Adams Center on May 9, 1-6 PM, and/or check out the available wares on Sun., May 10 from 9 AM3 PM. A percentage from each sale benefits the Bike Walk Alliance Missoula and Freecycles. Free to browse.

Get all keyed up with the Five Valley Accordion Association, which presents its dance jam every second and fourth Sunday of the month. April 12 meets at the Hamilton Eagles, and April 26 meets at the Rustic Hut; 1-5 PM. $4/$3 for members. Email helenj4318@hotmail.com for info.

Your bedtime tales of college-age debauchery fall a little short of the mark.

Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Kick out the jams down the ‘Root at the dining room of the Sapphire

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Lutheran Homes, corner of 10th and River streets. Players of all levels are invited to bring their acoustic instrument, or just sit a spell and listen. 2-4 PM. Call John at 381-2483. Free.

The String Orchestra of the Rockies goes for baroque with Barroco, its 30th anniversary celebration concnert at the UM Music Recital Hall. 3 PM. $23/$20 seniors/$10 students and kids.

Check out griztix.com.

The String Orchestra of the Rockies musicians, goes for Baroque in a special Mother’s Day reunion concert at the UM Music Building. 3-5:30 PM. Tickets at sormt.org.

nightlife Harmonica-lovin’ dude Max Hay puts the pedal to the mettle at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., from 5-7 PM. Hoist up your skivvies and check out Britchy, playing Americana-y tuneage at Great Burn Brewing, 2230 McDonald Ave. Music starts at 6 PM. No cover.

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

Open mic at Lolo Hot Springs’ Bear Cave Bar and Grill offers scintillating prizes like cabin stays, bar tabs and hot springs passes, plus drink specials, starting at 7 PM. Call 406-273-2297 to sign up. No cover.

Missoula Community Theatre peels back the layers with Shrek: The Musical, at MCT Center for the Performing Arts, May 6-10 and 13-17. All evening shows at 7:30 PM except Sundays, which are at 6:30 PM. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21. Call 728-7529 for the box office.

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

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

MONDAYMAY11 The Sci-Fi Writing Class with Blue Door No. 10 presents “Four Ways to Extrapolate,” a one-night workshop for ages 16-plus. Meets at Missoula Public Library from 6-8 PM. Free.

Contact Bridget for info at bluedoor10@outlook.com.

Relax and realign with Yoga for Wellness, a gentle class led by Rasa O’Neill, with an emphasis on mindful-

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Open House Russell Street Project Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Open House: 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Burns Street Community Center 1500 Burns St., Missoula, MT The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and the city of Missoula invite the public to attend an open house to discuss the Russell St. Project located in Missoula, MT., Missoula County. This open house is an opportunity for the public to review the final design details for a portion of Russell Street between West Broadway and Dakota Street.

Babe-licious. Inter Arma plays the Palace Fri., May 8, along with Yautja, Swamp Ritual and Sunraiser. 9:30 PM. $10/$7 in advance at Ear Candy. ness. Beginners are welcome, but previous experience is helpful. Meets at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave., Mondays from noon-1 PM. $45 for six classes, or $10 drop-in. Call 721-0033 or visit redwillowlearning.org.

Brush up on your skillz with the Bridge Group for beginners/those in need of a refresher course. Missoula Senior Center, Mondays at 1 PM. $1.25.

The Young Artist After-School Program imparts art fundamentals, history and techniques while playing with a variety of mediums. Meets at the ZACC on Mondays, 3:30-5:30 PM, through June 8. $12/$10 for members a day. Visit zootownarts.org/youngartists.

The Shuffles Dance Studio hosts tap classes for all ages and levels, Mondays through Thursdays from 4-7 PM. 500 N. Higgins Ave. Call 210-8792 to set up a time and routine that’s best for you, or just drop in any day to observe a class. $60 for four classes.

Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main.

6:45 PM. $12 buy-in.

Environmental historian Frederick Swanson chats about the big “W” and signs his book, Where Roads Will Never Reach: Wilderness and Its Visionaries in the Northern Rockies. Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. UM professors Rosalyn LaPier and David Beck team up to read from their latest, City Indian: Native American Activism in Chicago, 1893-1934, about influential Indians who became prominent members of the Chicago community. Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. (See Agenda.)

Singer-songwriter Maiah Wynne dazzles with her tuneful ways at Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 7-10 PM. No cover.

Get mindful at Be Here Now, a

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

Shake, rattle ‘n roll at the Beginner/Intermediate Jazz Dance class, led by Jennifer Meyer-Vaughan on Mondays at Downtown Dance Collective, 7:30-9 PM. Yoga pants allowed, regular rates apply.

Rock the mic when DJ Super Steve rocks the karaoke with the hottest Kamikaze tuneage this side of the hemisphere at the Dark Horse. Are you brave enough to let the computer pick your songs? 9 PM. Free.

Fall in love with a girl at a rock show when Illinois punks All Eyes West play the Badlander, along with Buddy

nightlife Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, a curated broadcast of two hours of Jerry Garcia and co. from 5 to 7 PM. Free, all ages.

Dancer-types and anyone seeking to get into touch with their body can check out the Authentic Movement Group, where a facilitator will help you find and follow your own movement.

The Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St. Mondays from 6-8 PM through May. $30. Call 529-2322 to register.

MDT and the city of Missoula plan to implement roadway, pedestrian, bicycle, and transit improvements for the first phase of the larger Russell Street Project- from West Broadway to Dakota Street. This open house will focus on improvements to this corridor to meet current and future transportation demands and facilitate mobility for all modes of travel. The first planned segment includes bridge replacement, sidewalks, bike lanes, trail crossings, transit facilities, drainage, lighting, traffic signal revisions, retaining walls, and street improvements.

Based on previous input from the public and stake-holder groups, the street and bridge designs have been modified under the guidance from the project's Technical Design Committee. The committee is made up of representatives from MDT, the U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration, and the city of Missoula.

The public is encouraged to attend this open house. MDT attempts to provide accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person's participation in any service, program or activity of our department. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in this meeting, please call Loran Frazier, WGM Group Project Manager at (406) 728- 4611 at least two days before the meeting. For the hearing impaired, the TTY number is (406) 444-7696 or 1-800-335-7592, or call Montana Relay at 711. Alternative accessible formats of this information will be provided upon request.

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Psst. Hey you. Yes, you. We need your help. It’s time for the Indy’s annual Best of Missoula reader poll and, if the past is any indication, your vote could determine who wins and who loses.

No, really. Not to put any pressure on you or anything, but every year we ask readers to fill out a ballot and every year at least a handful of categories come down to the wire. Are you really going to let your favorite pizza joint down? Or your favorite local news anchor? Or your hair stylist? (Lookin’ good, by the way. Like what you did with the ’do.) Don’t be that person. Now is your moment to make a difference.

It’s cool, there’s something in it for you, too. If you fill this out, we’ll pass along an invitation to the Independent’s Best of Missoula Party at Caras Park on Thursday, July 9. There’ll be live music from local bands, food, drinks and special activities for the whole family. It’s pretty much the biggest thing happening this summer, or so we’ve heard.

But first things first: Fill out your ballot and let your opinions be known. It just might be the most important thing you do in the next five minutes. (Vote online at missoulanews.com for even more categories.)

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Consider this the fine print: We require ballots to include your full name, email address and phone number in the spaces provided. Ballots missing any of this information, or ballots with fewer than 30 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.

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Gets going ‘round 9 PM. No cover, even, so let’s all buy each other drinks.

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

TUESDAYMAY12 Have a skantastic extravaskankza (lol) when hardworking twotone outfit The English Beat comes back to the Top Hat. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $24/$22 in advance. 18plus. Tickets on sale Feb. 20 at 10 AM at tophatlounge.com/events and Rockin Rudy’s.

Email tarn.ream@umontana.edu or call 549-7933 for more information.

Two-step the mid-week blues away at the Country Dance Lessons, featuring styles including the waltz, cha cha, swing and more. Hamilton Senior Center, Tuesdays from 7-8:30 PM, and Wednesdays at a TBA location. Bring a partner on Tuesdays, but the group is open on Wednesdays. Call 381-1392 for more info. $5.

Take down the Athenian hegemony but pass on the hemlock tea at the Socrates Cafe, in which facilitator Kris Bayer encourages philosophical discussion. Bitterroot Public Library. 7-9 PM.

Impress your friends! Crush your enemies! Or at least strum a guitar tunefully, same diff, at Stage 112’s Open Mic. 9 PM. No cover.

WEDNESDAYMAY13 Hang out with cool cats and swap stories of legendary sweaty moshpits at the Total Community UNite party at the Northside Kettlehouse, which raises funds for the final Total Fest (Aug. 20–22), 5-8 PM. Kettlehouse donates an extra $250 bucks if the evening exceeds 400 pints sold, so drink up.

Phish heads, phish heads, roly poly phish heads get together for Sharin’ In The Groove, a screening of live Phish shows with audio and video at the Top Hat. Every Wednesday at 4:30 PM, which as we all know, is just 10 minutes after 4:20. No cover.

nightlife Dena Saedi presents the Yoga for Chronic Pain class at the Learning Center at Red Willow, which uses gentle stretches, meditation and breath work geared toward easing conditions like chronic back pain, fibromyalgia and arthritis. Wednesdays from 5-6 PM. Prerequisite one-on-one screening with

own mind” via the assistance of Mexican food and beer when “Poncho” Dobson hosts the Live and Loco open mic at the Symes Hotel, Wednesdays from 6-9:30 PM. Call 741-2361 to book a slot, or just come hang out and party. Free.

B-29, you’re doing fine, I-30, dirty gertie, N-31, get up and run, G-32, buckle my shoe, O-33, come in for tea. What’s that spell? Yell it with me: BINGO! Every week at the Lucky Strike bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Runs 6:309:30 PM, followed by karaoke with whiskey specials. (Bingo Lingo not necessarily included.)

You’ll be seeing stars at Bingo on Broadway, with cash prizes, $3 Sam Adams pints and food specials. Broadway Inn, 1609 W. Broadway St. 8 PM. $6 buy-in.

The ongoing Weekly Sit Meditation invites folks who’ve already dabbled in meditation to a weekly lunch hour class to help de-stress and re-engage.

Learning Center at Red Willow, Thursdays from noon-1 PM. $35 for four classes, or $10 drop-in. Visit redwillowlearning.org.

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

The Shuffles Dance Studio hosts tap classes for all ages and levels, Mondays through Thursdays from 4-7 PM. 500 N. Higgins Ave. Call 210-8792 to set up a time and routine that’s best for you, or just drop in any day to observe a class. $60 for four classes.

nightlife It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, out on the corner of Third and Reserve, presents Black Mountain Boys Bluegrass from 5:30-8 PM. Free. Call 327-0900.

The six-week Releasing Anxiety: A Practical Class for Regaining Balance, Peace, and Personal Strength program imparts everyday ways to find clarity and peace. Meets at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave., Tuesdays from 6-7:30 PM. $140. Visit redwillowlearning.org.

Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, from 6 to 8 PM. All ages.

The Unity Dance and Drum African Dance Class is sure to teach you some moves you didn’t learn in junior high when it meets Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. All ages and skill levels welcome. $10, $35 for four classes.

Happy (meal) hour. Max Hay plays the Bitter Root Brewery Thu., May 7 at 6 PM and Draught Works Sun., May 10, from 5–7 PM. C.U. this Tuesday at the Quizzoula trivia night at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., with current events, picture round and more. Gets rolling around 8:30 PM. To warm up the noggin, here’s a trivia question: Who is the last U.S. president known to have been a Freemason? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.

Bluesy rock outfit Wayland stops by Stage 112 to rip it up, along with High Voltage and Letter B. Doors at 8 PM. $7.

Journeyman musician and literal carpenter dude Chris Staples hews his soulful tunes at Stage 112, along with Mimicking Birds and Alyeska. Doors at 8 PM. $10. 18-plus.

Nobody’s too out-of-shape for yoga, and find out how at the beginnerlevel Yoga for Round Bodies, a gentle course with Leslie. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Wednesdays, noon-1:15 PM, from Jan. 14-March 3 and March 25 to May 13. $80 for eight-week course.

Doctor’s release required. Visit redwillowlearning.org or call 721-0033.

Cultivate your inner Ebert with the classic flicks showing at Missoula Public Library’s free matinee, every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 2 PM, except holidays. Visit missoulapubliclibrary.org or pop your head in their lobby to see what’s playing.

Dena required. To schedule an appointment, call 406-721-0033.

Find a like-minded community of goofs at Improv Anonymous, which meets in the small meeting room of Missoula Public Library. 5:30-6:30 PM. Free. No experience necessary. Email Ted at teofellman@yahoo.com to learn more.

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

Rediscover “the magic which makes you legendary in your

Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by using your giant egg to answer trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM. Sip a giggle water and get zozzled, baby, with the Top Hat’s weekly Jazz Night, featuring a rotating lineup of local jazz enthusiasts. 7 PM. Free, all ages.

The weekly Dinner and a Movie series brings top-notch indie flix and good eats under one roof. Screening at the Crystal Theater at 7 PM, $7. Dinner menu from Silk Road available (not included in admission price). Trivia answer: Gerald Ford. (Although Bill Clinton

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702 Brooks Ave., at 4 PM. $11/$10 with card.

Drop-ins welcome. Call 360-1521.

Ease into a comfier seat for the Tour of Montana Bicycle Film Festival, featuring documentaries and short films about all things wheel-y.

Screening at the Roxy Wednesdays in May at 7 PM, plus Sat., May 30, at 7 PM. $90 for a series pass/$10 per screening, with discounts for students. Pass purchase includes all five films, Q&A sessions and a happy hour with filmmaker Kathryn Bertine. Check out theroxytheater.org.

Your little one can pop ‘n lock to their heart’s content with the hip-hop dance classes for ages 36 at Downtown Dance Collective, running Thursdays from 4-4:45 PM through June 25. Register in advance by calling 541-7240. $55 for eight-week course.

Tango Connections I will impart to you the essentials of the “embrace, connection, musicality” of this dynamic dance style, led by Patrick Marsolek and Lori Mitchell. Downtown Dance Collective, Wednesdays at 7:15 PM through May 13. Come alone or bring a friend, guy or gal. $60/$48 for members. Visit ddcmontana.com.

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Missoula Community Theatre peels back the layers with Shrek: The Musical, at MCT Center for the Performing Arts, May 6-10 and 13-17. All evening shows at 7:30 PM except Sundays, which are at 6:30 PM. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21. Call 728-7529 for the box office.

Show ‘em mad skillz when Mad Dawg Karaoke gets rolling at the Sunrise Saloon, starting at 8 PM. No cover.

Show your Press Box buddies you know more than sports and compete in Trivial Beersuit starting at 8:30 every Wednesday. $50 bar tab for the winning team.

Live those “American Idol” fantasies at the Wednesday night karaoke with Cheree at Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W, with drink specials and the chance to win $50 big ones. 8:3010:30 PM. No cover; stick around for the prize drawing to be eligible to win.

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

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

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

Grab your axe and head on down to the Hump Day Jam at Monk’s Bar, with a PA and backline available, but you can bring your own amp if you wanna. Gets rolling about 9 PM. Free.

THURSDAYMAY14 The UM School of Media arts presents the 2015 Spring Expo, showcasing experimental films, documentaries, games, artwork and more at The Roxy Theater. 4–10 PM. Free. Check out umt.edu/mediaarts.

Release some stress during t’ai chi classes every Thursday at 10 AM at The Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $10 drop-in class. Visit openway.org.

The Missoula Parkinson’s Disease Support Group meets the second Thursday of each month at the Ronald McDonald House, 3003 Fort Missoula Road. 1 PM. Call Cindy Cone at 728-8283 or Ann Houston at 543-8939 for more info. Free.

Soon-to-be mommas can feel empowered, relaxed and nurtured during a prenatal yoga class, this and every Thursday at the Open Way Center,

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nightlife The Missoula College’s culinary arts students host the annual Capstone Dinner: Night Caps, a tribute to retro midcentury supper clubs with terrines, shrimp cocktails and everything else that Betty Crocker dreams of. 909 South Ave. at 5 PM. $80 per person, includes wine pairings. Call 243-7870.

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

The Djebe Community Drum and Dance class offers interactive instruction in performance traditions from nations including Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St. Meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 6-7:30 PM. $5 donation requested.

Get the evening started off right when Ten Skip Stone plays folk ‘n country and a dash of whatever else they like at Draught Works, 6-8 PM. No cover.

Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place, plus specials on beer. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Missoula Community Theatre peels back the layers with Shrek: The Musical, at MCT Center for the Performing Arts, May 6-10 and 13-17. All evening shows at 7:30 PM except Sundays, which are at 6:30 PM. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21. Call 728-7529 for the box office.

Bust out a little geetar, tunesmiths, at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 8:30-10:30 PM. Impress ‘em enough and you could get paid $50 as a showcased performer. Text 406-396-5934 to sign up early.

Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats, drink specials aplenty and attractive local singles in your area. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. Small town girls, city boys and anyone that leaves out can share the night on and on and on at the Dead Hipster Dance Party of lore, at the Badlander on Thursdays, with opening guests SharkWe3k. No cover, plus $1 wells from 9 PM to midnight.

If they’re doing it right, outlaw country dudes Ryan Chris and the Rough Cuts will sing about trucks ‘n prison ‘n trains and Mama at the Top Hat, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.

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

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ummer heat is arriving early this year, and whatever that bodes for climate change, it definitely means that y’all have no excuse for not hopping on a two-wheeler for getting around Missoula. Unless you don’t have a reliable bike to ride, or you’d like to switch the one you’ve got out for something that suits your needs a little bit better—and this weekend is the perfect time to accomplish that.

The inaugural Missoula Bike Swap, organized by students with the UM Global Leadership Initiative, goes down at the Adams Center over Mother’s Day weekend. On Saturday, bring any bikes you want to consign and related gear—pretty much everything will be accepted, like pedals or baskets, except for helmets.

On Sunday, you can swing by the Adams Center starting at 9 AM to snag treasures. Free Cycles and Bike/Walk Alliance for Missoula will keep 15 percent of the proceeds from each sale to benefit their local programs. There’s no fee to consign an item, so you don’t lose out if you donate something and it doesn’t sell. Any unsold items can be picked up on Sunday from 3-5 PM; anything left behind will be snagged by Free Cycles and put to good use.

—Kate Whittle Drop off unwanted bikes and gear at the Adams Center on Sat., May 9, from 1–6 PM. The sale on Sun., May 10 runs from 9 AM–3 PM.

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THURSDAY MAY 7 The miniNaturalists Pre-K Program is aces for outdoorsy learning for ye childrens. The Montana Natural History Center. 10–11 AM. $3/$1 for members. Visit montananaturalist.org.

FRIDAY MAY 8 The Western Montana Astronomical Association hosts “A Night Under the Stars” out at Traveler’s Rest State Park in Lolo, where they’ll provide the telescopes and expertise—you and the family provide the sense of wonder. 8:30-10 PM. Free.

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where ages 3-14 can compete for the chance to win prizes. (Mind you, kids 12 and up need a fishing license.) Runs 9-11 AM on May 9 and June 13. $1 to enter. Visit missoulaparks.org.

The Lake County De-Velo-pment junket with MOBI departs from McCormick Park at 9 AM to carpool to Ronan for a 33-mile trip to Polson ‘n back.

Email Milt for more info at unclemilty@bresnan.net.

SUNDAY MAY 10 The breezy Clark Fork Frontage Ride with MOBI meets up at the Tarkio I-90 exit at 10 AM for a 54mile trip up to St. Regis for a picnic lunch. Contact Lech for info at 207-1225.

The Missoulians on Bicycles pack their bags for the 29th annual Georgetown Lake Loop, which starts in Deer Lodge and rides to Philipsburg to sample candy and stay the night, before completing the loop through Drummond on Sunday. $10 deposit required. Contact Julie for info at msbicycle@gmail.com.

Take your mama out to the Wildflower Walk at Council Grove State Park, six miles north of Missoula, and show her what it’s all about with a casual stroll in the Ponderosas along the Clark Fork. 2 PM. Visit stateparks.mt.gov/council-grove.

You’ll be bright eyed and bushy tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave., and you can grab breakfast with other participants afterward. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org.

The Montana Dirt Girls kick into gear with group cycling trips in the Missoula area, meeting up at 6 PM every Tuesday at various locations. Visit mtdirtgirls.tripod.com to sign up for the mailing list and find out more.

Kiddos can reel in a whopper at the All-Abilities Fishing Derby at Silver’s Lagoon in McCormick Park,

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In 1893, the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago celebrated the 400th anniversary of the “discovery” of the Americas. As part of the event, American Indians and other ethnic groups performed demonstrations of “traditional” music and dance as part of “the illustrated history of the progress of the human race”—they were meant to illustrate how supposedly backwards the tribal people were before Europeans arrived to educate them.

As Rosalyn LaPier and David Beck wrote in a piece for Chicago History magazine, many of the Indians involved in the exhibit were actually instructed in their performances by the ethnologists who put on the display. Visiting Potawatomi leader Simon Pokagon was repelled by the faux cultural exhibits and the exposition itself. He printed a notice to distribute around the fairgrounds that read, in part, “I hereby declare to you, the pale-faced race that has usurped our lands and homes, that we have no spirit to celebrate with you... no; sooner would we hold high joy-day over the graves of our departed fathers, than to celebrate our own funeral, the discovery of America.”

As UM professors Rosalyn LaPier and David Beck write in their new book, City Indian, Chicago became a hotspot for tribal activists like Pokagon and

many others at the turn of the 20th century. These activists were among the first to demand that the American education system teach accurate history about tribal peoples. Learn more when LaPier and Beck discuss their studies at a reading at Shakespeare on Monday.

—Kate Whittle Rosalyn LaPier and David Beck read from City Indian: Native American Activism in Chicago, 1893-1934, Mon., May 11, at Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. Check out cityindian.wordpress.com.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY MAY 7 Learn about the emotional and physical support offered by doulas at the Meet the Doulas reception at the Nursing Nook, 734 Kensington Ave., every first Thursday of the month from 5:30-7:30 PM through August. Refreshments provided.

Find fresh ideas at the Clearing the Channels: Moving through the Five Elements workshop, which explores the Chinese five-element theory and other concepts through writing, storytelling and movement.

Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. 6:30-8:30 PM. $125 for five-week course. Visit redwillowlearning.org.

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

The Yoga for Nepal Earthquake Relief Class led

by Cheryl Webster will donate proceeds to Adara Development’s earthquake relief fund. Meets at Bikram Yoga at 6 PM. Minimum $5 donation requested.

TUESDAY MAY 12 Learn about the work to protect women and families at the SAFE in the Bitterroot informational tour, scheduled for today from noon-1 PM. Call 3632793 or email safe@safeinthebitterroot.org to learn more.

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Folks with disabilities can get creative at Art Group, every second and fourth Friday of the month at Summit Independent from 2-4 PM. Call 728-1630.

People suffering from Lyme disease, as well as their family and friends, are invited to the Lyme Disease Support Group at St. Francis Community Hall, 411 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. Meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 1 PM. Call 360-1415 or 360-0170 for more info.

SATURDAY MAY 9 The Five Valleys Land Trust hosts its 21st Annual Banquet and Auction, where you can raise a glass to its work preserving open lands at the UC Ballroom, starting at 5:30 PM, with dinner, auctions and mingling to ensue. Sold out, but in case a post opens up, visit fvlt.org or call 406-549-0755.

Head on over to St. Mary’s Family Center for the spaghetti dinner fundraiser for Michelle Roebke, who’s battling childhood leukemia. 333 Charlo St. 6-8 PM. $5 per person, $20 per family.

MONDAY MAY 11 Grab a cup of good coffee and sit down to chat about end-of-life issues at Hospice of Missoula’s Death Cafe, ‘cuz nobody’s getting out of here alive.

Find help with food issues at the Overeaters Anonymous meetings on the third floor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Brooks St., Wednesdays. Newbies can come at 6:30 PM, and the regular meeting begins at 7 PM. Free. Call 543-5509 for info.

THURSDAY MAY 14 Find fresh ideas at the Clearing the Channels: Moving through the Five Elements workshop, which explores the Chinese five-element theory and other concepts through writing, storytelling and movement.

Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. 6:30-8:30 PM. $125 for five-week course. Visit redwillowlearning.org.

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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SHAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT I'm new to online dating. I'm a nice, good-looking guy with a good job, but I have a muscular condition that causes me to shake a lot. I'm not looking to fool anyone, but I don't want to advertise my condition on my profile because it's so personal. My last date was several months ago, and it ended with her saying I was "creepy" because of my disability—a condition I was born with.

—Bummed Apparently, this last woman you dated is so used to wearing her heart on her sleeve that she failed to notice that most of it broke off (and is maybe still lying there with her driver's-side mirror at the Burger King drive-thru).

The thing is, even women who might be open to dating a guy with a bit of a wiggle are likely to be miffed at having it withheld from them until the first date. They'd probably feel similarly if they were surprised by your actual height, weight, or species. In other words, the underlying issue is the lack of disclosure, not the lack of sit-still-ness—which doesn't justify for a second what this woman said to you.

(Clearly, her disability—being a compassionless witch—is just less visible than yours.)

However, I'm not going to kumbaya you. Advertising yourself as "tall, dark, and shaky" wouldn't be ideal. Even revealing it on the phone could lead to some painful date cancellations. But, as for your notion that your condition is "so personal," a spastic colon is personal; a woman won't know about yours unless it's in such an advanced state that it cuts into conversation to correct her grammar. Your tremors, however, become public the moment you walk into a place to meet a woman—which is actually the perfect time to make a crack like, "Is it freezing in here, or do I have a muscular disorder?" Maybe while wearing a T-shirt with "That's my groove thing I'm shaking."

How dare I joke about a disability?!

Truth be told, I can't really take credit for this approach. I call it "The Callahan," after my late quadriplegic cartoonist friend, John Callahan, who buzzed around Portland in a motorized wheelchair, cracking jokes like, "See my new shoes? I hear they're very comfortable."

Callahan understood that a person's disability often becomes a big wall between them and the rest of us because we're afraid of doing or saying the wrong

thing. But through his refusal to, uh, pussychair around the subject, Callahan told people how the disabled want to be treated, which is "just like everyone else."

And because the rest of us get poked fun of, Callahan did cartoons featuring disabled people. One of these has a posse on horseback in the desert looking down at an empty wheelchair. The posse leader reassures the others, "Don't worry, he won't get far on foot"—which became the title of Callahan's autobiography.

Adopting a more Callahan-esque attitude—using humor—would allow you to set the tone for your condition to be just a fact about you instead of a fact people pity you for. And by offering to answer questions they might have, you can shrink any big scary mysteries down to a more manageable size. For example: How permanent is your condition? Will it get worse? If we make babies together, what are the chances they'll be vibrating in their crib?

And, no, I'm not going to tell you what 35 readers will write to tell me after this column comes out—that you should go on a dating site for people with disabilities.

What I will tell you is that online dating isn't an ideal venue for everyone. Plenty of nondisabled people find it brutal.

But there's good news for you from some research by evolutionary psychologists Kevin Kniffin and David Sloan Wilson.

On day one of a six-week archeological dig, they had students give their first impressions of the smarts, likability, and physical attractiveness of their new classmates. On the last day, the students re-rated one another. Well, it seems that physical attractiveness can be heavily influenced by personality and character. For example, a woman whose looks initially rated a measly 3.25 (out of 9) became a hardworking, popular member of the group. By the end of the course, her hotitude in other students' eyes shot up to a 7.

In other words, if, beyond that shaky exterior, you're a pretty great guy, you're probably better off looking for dates in Meetup.com groups and other arenas where you'll have continuing contact with women. Remember, you only need to charm that one girl—one who is so excited to find a sweet guy who reminds her of a movie star that she doesn't mind that it happens to be Katharine Hepburn at 70.

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EMPLOYMENT and Thursdays, and 2-4 hours on one weekend day SALARY: $10.00 – 11.50 per hour DOE CLOSE DATE: Open until filled JOB SUMMARY: Hourly position providing custodial or housekeeping services at our Administrative Offices. Additional hours may be available for extra cleaning jobs or maintenance tasks.

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• Abide by the employee Code of Ethics, Policies, Procedures, Confidentiality and Values set forth by Western MT Mental Health Center. • Accurately complete personal weekly time sheets and submit to supervisor in accordance with program policy. • Employee must abstain from tobacco products within the buildings. • Employee will work scheduled hours per week after hours and on weekends. • Employee will complete tasks assigned by supervisor.

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Please send resume and cover letter to administration@wmmhc.org or mail to WMMHC, 3255 Lt. Moss Rd, Missoula, MT, 59804, Attn: Operations Manager Produce Clerk Our business is a large grocery retail store specializing in natural and organic foods. If you enjoy working for a local business with strong roots in the community and a friendly staff, we invite you to apply as a Produce Clerk. Duties include stocking produce, insuring quality control and rotation of product and providing excellent customer service in a team working environment. We have two full time schedules available.

Pay starts at $9.74 per hour and increases to $10.13 per hour after six months.Position closes 05/11/15. EOE Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10125127

Restaurant Assistant Manager Overall responsibility for directing the daily operations of a restaurant, team management, recruiting, retention and development of team members, financial accountability, ensuring that the highest quality products and services are delivered to each customer. Requirements: 2-4 years supervisory experience in either a food service or retail environment, including Profit & Loss responsibility. Salary $32k/yr.

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PROFESSIONAL Experienced Mechanic A local company is seeking an experienced Auto Mechanic. Must have own tools. This is a full time position. Wage will be depending on experience. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10125076 FLATBED DRIVERS NEEDED • Home weekly to Biweekly • Top pay • Full benefits • New equipment • 2 years exp. required • Clean driving record 1-800-700-6305 Payroll Administrator This position will assist in applying daily cash receipts, create and maintain Excel spreadsheets, prepare, analyze, and distribute payroll summary and complete timely monthly and quarterly payroll tax reports for multiple states and municipalities.

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WAREHOUSE MANAGER FT Resp. for the day to day operations of the production floor and warehouse for E Cycling. Warehouse and supervisory exp preferred. M-F: 8am-5pm, some flexibility required. $13.75- $14.00/hr. Closes: 5/12/15, 5pm.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the children's book The Little Engine That Could, a little blue engine volunteers to pull a long chain of train cars up a steep hill, even though it's not confident it has the power to do so. As it strains to haul the heavy weight, it recites a mantra to give itself hope: "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can." The story ends happily. The little blue engine reaches the top of the hill with its many cars in tow, and is able to glide down the rest of the way. As you deal with your own challenge, Gemini, I recommend that you use an even more forceful incantation. Chant this: "I know I can, I know I can, I know I can."

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here's a confession: I have taken a vow to foster beauty, truth, love, justice, equality, tolerance, creativity, playfulness, and hope. To do this work is one of my life goals. I approach it with the devotion of a monk and the rigor of a warrior. Does that mean I ignore difficulty and suffering and cruelty? Of course not. I'm trying to diminish the power of those problems, so I sure as hell better know a lot about them. On the other hand, my main focus is on redemption and exaltation. I prefer not to describe in detail the world's poisons, but rather to provide an antidote for them. Even if you don't normally share my approach, Cancerian, I invite you to try it for the next two weeks. The astrological time is right.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Benedictine monks observe the Latin motto Laborare est Orare.

The 19th-century abbot Maurus Wolter interpreted these words to mean "work is worship" or "work is prayer." He was trying to impress upon his fellow monks that the work they did was not a grudging distraction from their service to God, but rather at the heart of their devotion. To do their tasks with love was a way to express gratitude for having been blessed with the gift of life. I propose that you experiment with this approach in the coming weeks, even if your version is more secular. What would it be like to feel contentment with and appreciation for the duties you have been allotted?

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The hill where I take my late afternoon hikes is teeming with the six-petaled purple wildflower known as the elegant cluster-lily. Every one of them—and there are hundreds—lean hard in the direction of the sun in the west. Should I deride them as conformists that follow the law of the pack? Should I ridicule them for their blind devotion? Or should I more sensibly regard them as having a healthy instinct to gravitate toward the life-giving light? I'll go with the latter theory. In that spirit, Leo, I urge you to ignore the opinions of others as you turn strongly toward the sources that provide you with essential nourishment.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Am I reading the astrological omens correctly? I hope so. From what I can tell, you have been flying under the radar and over the rainbow. You have been exploiting the loopholes in the big bad system and enjoying some rather daring experiments with liberation. At this point in the adventure, you may be worried that your lucky streak can't continue much longer. I'm here to tell you that it can. It will. It must. I predict that your detail-loving intelligence will paradoxically guide you to expand your possibilities even further.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming weeks, you may be as alluring and intriguing and tempting as you have been in a long time. I suggest you capitalize on this advantage. Proceed as if you do indeed have the power to attract more of the emotional riches you desire. Assume that are primed to learn new secrets about the arts of intimacy, and that these secrets will make you even smarter and more soulful than you already are. Cultivate your ability to be the kind of trusted ally and imaginative lover who creates successful relationships.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Physicist Frank Wilczek won a Nobel Prize for his research into quarks, the tiny particles that compose protons and neutrons. The guy is breathtakingly smart. Here's one of his operating principles: "If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake." Let's enshrine his advice as your meditation, Sagittarius.

I think you're strong enough and brave enough to go hunting for some new super-rich dilemmas. Yes, they may lead you to commit some booboos. But they will also stretch your intelligence beyond its previous limits, giving you a more vigorous understanding of the way the world works.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 1934, Capricorn baseball player Dizzy Dean was named the Most Valuable Player after winning 30 games. It was a feat that no National League pitcher has repeated ever since. After Dean retired, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Never shy about acknowledging his own prowess, he declared that "if you can do it, it ain't bragging." It is in this spirit that I invite you to freely expound on your talents and accomplishments in the coming week. You won't be boasting. You will simply be providing information. And that will ultimately result in you being offered an interesting new opportunity or two.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There has rarely been a better time than now to refine the art of being your own mommy or daddy. You're finally ready to take over from the parental voices in your head and assume full responsibility for raising yourself the rest of the way. What do you want to be when you grow up? You may feel a giddy sense of freedom as it becomes clear that the only authority who has the right to answer that question is you.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The universe has always played tricks on you. Some have been so perplexing that you've barely understood the joke. Others have been amusing but not particularly educational. Now I sense a new trend in the works, however. I suspect that the universe's pranks are becoming more comprehensible. They may have already begun to contain hints of kindness. What's the meaning of this lovely turn of events? Maybe you have finally discharged a very old karmic debt. It's also conceivable that your sense of humor has matured so much that you're able to laugh at some of the crazier plot twists. Here's another possibility: You are cashing in on the wisdom you were compelled to develop over the years as you dealt with the universe's tricks.

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IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE KAREN A. ORZECH, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV2015-1081 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY P U B L I C AT I O N HOWARD HORTON, Plaintiff v. ROSE FIELD et. al., Defendant. TO: Rose Field, North Star Court, 740 Turner Street #31, Missoula, MT 59802 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff ’s attorney, Thomas C. Orr, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, PO Box 8096, Missoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be takien against you as requested. A $30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer. DATED this 22nd day of April, 2015.

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IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE MARIE A. ANDERSON, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV-2015-1076 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY P U B L I C AT I O N HOWARD HORTON, Plaintiff v. LEX NOTTI et. al., Defendant. TO: Lex Notti, North Star Court, 740 Turner Street #18, Missoula, MT 59802 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff ’s attorney, Thomas C. Orr, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, PO Box 8096, Missoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be takien against you as requested. A $30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer. DATED this 22nd day of April, 2015.

By: /s/ Marie A. Anderson.

Justice of the Peace MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-15-73 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JACK EARL NICKERSON a/k/a Jack E. Nickerson and Jack Nickerson, 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 ROSS EARL NICKERSON, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 24th day of April, 2015. /s/ Ross Earl Nickerson, Personal Representative REELY LAW FIRM, P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201 Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV15-309 Dept. No.: 2 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION CAROLE L. McDONALD, Plaintiff, and GERALD EUGENE STEVENS, TAMI LYNN STEVENS, and ALL OTHER PERSONS, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, CLAIMING OR WHO MIGHT CLAIM ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT ADVERSE TO THE PLAINTIFFS’ OWNERSHIP, OR ANY CLOUD UPON PLAINTIFFS’ TITLE, WHETHER THE CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM IS PRESENT OR CONTINGENT, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint to Quiet Title in the Action which is filed with the abovenamed Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file our written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiff ’s attorney within twenty-one (21) days after service of this Summons, or such other period as may be specified by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A filed fee must accompany the answer. This action is brought for the purpose of Quieting Title to the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 5 in Block 1 of Linda Vista, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the county Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.

MNAXLP WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL of this Court, the 27th day of April, 2015. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk /s/ Howard Toole, Attorney for Plaintiff MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-15-77 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD V. LINDBORG, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Kai Lindborg, 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 1st day of May, 2015, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Kai Lindborg BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Kai Lindborg, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY PROBATE NO. DP-14-205 DEPT. NO. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LUCINDA W. HIGHTOWER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Terry L. Hightower has been appointed Personal Representa-

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These units may be viewed starting 5/18/2015 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 5/21/2015 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment.

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JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s "MashQuote"--my first (and probably last) quote mash-up.

by Matt Jones

ACROSS

1 "Girls" airer 4 CBS drama set in Vegas 7 Brewpub category 12 "The Hurt Locker" setting 14 Abbr. in real estate ads 15 Round number?

17 In ___ (in its original place) 18 Letters in an oval on bumper stickers 19 Painful spasms 20 With 25-Across, 37-Across, 48-Across and 57-Across, late night partier's quote 23 Monopoly's Water Works or Electric Company, for short 24 Soaks flax 25 See 20-Across 29 "Ghostbusters" director Reitman 33 "In ___" (1993 Nirvana album) 34 Ft. Worth school 35 Defendant's plea, for short 36 Upper limit 37 See 20-Across 41 Op. ___ (footnote abbr.)

42 Central Utah city 44 Broadway play about Capote 45 Tequila ingredient 47 "Club Can't Handle Me" rapper Flo ___ 48 See 20-Across 51 Trier trio 53 Admit honestly 54 See 20-Across 60 1960s Olympic track star ___ Tyus 61 A billion years, in astronomy 62 Pampers rival 64 Took a leap 65 "Atlas Shrugged" author Rand 66 Faucet annoyance 67 "___ Macabre" (Saint-Saens work) 68 "I Really Like You" singer Carly ___ Jepsen 69 Zapper target

Last week’s solution

DOWN 1 That dude's 2 Man from Manchester 3 Hippocratic thing 4 Prefix meaning "skull" 5 "Freedom" doesn't have it, but "freedom" does 6 Words before "old chap" 7 Like a fugitive 8 Kind of shutout, in baseball 9 Submits 10 Overly excited 11 "Man, is it humid in here!"

13 Line former 16 Mao's middle name?

21 First of four Holy Roman Emperors 22 "Baywatch" actress Bingham 25 David Sedaris forte 26 Brand of console with joysticks and paddles 27 Irked 28 Bygone rechargeable bike brand 30 Shorter word list?

31 Hanging in there 32 Prominent 38 "Titanic" passenger class 39 Cup of legend 40 Swamp reptile 43 He can't be whacked without a sit-down 46 Throw caution to the wind 49 Michael and Janet's sister 50 Miss ___ ("Pee-Wee's Playhouse" character) 52 Comes down heavy 54 "Lookit how cute!" sounds 55 Big Apple enforcement org.

56 Swiper tries to swipe from her 57 The next palindromic one won't be until 2112 58 Catch a wave, brah 59 Like a goateed twin?

63 Secret Squirrel, e.g. ©2015 Jonesin’ Crosswords

PUBLIC NOTICES tive 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 the notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims may be mailed to Howard Toole, the attorney for Personal Representative at the address of PO Box 8774, Missoula, Montana 598078774, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 22nd day of April, 2015. HOWARD TOOLE LAW OFFICES, PO Box 8774, Missoula, MT 59807-8774 /s/ Howard Toole, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP15-68 Judge Ed McLean NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of LINDA JEANNE CRONK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as the Personal Representative of the Decedent’s Will and the Decedent’s estate. All persons having claims against the Decedent, Linda Jeanne Cronk, are required t present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. The Personal Representative is Cameron L. Cronk, c/o Moulton Belllingham PC, PO Box 2559, Billings, MT 59103. A written statement of a claim must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at the above address or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 22nd day of April, 2015. /s/ Cameron L. Cronk Notice of Application Notice of Application for Air Quality Permit pursuant to the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program. Rocky Mountain Equipment LLC will file on May 15, 2015 an application for an air quality permit from the Environmental Health Division of the Missoula City-County Health Department. The applicant seeks approval for operation of Asphalt Pavement Recycling at S34,T14N,R20W 8865 Roller Coaster Rd. Any member of the public who wishes to review the application, obtain a copy of the application, or who wishes to submit comments should contact the Department at 301 W. Alder,Missoula, MT 598024123 or phone 258-4755.The Health Department will make a preliminary determination on whether a permit will be issued and provide notice to the public for comment on the determination. The notifica-

[C6] Missoula Independent • May 7–May 14, 2015

tion will contain the date when the Department intends to make a final decision. The address and phone number at which interested persons may obtain further information or obtain a copy of the proposed permit will also be included with the preliminary determination.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 03/27/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200607077, Bk 771, Pg 326, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Patrick T. Beers was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Financial Inc. d/b/a Mann Mortgage was Beneficiary and Title Services, Inc. was Trustee.

First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Title Services, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The South one-half of Lots 16, 17, 18 and 19 in Block 20 of Car Line Addition a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201323789 BK 923 P 355, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., CSMC Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-6. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 07/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 11, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $189,036.91. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $144,175.72, 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

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steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on July 21, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

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

(TS# 7777.13715) 1002.172506-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/30/11, recorded as Instrument No. 201114608 Bk: 882 Pg: 435, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Trevor St. Germain and Annika St. Germain, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and First American Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title as Successor Trustee.

The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract 4 of Certificate of Survey No. 2719 located in the Northeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 12 and the Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 1, all in Township 14 North, Range 23 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s

failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 08/01/14 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 9, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $133,344.72. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $127,501.41, 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 July 17, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

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

(TS# 7023.112420) 1002.278959-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 02/19/04, recorded as Instrument No.

200404701 Bk: 726 Pg: 1403, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Lisa M. Koetter and Michael E. Koetter, wife and husband was Grantor, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. 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: Tract 2A2 of Certificate of Survey No. 5518, a Tract of Land located in the NE 1/4 of Section 30, Township 16 North, Range 19 West, Principal Meridian Montana, Missoula County, Montana. Together with a 45’ Private Access and Utility Easement across Tract 2B as disclosed on Certificate of Survey No. 5201. MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS: Tract 2B of Certificate of Survey No. 6376, a Tract of Land located in the NE 1/4 of Section 30, Township 16 North, Range 19 West, Principal Meridian Montana, Missoula County, Montana. 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 10/01/14 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 18, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $163,100.25. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $149,495.79, 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 July 28, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money

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

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

(TS# 7023.112908) 1002.279240-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 29, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot C14 of Canyon Creek Village, Phase I, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. APN #: 3714609 Philip McLendon and Kristen McLendon, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary,

by Deed of Trust dated November 14, 2011 and recorded November 18, 2011 in Book 885 Page 1107 under Document No. 201119480. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION. 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 $894.44, beginning October 1, 2013, 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 27, 2015 is

$176,251.67 principal, interest at the rate of 4.25% totaling $11,164.18, late charges in the amount of $89.42, escrow advances of $4,432.24, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,083.04, plus accruing interest at the rate of $20.52 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: February 19, 2015 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor

MNAXLP Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 19th day of February, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 02/18/2020 Phh V. Mclendon 42067.090 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 29, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 35 of Maloney Ranch, Phase VIII, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. George Tyler Hangas and Brien Hangas, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Surety Title, LLC- Mr. John Barker, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on May 26, 2005 and recorded on May 27, 2005 in Book 753, Page 641 as Document No. 200512697.

The beneficial interest is currently held by HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Indenture Trustee of the Fieldstone Mortgage Investment Trust, Series 2005-2. 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 $2,692.83, beginning September 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 18, 2014 is $302,706.69 principal, interest at the rate of 6.60% totaling $82,523.05, late charges in the amount of $4,202.16, escrow advances of $29,721.46, suspense balance of -$17.67 and other fees and expenses advanced of $6,117.45, plus accruing interest at the rate of $55.50 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may dis-

burse 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: February 18, 2015 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 18th day of February, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the

person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 02/18/2020 Ocwen V Hangas/george 42046.345 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 30, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main door of the First American Title Company located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 16 and the West One-Half of Lot 17 in Block 3 of Residence Addition, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Rebekah A. Dubois, 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 July 12, 2012 recorded July 16, 2012 in Book: 896, Page: 1376 under Document no. 201213099. The beneficial interest is currently held

by Guild Mortgage Company, a California Corporation. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Trustee.

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 $1,041.63, beginning July 1, 2014, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 1, 2015 is $221,540.74 principal, interest at the rate of 3.5% totaling $5,773.65, late charges in the amount of $624.36, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,368.71, plus accruing interest at the rate of $21.24 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: February 20, 2015 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss.

County of Bingham) On this 20th day of February, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Guild Vs. Dubois 41291.880 OFFICIAL CALL TO THE MISSOULA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Tuesday, May 12, 7:00 pm Missoula City Council Chambers 140 W. Pine St. Missoula, MT 59802 Pursuant to the RULES OF THE MISSOULA CITY AND COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE (revised May 13, 2014), David Kendall, Chairperson of the Missoula County Democratic

Central Committee, calls the 2015 Missoula County Democratic Convention for the purpose of electing officers, who need not be precinct committeemen or committeewomen.

Only duly elected or appointed precinct committeeman or committeewoman, or officer of the committee shall be entitled to participate in the proceedings of the committee. The County Convention will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 7:00 pm in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Missoula, MT 59802.

Timothy D. Geiszler GEISZLER STEELE, PC Terrace West Suite K 619 Southwest Higgins Missoula, Montana 59803 406-541-4940 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Cause No.: DV14-1326 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION COMMUNITY BANK, INC., a Montana corporation fka Community Bank - Missoula, Inc., Plaintiff, vs. JACK C. WILKINSON, MELISSA WILKINSON, MONTANA LAND PROJECT, LLC, MISSOULA COUNTY, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., PILAR’S BEACHWEAR, INC., PILAR JENSEN, and INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: Pilar’s Beachwear Inc., Pilar Jensen, Pilars Beachwear LLC, and Pilar Beachwear, Inc. A lawsuit has been filed against you. This is a suit to foreclose on a Mortgage held by Plaintiff on real property located in Missoula County Montana, specifically described as Tracts 1-A and 1B of Certificate of Survey No. 6153 which parcels are now known as Tracts 1-A-1 and 1B-1 of Certificate of Survey No. 6335, all on file with the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. Within 21 days after service of this Summons on you or (42 days if you are the state of Montana, a state agency, or a state officer or employee), you must serve the Plaintiff or Plaintiff ’s attorney an Answer to the attached Complaint or Motion under Rule 12 of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure. Do not include the day you were served in your calculation of time. The Answer or Motion must be served on the Plaintiff or Plaintiff ’s attorney, if Plaintiff is represented by an attorney, whose name and address is listed above. If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

You also must file your Answer or Motion with the Court.

WITNESS my hand and the seal of said court, this 21st day of April, 2015. /s/ Shirley Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 CHEWY• Chewy is a sweet little boy who

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Chewy spent 18 months in a rescue that used sawdust bedding which has caused a permanent respiratory condition. His pant is rather wheezy, but he doesn't seem to suffer from this ailment.

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MIRANDA•Miranda is a 5-year-old female Pit Bull. Her spitfire attitude makes her fun to work with and would brighten anyone's day. She needs an experienced home because she never learned boundaries. She would do best in a home with older kids due to not knowing how to play gentle. Miranda seems to want to play with other dogs but she hasn't learned how to do this appropriately.

SOPHIE & HALO•Sophie and Halo are a pair of 4-year-old long-haired Chihuahuas. They are brother and sister and came to the shelter when their owners moved and could not afford to take them with. These two are very sweet but also very scared as they don't quite understand what is going on. Sophie and Halo definitely depend on one another for support and we are hoping to find them a home together.

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OPRAH•Oprah is a 10-12 year-old longhaired Calico. She is a large lover and enjoys being brushed out, will lay on her back and let you rub her belly, and especially loves lap time.

Oprah will need an owner that can help her keep up on her grooming maintenance as she is just too large to reach all of her extremities. She is a rather chatty cat and could make a great addition to a cat-only home.

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PISTACHIO•Pistachio is a 2-year-old black domestic short-haired cat. She is currently one of our longest-term residents at the shelter, having been here since mid-December. Pistachio comes across as a bit timid here at the shelter, but really has a wonderful personality that would come out in a less stressful environment. She loves to curl up under blankets, drink from a running faucet, and play with string toys.

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HANNAH• Hannah is a 4-6 year-old female dilute Tortie. She is a very sweet and shy girl who loves to be a lap cat, but doesn't enjoy being on the floor of the cat room with all the other shelter cats. Hannah came to the shelter as part of an abandonment case with several other cats.

It will likely take her a little while to build the confidence in a home before coming out of her shell.

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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 SALLY ANN• Sally Ann is a total sweetServing the community’s heart! She would love a quiet family where she framing needs since 1993 can spend time with people, take long naps and using environmentally go for leash walks around the neighborhood. sustainable practices.

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MARLEY• Meet Marley! This purring character has it all! Marley is a very friendly, independent boy who loves to hunt and wander around outside and hang out on your lap! He loves treats of almost any kind (including catnip!) and loves attention and being brushed. This chill, social guy is looking for a home with some space for him to roam and enjoy the great outdoors as well as the great indoors.

ASPEN•Aspen is a brown and black shorthaired Chihuahua, who is typically shy at first blush. However, this fine little fellow soon shrugs off his unease to reveal his gooey sweet side once he gets to know you. He would prefer a quiet home with a mature family, where he'll be loved forever. Neutered and vaccinated, Aspen is ready to find his new home today!

FUZZY• Fuzzy is a sweet, affectionate kitty who loves sitting in windows and hunting when she can. Sleeping, occasionally being held and eating treats are also some of her favorite activities.

Fuzzy is looking for her forever home where she Missoula’s Locally Owned Neighborhood Pet Supply Store will be the only feline queen in the household. www.gofetchdog.com - 728-2275 Come meet this sweet princess today!

UGG•Ugg is an active, friendly dog who is looking for his forever home. Ugg is very smart, responsive and knows some clicker training.

Going on car rides and daily walks and hikes are some of his favorite activities. If you love getting out in the great outdoors and need a partner, Ugg may be the dog for you! Ugg is looking for a home with no cats and a family who will give him daily exercise and affection.

KIRBY• Kirby is a large fellow who loves spending his days gazing at the world through his favorite window and snoozing with his stuffed bunny. He likes exploring cabinets and playing with toys. Kirby can be a little bashful at first, but once he warms up, he is very affectionate and likes to follow his person around the house. Looking for a larger-than-life companion? Come meet Kirby today!

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

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Thoughtful floor plans, radiant heat flooring and all utilities paid help make this is comfortable and welcoming place to call home. There is a large community room with a fireplace, a library, card/puzzle room, and a billiards room. 2 elevators serve the building, there is a laundry room on each floor and garages are available for an additional fee. 1 bedrooms $625, security deposit $550 and 2 bedrooms $725, security deposit $650. Please contact Property Manager Colin Woodrow at 406-549-4113 x131 cwoodrow@missoulahousing.org to schedule a tour.”

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3 Bdr, 2 Bath, East Missoula home. $225,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3624 West Central. Turn-key 3 bed, 2 bath with full finished basement, hardwood floors & deck. $264,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407654 pat@properties2000.com 3839 Duncan Drive. Beautiful 3 bed, 2.5 bath Prairie style in Rattlesnake Valley. $775,000.

Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com

2227 West Kent • $129,000 2 bed, 1 bath with unfinished basement, newer roof & windows.

Needs some TLC. MLS #20152102

For location and more info, view these and other properties at:

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Rochelle

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

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2227 West Kent. 2 bed, 1 bath ranch home with unfinished basement. Priced to sell! $129,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Central Missoula home. $265,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

Handyman Maintenance

410 Expressway - Suite D (406) 544-5014 preparemissoula.com

2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Rose Park Home with commercial space. $265,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

2304 River Road. Fully remodeled 2 bed, 2 bath 1940’s bungalow with large fenced yard, patio & deck. $199,900.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com

369-0940 or 642-6863

Preventative maintenance plans.

1633 South 4th West. 1920’s 4 bed, 2 bath with all the modern components. Great front porch, fenced backyard & patio. $285,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 1734 West Kent. 3 bed, 2 bath with family room & 3 bonus rooms. Fenced yard, large garage & carport. $249,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com

Prospect Meadows

546-5816

Hilliard, Prudential Missoula.

239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

4 Bdr, 2 Bath, University District home. $410,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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

3-plex and alley house (2 efficiencies and 2 one bed units) behind Bernices ‘hood, River views and end of the street. Reduced $365,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com 5802 Longview Drive. South Hills Split Level.

4 bedroom, 2 bath, double car garage on 9,338 sf fenced lot. $215,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com 601 Montana Avenue. 4 bed, 1 bath on 3 lots in East Missoula.

Fenced yard, double garage & shop. $254,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 9250 Sharptail, East Missoula. 3 bed, 2 bath with walk-out basement. Huge yard & mountain views. $228,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 7288270 glasgow@montana.com 9755 Horseback Ridge. 3 bed, 3 bath on 5 acres overlooking Clark Fork River. Walk out lower level with mother-in-law apartment, 3/4 wraparound deck, 2 car garage & Mission Mountain views. $385,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com Are your housing needs changing? We can help you explore your options. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www.clarkforkrealty.com Buying or selling homes? Let me help you Find Your Way Home.

Please contact me, David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Central Missoula 216 South Ave. West. Sunny and Sweet 3 bedroom home in a most convenient location and in great shape. $239,900 KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Farviews Home 404 Westview. Three bedroom, 2 bath home in the desirable Farviews neighborhood for $265,000!

Solar panels, views, great home.

KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com Gardener’s Dream 1527 S. 4th West. Enormous lot, great for gardeners and very wonderful home and location too!

REAL ESTATE $259,900. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Great Location 180 Burlington. Absolutely charming home with character, water-wise landscaping, beautiful location. $250,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com House hunting downtown? Stop by the Missoula Farmer’s Market. N. Higgins by the XXX’s. Sat. 8am-12:30pm. missoulafarmersmarket.com. Find us on Facebook.

If you’ve been thinking of selling your home now is the time. The local inventory is relatively low and good houses are selling quickly. Let me help you Find Your Way Home. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Interested in real estate? Successfully helping buyers and sellers.

Please contact me, David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Natural Housebuilders and Terry Davenport Design, Inc. Building net zero energy custom homes using solar thermal and solar PV. 369-0940 or 6426863 www.naturalhousebuilder.net Northside Home 633 Phillips. Country kitchen, light and bright house, lots of sheds and great Northside location! $150,000 KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Orange Street Triplex 201 S Orange Street Triplex. $275,000. Location is awesome, near the river and downtown and river trails and bike trails

and all sorts of conveniences.

Two main floor units, one upper.

Some hardwood floors and some upgrades and tons of character!

KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

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

Put my experience and dedication to work for you. JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate.

(406) 214-4016 • jay.getz@prumt.com • www.JayGetzMissoula.com

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

“There once was an agent named Dave/Whose clients they all would rave. He’ll show you a house/loved by both you and your spouse. Both your time and money he’ll save.” Tony and Marcia Bacino. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM We’re not only here to sell real estate, we’re your full service senior home specialists. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway.

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

CONDOS Burns Street Condo 1400 Burns #16. 3 bedroom unit in the Burns Street complex next to the Missoula Food Co-op and Bistro! $160,000. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #303. Top floor unit

Uptown Flats #312. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $151,900.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, carport, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com

MANUFACTURED NEW HOME SPRING BLOWOUT!! Single Wides, Double Wides & Modular Homes at Clearance Prices!! Modular Homes starting at $79,500 Tape & Texture Throughout, Oak Cabinets, Glamour Bath & Much More. 16 x 80 Singlewides Tape & Texture Throughout & Oak Cabinets starting at $45,900. Elite Homes - Call Troy at 406-696-6282 OR Jason at 406-855-2279

LAND FOR SALE 1 acre building lot with incredible views. Mullan Road West. $115,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call

Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com 2 acre building lot with incredible views. Mullan Road West. $125,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com LOWER RATTLESNAKE LAND FOR SALE- NHN RAYMOND.62 ACRES. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM

Valleys Land Trust. Direct access to Clark Fork River. $159,900.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com NHN Roundup. Two 20 acre, unzoned, bare land parcels. $3,000,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Old Indian Trail. Ask Anne about exciting UNZONED parcels near Grant Creek. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-581. annierealtor@gmail.com

NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 40.69 acres with 2 creeks & Mission Mountain views. $199,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Approximately 11 acre building lot with Mission Mountain views. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com NHN Rock Creek Road. 20 acres bordered on north by Five

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Rose Park commercial building with attached rental. $265,000.

BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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

17430 Six Mile Road Wow. Stunning setting - picture perfect with a wooded hillside behind and open meadows in front. 12.5 acres with wonderful farm house $250,000. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com 2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home. $178,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call

Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Nine Mile Valley home on 12.3 acres. $350,000.

BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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

BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com Lolo Acre 5565 Brady Lane, Lolo. An acre with a view, large shop/garage; beautiful setting.

$170,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

@ 406-721-1444 or visit www.creative-finance.com

FINANCIAL

We are experts in the home lending process. Call Astrid Oliver, Loan Officer at Guild Mortgage Company. 1001 S Higgins Suite A2, Missoula.

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EQUITY LOANS ON NONOWNER OCCUPIED MONTANA REAL ESTATE. We also buy Notes & Mortgages. Call Creative Finance & Investments

1329 BRIDGECOURT WAY 3 BED 2 BATH • $182,000

1520 S. 6th W. $186,000 Charming 2 bed, 1.5 bath with wood floors, open floor plan & fenced yard.

Great for first-time buyer or rental property.

180 Burlington $180,000 Adorable low-maintenance 2 bed, 1 bath bungalow with large garage.

Great potential for basement family room & additional 1/2 bath.

1527 S. 4th W. $259,900 Classic Missoula! 3 bed, 2.5 bath with wood floors. Separate studio, large yard, deck & greenhouse.

Homes

115 North Ave. E. U Area Classic Arts & Crafts Home .....................................................................................$338,500 180 Burlington Delightful Lewis & Clark Area Home! ...................................................................................$250,000 201 S Orange Triplex Great Location, Great Rental ......................................................................................$275,000 216 South Avenue West Light & Bright Home With Open Floor Plan.............................................................$239,900 319/321 S 1st St W 4-plex Bernice's Neighborhood. River Views. ....................................................................$365,000 404 Westview So Much House In a Great 'Hood!..........................................................................................$250,000 1520 S 6th Sweet Home In a Sweet Neighborhood........................................................................................$186,000 1527 S 4th St W 3 Bed 2.5 Bath Home With Huge Yard! ................................................................................$259,900 2311 Briggs Well-maintained 3 Bed, 2 Bath...................................................................................................$229,900 5565 Brady Lane Acre With a View In Lolo ...................................................................................................$170,000 5802 Longview Large South Hills Lot With a View! ........................................................................................$215,000 1400 Burns #16 3 Bedroom Unit On One Level.............. ..........................................................................$160,000 17430 Six Mile Country Charmer w/12.5 Acres....$235,000 Uptown Flats #303 Modern Amenities .............$159,710 406 Aspen View Rd. Polaris Amazing Home and Area...........

Uptown Flats #306 Third Floor Views! .............$162,000 ...............................................................................$295,000 Uptown Flats #312 Efficient 1 Bed .................. $151,900 2348 River Road 2.23 Acres In Town.....................$475,000

Homes With Land

Commercial:

Land

Old Indian Trail 4.77 Acres. South Facing Slope of Hill9435 Summit 40x60' Shop + Almost 2 Acres.....$375,000 side at Base of Grant Creek...................................$90,000 Old Indian Trail 15 Acres. Views of Lolo Peak & Missoula Valley ...................................................$148,000 1401 Cedar Street #1 Steps From the River! .....$134,000 40 Acres Prime Unzoned Land Near 44 Ranch ............$3M 1400 Burns #15 3 Bedroom Corner Unit.........$159,000

Townhomes/Condos

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$249,900 1734 West Kent

Pat McCormick

Spacious 3 bed, 2 bath with 3 bonus rooms & family room in lower level.

Fenced yard & large single garage.

Real Estate With Real Experience

Real Estate Broker pat@properties2000.com 406-240-SOLD (7653)

Properties2000.com

Home located in a quiet neighborhood. South-facing pergola with lots of sunlight Contact Matt for more information 406-360-9023