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HOW THE CASTLE DOCTRINE CHANGES CLASSIC LITERATURE, FROM PETER PAN TO NANCY DREW

UM ADVISORY BOARD FALLS LEARNING TO DEAL WITH LEVELS NEWS NEWSWASHINGTON OPINION WOEFULLY OUT OF DATE OUR DYSTOPIAN FUTURE BLOW TO LOCAL COAL

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cover photo by Cathrine L. Walters

News Voices/Letters Guns, grief and Steve Daines .................................................................4 The Week in Review Carole King, Hellgate Rollergirls and beer..................................6 Briefs Coal, communication and religion ......................................................................6 Etc. Mobile meat processing could come to Montana ...................................................7 News UM advisory board hasn’t met for years, includes dead person...........................8 News Mama’s Pantry eases process for food vendors, cart operators............................9 Opinion Irrepressible fears of climate change and … zombies?.................................10 Feature The best jobs in town......................................................................................14

Arts & Entertainment Arts Alternative interpretations of the castle doctrine..................................................20 Music Simon Joyner, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Pert Near Sandstone and “Tolerated”............................................................................21 Theater UM’s Midsummer delights in asses and imps.................................................22 Books Guitar Odyssey turns rock solo into life lesson................................................23 Film Spider-Man needs more than hot dudes in Spandex...........................................24 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................25 Flash in the Pan How to kill your garden ...................................................................26 Happiest Hour Sweet Peaks.........................................................................................28 8 Days a Week Who needs some help with their resume?..........................................29 Mountain High Birds at the Bison Range....................................................................37 Agenda A Celebration of Community...........................................................................38

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Street Talk..............................................................................................................4 In Other News......................................................................................................12 Classifieds ..........................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ...........................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y.............................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle...............................................................................................C-7 Camp Sleepover .................................................................................................C-9 This Modern World...........................................................................................C-11

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Guns!

STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Tuesday, May 6 near the corner of Higgins and Main. What was your first job after college? Follow-up: What advice do you have for Class of 2014 graduates?

Len Schaff: I ran a poker room at the old Carousel Lounge on the corner of Stephens and Central. There’s a TV station there now. Expand your horizons: Diversify. Diversify to make yourself more marketable.

Eric Gorman: Truck driving. It was a good use of my psychology degree. Seek opportunities: Start looking for work! I hope they have a plan already or else they’ll be drifting in the breeze.

Tony Comando: I sold bananas to stores in New York. Reap the fruits of your labor: Just because you graduated college doesn’t mean that you know everything. You gotta work hard and sell some fuckin’ bananas.

Madison Monroe: I made coffee at Starbucks in Missoula. Stay afloat: Just stay happy. And to quote Dory from Finding Nemo, “Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming!”

Daniel Matthews: I worked at Applebee’s. I was a cook. Be patient: It’s gonna take time to get a job. Just keep waiting for a good one to open up and do what you love.

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You and all of our “beloved leaders” and of course the police keep telling us that we cannot have firearms in our schools or around children (see “A history of violence,” April 10). So, when a man with a gun enters the school we should: call the police, try to talk him down, fight him with our bare hands, fight him with a fire extinguisher or run and hide. These are excellent ways to die or get someone killed! Remember: Only a man with a gun can stop a man with a gun! The police say that every 15 seconds someone dies in a school shooting! So you call the police and when seconds count the police are only minutes away! So, while you wait for the police to arrive many people are dying! A gun-free zone is a killing zone! Remember: Only a man with a gun can stop a man with a gun! Carl Beckwith Gold Creek

Deeply saddened I am deeply saddened by the tragedy of Diren Dede’s violent death in our hometown of Missoula. I want to express my deepest condolences to Diren’s family, friends and community, who have lost a life for what we will never understand. No words can describe this unfathomable tragedy. I am shocked and pained over this act of terrible, forever-unjustified violence. None of this can come close to the feelings, experience and sorrow of Diren’s family and community over the loss of their son, brother, grandson, cousin, nephew, friend, neighbor and student. To the city, community and mayor of Missoula: Let us give any level of public, local and in this case international support and assistance possible for all involved! I would love to offer my help, expressing our deepest condolences, outreach and support, both as a native German, U.S. and Missoula resident, and as a caring human who calls Missoula her home. There is no justification for how a boy, spotted trespassing in an open garage, was shot and killed by a Missoulian homeowner who was prepared to take a life. The thoughts of Diren’s family and community in a country far away, of

has made the

last week that he does not support outlawing birth control. But Montana voters won’t be fooled. The truth is that Daines supports socalled “personhood” measures which, if enacted, could interfere with a woman’s personal medical decisions relating to birth control, access to fertility treatment, management of a miscarriage, and access to safe and legal abortion. “Personhood” is government gone too far, and the defeat of similar state constitutional amendments all across the country—from Colorado and Ohio to Mississippi and Oklahoma—sends a clear message: health care decisions should be left to a woman, her family, her doctor and her faith—not politicians like Steve Daines. That’s also why, through conversations with voters, we were able to keep personhood off the Montana ballot in 2008, 2010 and again in 2012. Montana cannot move forward while politicians like Steve Daines try to take half the population backwards—and Montana women won’t stand for Daines’ attempt to deny his anti-women’s health agenda. We need leaders who will defend a woman’s freedom to make decisions about her reproductive health without government intrusion, and who will protect women’s access to basic health care, including birth control. That’s why Planned Parenthood Advocates of Montana is proud to support Sen. John Walsh in his campaign for U.S. Senate. Stacey Anderson Planned Parenthood Advocates of Montana Helena

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Frightening way to die

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This letter is to address Mike Dey’s letter on tapping (see “Trapping’s legacy,” April 24). The fact you are almost 77 years old has nothing to do with the obvious ignorance of trapping that you possess. Unnecessary torture for days, the ultimate cruelty—you dare speak of a god given right to do this to innocent animals. God did not grant you this right; he created these animals. What freedom are you saying we are born for? The right to a leg, a face, or left to die in a steel trap? What a frightening way to die. Gabrielle Summer Missoula

his host family, friends and community here in Missoula, bring tears and sorrow to my heart. I am aware of the grief and disbelief expressed in my native country over the murder of our young guest, and feel ashamed by how Missoula has made the international news for one of the worst reasons imaginable. I hope that our community will gear up to express support and offer any help possible to the victims of this horrible crime. Please let us share our support and love to honor the life of young Diren, who came to Missoula for a life-enriching experience. Britta Bloedorn Missoula

“I am aware of the grief and disbelief expressed in my native country over the murder of our young guest, and feel ashamed by how Missoula

Don’t be fooled It appears Rep. Steve Daines has finally gotten the message that intruding in women’s private medical decisions is not only bad policy, it’s bad politics. Months after announcing his candidacy for U.S. Senate, Daines made the misleading claim

etters Policy: The Missoula Independent welcomes hate mail, love letters and general correspondence. Letters to the editor must include the writer’s full name, address and daytime phone number for confirmation, though we’ll publish only your name and city. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. Preference is given to letters addressing the contents of the Independent. We reserve the right to edit letters for space and clarity. Send correspondence to: Letters to the Editor, Missoula Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801, or via email: editor@missoulanews.com.

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, April 30 Two rapes are reported to the Missoula Police Department within about an hour. At 8:55 p.m., an 18-year-old homeless man alleges he was raped in a motel room on East Broadway. At 9:58 p.m, a 20-year-old woman reports a 21-year-old male acquaintance raped her in a private room at Fantasy for Adults Only.

Thursday, May 1 Dressed in argyle socks, tweed sweaters and plaid golf caps, 19 teams participate in Missoula’s inaugural Craft Beer Cup, putting on nine custom-built holes of mini golf set up in downtown bars. The Top Hat wins the Player’s Choice Award for best hole.

Friday, May 2 A trailer filled with liquid oxygen, nitrogen and other gasses detaches from the semi hauling it south on Highway 93. Officials determine the detached trailer is leaking gas and temporarily close the highway.

Saturday, May 3 The Hellgate Hellions, the junior affiliate of the Hellgate Rollergirls, lose big to Spokane’s Lilac City Pixies in the first bout of a doubleheader at Glacier Ice Rink. In the second match, the Hellgate Rollergirls’ B-Team avenge the defeat with a 207-150 victory over Pocatello’s Portneuf Valley Bruisers.

Sunday, May 4 Grammy Award-winner Carole King plays a free concert in Caras Park during a campaign event for Democratic Senate candidate Dirk Adams. The show is announced just a few days prior.

Monday, May 5 Lake County Justice Court sets bond at $15,000 for a 14-year-old boy charged with a probation violation and suspected in the weekend stabbing of a 17-year-old in St. Ignatius. The boy is detained at the Reintegrating Youthful Offenders correctional facility in Galen.

Tuesday, May 6 Voters pass a $181,000 mill levy to increase funding for Missoula County Public Schools. The levy, which will cost a projected $2.23 on a $100,000 property, will help pay for operations costs at elementary and middle schools.

Kate Walker and Randy Smith, host-parents of German exchange student Diren Dede, speak to a crowd of more than 100 supporters during a May 2 candlelight vigil at the Fort Missoula soccer fields. Dede was shot and killed last week while inside a neighbor’s garage.

Sexual harassment

Detective’s lawsuit dismissed A District Court judge last week tossed out the remaining allegations in a lawsuit filed by Missoula Police Department detective Chris Shermer, who says his employers discriminated against him after he reported being sexually assaulted by a higher-ranking female officer. “Shermer’s claims of a hostile workplace and retaliation are not supported by evidence and his arguments are not supported by law,” District Judge Jeffrey H. Langton wrote in the April 29 decision. Shermer is a 13-year MPD veteran who regularly makes headlines for nabbing predators who victimize children on the Internet. Last year, he sued the city and the police department, alleging that this time he was the one harmed. Shermer asserted in court filings that in April 2012, Lt. Sandy Kosena “ran her pinky finger between my buttocks. She then leaned in close to my back and whispered a sexual innuendo in my ear.” Kosena denied the claim, saying she simply patted Shermer on the behind and the incident constituted, according to legal filings, “a continuation of camaraderie, the past jovial relationship between Mr. Shermer and herself.” But Shermer maintained that if the roles had been

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reversed and a male officer committed the offense, Kosena would have faced a more stringent punishment. Kosena received a two-day suspension with pay and a formal reprimand banning promotion for one year. Langton agreed with MPD and Kosena when finding that she was punished more harshly than male counterparts facing similar complaints. “Shermer’s repeated allegations that the City accepted and apparently approved of Kosena’s conduct are belied by the record which clearly shows that the City, through Chief (Mark) Muir, neither accepted nor approved of Kosena’s conduct, but acted promptly to investigate and administer discipline,” the judge wrote. In October, Langton threw out assault and battery claims filed by Shermer against Kosena and the city, in addition to allegations of negligent infliction of emotional distress. The detective’s assertion that he was discriminated against and subjected to defamation remained unresolved until last week. The defamation claim came from comments made by Capt. Chris Odlin, who admittedly told another MPD officer that Shermer’s lawsuit constituted a “bullshit complaint.” Shermer says comments like Odlin’s reflect barriers that discourage men from reporting sexual harassment. That’s among the reasons he pursued the lawsuit, which

he deems successful despite the judge’s ruling. “I think change has occurred,” Shermer says. “It was never about money. It was always about exposure.” Jessica Mayrer

Forests

Put it in writing For the first time since 1986, the Flathead National Forest is updating its land and resource management plan, and some environmentalists aren’t happy about how the revision process has started. Keith Hammer, chair of the Kalispell-based Swan View Coalition, is the most vocal of the critics. He charges that the Forest Service has failed to present crucial information to the public in a timely manner. He also believes the Forest Service erred in awarding a $285,000 contract to the Meridian Institute, a Colorado-based consulting firm hired to facilitate meetings and collect public comment during the revision process. Much of the public involvement has come during a series of open meetings held in Kalispell late last month, with more scheduled for May 12-15. Hammer attended those April discussions and says he noticed a pattern of Meridian notetakers ignoring environmental

[news] concerns. Instead, he says, they tended to emphasize in their written records ideas about how to increase human access and use. “At a minimum, they’re doing a really lousy job,” he says of the way Meridian has recorded comments. “And then, it’s repeated enough that we wonder if it’s not deliberate.” The Forest Service will consult Meridian’s accounts of the comments as it drafts a revised forest plan. Upon completion, the plan will serve as the framework for how the Flathead National Forest protects ecosystems, provides for human access and promotes economic sustainability in nearby communities for the next 10-15 years. Arlene Montgomery of Friends of the Wild Swan and wildlife consultant Brian Peck shared Hammer’s concerns about how public input was being managed. Together, the three drafted a letter to Flathead National Forest officials saying the plan-revision process “is ill-informed, poorly documented and is creating conflict and resentment rather than shared understanding and good will among the participants.” Forest Plan Revision Team Leader Joe Krueger concedes the process isn’t perfect, but he insists the Forest Service and Meridian are doing their best to be fair and accurate. He calls the concerns raised by Hammer and others “valuable” and “productive,” and hopes they continue to attend meetings. Hammer’s not so sure. He says that he and others will continue to find ways to be involved, but will reduce their presence at meetings. “We’re going to remain fully engaged in providing constructive dialogue, but we’re gonna do it in writing. And we encourage other people to. Do not trust this contractor [Meridian] to get what you’re saying to the Forest Service.” Ted McDermott

Coal

Nail in Colstrip’s coffin Washington Gov. Jay Inslee dealt a cross-border blow last week to Montana’s controversial Colstrip power plant, clearly stating his intention to wean his state off imported coal-generated electricity in favor of renewable energy alternatives. Environmental advocates greeted the announcement as further confirmation that officials and citizens on the West Coast are getting more serious about addressing climate change. Colstrip, widely known as one of the dirtiest coalfired plants west of the Mississippi, has increasingly come under fire this year. The plant already faces several pending lawsuits and will likely need to spend tens of millions of dollars on environmental compliance and cleanup. In February, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission took aim at Colstrip after Puget Sound Energy included the plant in a 20-year In-

tegrated Resource Plan. PSE owns a large share in Colstrip and gets roughly 30 percent of its electricity for Washington customers from the plant. The Washington commission requested that PSE redo its plan, stating that “to embark on investments [in Colstrip] with so much uncertainty could be harmful to PSE, its ratepayers and the broader public interest.” Anne Hedges, deputy director at the Montana Environmental Information Center, calls Inslee’s April 29 announcement “one more nail in the coffin of that plant.” The governor’s executive order, which also established a 21-member Carbon Emissions Reduction Task Force, is specifically aimed at bringing Washington closer to reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. While Inslee offered no specific timeline for when PSE and other Washington utilities—including another Colstrip co-owner, Avista Corp.—would need to officially cease importing coal-fired electricity, the commitment came as a boon for longtime critics of Colstrip.

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“The fact that [Washington citizens] are a customer, a receiver of this product, and saying, ‘We don’t want it anymore,’ that sends a big message,” says Bob Clark, spokesman for the Sierra Club in Missoula. Inslee’s push is only part of the Colstrip story, Clark says. With Colstrip’s market in Washington now facing an expiration date, and with officials in Oregon voicing increasing doubt about the future of coal, the broader question of Colstrip’s future will have to be discussed. Hedges agrees, and believes it’s important that Montanans play a role in how things move forward. “We should be having this conversation in the state, and Inslee’s announcement last week underscored it,” she says. “There isn’t a long future for Colstrip.” Alex Sakariassen

Religion

Prescription for trouble A Montana State Hospital nurse is alleging that she was denied a job promotion because she failed to study a Christian fundamentalist primer on ethical leadership. In a lawsuit filed April 23 in Missoula District Court, MSH staffer and Anaconda resident Isabel O’Brien says the text

BY THE NUMBERS Estimated number of supporters attending a May 4 memorial vigil held in Hamburg, Germany, to honor 17-year-old exchange student Diren Dede, who was shot one week earlier by Grant Creek resident Markus Kaarma.

500

does not belong in a government workplace. “This text is perhaps appropriate for an evangelical Christian retreat, but patently inappropriate to issue to applicants (all of them already government employees) as part of the interview process,” the filing stated. MSH provides inpatient psychiatric services for adults with serious mental illness. O’Brien says nurse supervisor Dave Olson gave her and others applying for MSH’s assistant nursing director position copies of Robert L. Vernon’s Eight Ethics of Highly Effective Leaders. Vernon is a former assistant Los Angeles Police Department chief who, before retiring in 1992, triggered a widely publicized investigation into claims that he imposed personal religious beliefs on subordinates. According to O’Brien, Vernon’s book has at least 16 separate citations to the New American Bible. And of the questions asked of her during the interview, “many (if not most) were specific references to the book.” O’Brien argues that she didn’t get the promotion because, after finding the publication “objectionable and inappropriate,” she refused to read it. “She was among the most qualified who applied for the position, having extremely high reviews and significant experience,” the lawsuit says. Prior to filing the lawsuit, O’Brien lodged a formal complaint with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, which oversees the hospital. The grievance triggered an internal investigation that confirmed Olson provided Vernon’s book to candidates. However, when the hospital’s human resources director learned what was happening, the inquiry found Olson was instructed to “discontinue distributing the book.” According to the investigation, MSH Human Resources Director Todd Thun and CEO Joan Daly vetted candidate interview questions and, “The book played no role in the competitive hiring.” In January, the Montana Human Rights Bureau also determined that no unlawful discrimination occurred. In the wake of those decisions, O’Brien maintains in her lawsuit that MSH violated constitutional assurances against government-imposed religious mandates and that she’s entitled to damages. She’s requesting the court convene a jury to deliberate her claims. Jessica Mayrer

ETC. Missoula businessman Mark Estep has an odd approach to road-tripping. On a recent Friday morning, he stands in the back of a retrofitted cattle trailer at the Missoula County Fairgrounds talking about the prospect of rolling from ranch to ranch in rural Montana, processing scores of livestock along the way. In his mind, it seems an ideal way to reclaim a portion of Montana’s sustainable agriculture system that’s been outsourced to federally inspected processing plants in other states for decades. “A million and a half beef cattle in Montana, and 20,000 of them were processed in 2012 here in-state,” Estep says. The trailer itself is actually a mobile processing unit, on loan to Estep from the Nebraskabased nonprofit Renewable Harvest for demonstration purposes. Estep hopes the example will boost support for his cause: Purchasing a similar unit that can butcher cattle, pigs, sheep and goats on-site under the gaze of a U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector. Estep says he’s already got several private investors lined up for the venture and predicts he could be processing animals for Montana ranchers as early as summer 2015. Numerous groups in Montana over the years have explored establishing a USDA-certified meat processing facility. Currently, producers must ship livestock out of state for slaughter and processing at USDA inspected plants—a situation many argue wastes fuel, puts undue stress on animals and ultimately undercuts the growing demand for locally, responsibly raised meat. A permanent facility would likely cost millions, however, compared to the $300,000 Estep estimates his Montana Mobile Processing Company would need to start up. The next step is spreading the word. Estep just got back from showing off the unit at the Montana Meat Processors Association convention in Kalispell. He estimates about 25 curious restaurateurs and local foodies have stopped by the fairgrounds for a peek. Missoula County Commissioner Jean Curtiss visited earlier in this morning; Estep expects the other two commissioners any moment. So far, the feedback has been positive. The trailer may not look like much from the outside, but most people see how it could be the next step in a more localized food system. “People are bombarded with recalls and news about, ‘This is sickening people in Tennessee, and this has killed two kids in Blah, Blah, Blah,’” Estep says. “I think more people are becoming aware of where their food comes from.”

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Psyched out UM advisory board hasn’t met for years, includes dead person by Alex Sakariassen

Since 1997, the University of Montana’s Department of Psychology has worked to push American Indian students through a rigorous federally funded grant program aimed at bolstering the number of clinical psychologists active in reservation communities. One of the key components of that program—Indians Into Psychology, or InPsych—is a congressionally mandated advisory board comprised of tribal representatives and active Native psychologists from

bridge” between UM and American Indian communities, and says historically the board served a “very important function, which was oversight of the program, to make sure it was running well and that students weren’t abused in any way.” It was actually through the InPsych advisory board that Billie Jo Kipp, who completed her doctorate in psychology at UM in 2005, forged one of the most important professional relationships she’s had—with cur-

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Two individuals listed as members of a grant advisory board at the University of Montana say they haven’t been involved with the entity since 2005. Another died last year. Turns out the board hasn’t met for some time.

the very communities InPsych students will eventually work in themselves. The problem is that for years, UM’s InPsych board hasn’t existed. Annual program progress reports submitted to the U.S. Indian Health Service list psychologist Rebecca Foster as the advisory board chair as recently as 2010. However, Foster’s husband, Dan, who is also listed as one of four board members on InPysch’s website, says the couple has had no involvement with the board since relocating to South Dakota in 2005. Another board member listed on the program’s website, Blackfeet member Gordon Belcourt, died last July. Belcourt, who was executive director of the MontanaWyoming Tribal Leaders Council at the time of his death, had been a longtime advocate of improving health in Indian Country. The problems with InPsych’s advisory board come as a surprise to David Strobel, the now-retired former chair of the psychology department and former dean of UM’s Graduate School. Strobel has a long history of dealing with grant and scholarship programs at UM. He even met directly with InPsych’s advisory board during the program’s early years to help mediate internal friction between the department chair and the InPsych director at the time. He feels the board was designed to serve as “a nice

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rent InPsych program director Gyda Swaney. Kipp says the board is invaluable for student networking, for “meeting those outside connections to the communities that the psychologists often will have to serve.” “I think you’ve got to have an advisory board to really make sure you’re staying focused and the grant needs are being met,” says Kipp, who is now president of Blackfeet Community College. “That’s what the advisory board does, and it really helps to integrate the clinician back into tribal communities.” Director Swaney admits the advisory board has been “a problem in this state,” largely due to physical distance and the limited number of professional psychologists working on Montana reservations. Although an application for InPsych grant continuation from 2010 included a request for up to $3,500 annually for advisory board travel and per diem through 2014, Swaney couldn’t recall the last time the board actually met. She says her attempts to gather potential board members for a meeting last year failed due to travel and scheduling complications, and adds that hiring even a parttime aid to help her organize such meetings would, in her view, cut into the InPsych money available for student scholarships and stipends.

UM is currently one of three universities nationwide that each receive between $200,000 and $250,000 in annual funds through the American Indians Into Psychology Program—a grant established by Congress in 1992 under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. According to the American Psychological Association, there were fewer than 200 doctoral-level American Indian psychologists nationwide a decade ago. Swaney estimates that UM’s InPsych program, combined with similar programs at the University of North Dakota and Oklahoma State University, have added 27 graduates to that total. “The goal is to provide greater exposure to the field of psychology, provide stipends to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in psychology, and establish training opportunities for psychology graduate students within tribal communities,” says Michael Berryhill, American Indians Into Psychology liaison at IHS. That list of goals effectively sums up much of the criteria InPsych-funded programs are required to comply with under the IHCIA. However, those conditions also include a stipulation that each InPsych program “incorporates a program advisory board comprised of representatives from the tribes and communities that will be served by the program.” The goal of such a board is partly to provide access to professional clinicians working in the very communities that students may end up serving as a condition of their InPsych funding. “If you don’t have tribal clinicians as a part of your advisory board,” Kipp says, “all you have is the University of Montana, and the only one that I know that’s ever worked in tribal communities is Dr. Swaney.” Since the Indy’s initial inquiries regarding the advisory board’s status, Swaney has “redoubled my efforts” to arrange a board meeting this summer. She recognizes the need for such an entity, particularly when it comes to connecting students with professional psychologists already working in Indian Country. Some InPsych students do get that exposure by traveling to Society of Indian Psychologists conferences or conducting externships on nearby reservations like Flathead, Swaney says. But she adds she would be “well advised to have an advisory board help me with that.” “Where are these Native students going to meet Native psychologists?” she says. “They’re peerless … And when they leave [UM], they’re on their own.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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Coming in hot Mama’s Pantry eases process for food vendors, cart operators by Ted McDermott

Clark Fork Market since 2006 and her own experiences helped inspire her to open Mama’s Pantry. “About two years ago we started hearing some of the vendors down at the market that were saying, ‘We don’t think we’re going to be able to keep coming back. We don’t have a kitchen available to us. We can only get in after midnight.’ And this, that and the other,” Horner says. Last year, Horner decided to start selling her Mama’s Pantry brand of products in stores, which meant she too would need to find a commercial kitchen to use. While she considered building a private kitchen for her production, she decided instead that a shared space would both defray her costs and provide a much-needed resource for others in Missoula’s growing streetand market-food community. A series of restaurants had previously occupied the space Horner chose for Mama’s Pantry, so the infrastructure—as well as some of the equipment—she needed was already in place. Even so, Horner invested heavily to purchase new prep tables, a mixer, a freezer and other supplies. After receiving approval from the health department, Horner began photo by Cathrine L. Walters using the kitchen herself and renting Kendall Rogers, left, and Emma Poole of Clove Cart Pizza Peddlers roll pizza dough it out to others on an hourly basis. in Mama’s Pantry Commercial Kitchen. Use of the recently opened community Among her first renters were Nicole kitchen has spiked with the start of farmers market season. Taranto and Bradley Daniel, who were in the process of launching a seemed complete, save for one hiccup: they the Holiday Village strip mall on Brooks food cart called Bao Chow, which offers couldn’t find a Missoula City-County Health Street and opened Mama’s Pantry Com- steamed Asian buns. “Erin was really good about working Department-approved kitchen in which to mercial Kitchen, a health department-approved community kitchen designed with us on a price when we first started, beprep their food and wash their dishes. “It was a month before farmers market specifically with small vendors in mind. cause she knew it was hard for us to afford started, and I still hadn’t found my commis- With the May 3 opening of the Clark Fork full price,” Taranto says. “So, she’s kind of sary,” Rogers says. “And it was just crazy, be- Market and the Missoula Farmers Market been a godsend in helping us get going.” cause you get your cart all established and beginning its season on May 10, a wave of While the commercial kitchen struggled then you realize all the rules and regula- established vendors like Rogers are now during the slow months of its first winter in tions, and that’s a whole other ball of wax. reserving time in the relatively new com- business, it survived by diversifying. In addiI guess I made an assumption that it would munity kitchen. Horner says she’s also get- tion to food vendors like Bao Chow, caterers ting regular calls from people hoping to rented Mama’s Pantry before major events, be easy in this town, but it really wasn’t.” The health department’s regulations launch new food businesses during Mis- and social workers used the space to teach for wholesale food manufacturing—the um- soula’s busy market season. cooking skills to their clients. As use of the “It’s really neat to have people call that kitchen—and inquiries about its availability— brella under which Clove Cart and other street-food and market vendors fall—are just woke up this morning and went, ‘I love increases with the start of market season, thorough, to say the least. For example, ven- to make this. I wonder if everyone else Horner faces a new challenge: accommodattilation hoods must be placed over nearly would like to try it?’” Horner says. “It’s great ing everyone who wants to use it. all heat-producing units. Sinks must be re- to get those calls. We get them on a daily “We won’t turn people away,” Horner served for specific purposes, such as basis. But there is a process—and some- says. “No way. If you have something you vegetable cleaning. Only established com- times, depending on what you’re making, want to make, that’s what we’re here for. mercial kitchens can meet these kinds of the process can be long.” We’ll work through it. We’ll figure someHorner is intimately familiar with the thing out.” stringent requirements, and when Rogers was starting her cart, those were difficult for challenges inherent in that process. She’s small vendors to access. Rogers found one sold homemade jams and jellies at the tmcdermott@missoulanews.com In 2012, Kendall Rogers and Mike Robinson built a pedal-powered cart that housed a commercial refrigerator, a handwashing sink, cabinets for storage and a two-ton brick pizza oven. Calling themselves Clove Cart Pizza Peddlers, they planned to pedal the cart around town, selling handmade and freshly baked pies at the Clark Fork Market and elsewhere. The plan

available in a restaurant, but only during its late-night or early morning off hours. “I was at a crossroads,” Rogers says. “By the end of last year, I needed to figure out how I was going to increase my business and meet all the [health department] rules.” The solution emerged in September 2013 when Erin Horner rented space in

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I live in an idyllic little Western town, rich in natural beauty and culture. I have a great family, no pressing health or financial worries—in short, it’s a utopian life. And yet, somehow I can’t leave it at that. I can’t tune out the news, can’t ignore economic and political injustices, and as a biologist, I really can’t ignore climate change and what it will mean for the natural world I love. When I lift my gaze out of this valley, what I see is discouraging, depressing and, on some days, downright terrifying: a dystopian future. There’s no question that far too many people in this country struggle to make ends meet. Still, many of us are lucky enough to live comfortably. We go through our days dealing with “first-world problems”—fenderbenders, delayed airplane flights, slow Internet connections—all the while feeling in our bones that bad times are coming. And so we’re irresistibly drawn to dystopian books and movies, obsessed by what might be over the horizon. Judging by what we watch and read, we’re worried about three things: environmental collapse, corporate/technocratic domination and zombies. Especially zombies. So let’s start there. Zombies are the monsters of the moment because they’re … us. Awkwardly lurching, oblivious to their surroundings, incapable of human connection, always searching, never satisfied—does this sound like any Bluetooth-wearing, text-messaging, video-game-playing, Web-surfing person you know? The proliferation of zombie movies and TV shows reflects our anxiety about ourselves and what we are becoming. In this brave new cyber-world, we wield untold forces of information. But are we losing our skills as human beings? What do you think? Hello? Hello?! Meanwhile, movies as diverse as The Bourne Identity, The Hunger Games and the

new release Divergent imagine a world in which shadowy figures control the levers of power, and the rest of us dance to a tune we aren’t even allowed to hear. A world, you could say, just like the one we live in. It’s hard to argue with that, given our everyday reality of pervasive electronic surveillance, assassination-by-drone and corporations “too big to fail.”

“I’m convinced the world to come will look terribly damaged to me. But I don’t want to live in dread of the future.” Finally, we play out our fears of a dystopian future with visions of environmental collapse. During the height of the Cold War, apocalyptic movies like On the Beach, Fail-Safe and even (spoiler alert) Planet of the Apes imagined a world laid waste by nuclear war. How old-fashioned! These days, we’re much more worried that tomorrow’s apocalypse will be environmental, either due to climate change, as in movies like The Day After Tomorrow and 2012, or through pandemics brought on by our meddling with the natural world, as in Contagion and I Am Legend. The trend is even clearer in books: A recent search on Amazon.com for “climate

change fiction” returned 650 results; my favorite title was Hot Mess: Speculative Fiction about Climate Change. The latest studies from the National Academy of Sciences predict a temperature increase of 4.7-8.6 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century if the current rate of emissions continues, and conclude: “If emissions of CO2 stopped altogether … surface temperatures would stay elevated for at least a thousand years, implying extremely longterm commitment to a warmer planet due to past and current emissions.” I’m convinced the world to come will look terribly damaged to me. But I don’t want to live in dread of the future. I want to feel grateful for the blessings of my life. I want to believe in utopia as well as dystopia. In this matter, as in so many other problems that defy a logical solution, I find an answer in poetry. The great English poet William Blake wrote: “To see a world in a grain of sand/ And a heaven in a wild flower,/ Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,/ And eternity in an hour.” The Japanese haiku master Issa gave us: “This world/ is a dewdrop world/ yes … but. …” The flower, even if it’s just a weed in a vacant lot, gives us beauty, a vision of heaven. The dewdrop may seem small and fleeting, but within it the world is contained and preserved. In the worst, most damaged corners of the planet, from the slums of Calcutta to the industrial wastelands of Detroit, I have found beauty. Amid all my fears about a dystopian future, I have one certainty: There will still be beauty. And there, in that small infinity, in that brief eternity, utopia will abide, waiting to be found. Pepper Trail is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He writes in Ashland, Ore.

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Authorities in Orange County, Calif., identified Franc Cano, 27, and Steven Dean Gordon, 45, as suspected serial killers because the two paroled sex offenders were wearing GPS trackers that placed them at the scene of four murders. “That was one of the investigative tools we used to put the case together,” Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada said. (Associated Press) Michael Briggs, 38, was convicted of murdering an 82-year-old retired nun in Albany, N.Y., based on fingerprints found at the scene after police Sgt. Darryl Mallard noticed the toilet seat had been left up in the bathroom. Since the victim lived alone, Mallard guessed the killer was a man who had used the toilet. Fingerprints from the toilet’s handle matched those of Briggs, who was on parole for robbery. (Albany’s Times Union)

ODORIFIC NUPTIALS - A sewage treatment plant in Washington state is offering its facilities for weddings, touting its full catering kitchen, audiovisual equipment, dance floor and ample parking. The cost is $2,000 for eight hours. Susan Tallarico, director of King County’s Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Center, explained that receptions would take place next to where raw sewage is processed but insisted there’s no odor because the process is contained. (Seattle Times) OPEN-DOOR POLICY - Officials in Vancouver, British Columbia, changed its building code to ban doorknobs on all new buildings. Instead, doors are required to have handles, making them more accessible to the elderly and disabled. Critics of the new rule note that handles also make doors easier for bears to open. In fact, knob advocates note that Pitkin County, Colo., has banned door levers on buildings specifically to prevent bears from entering buildings. Meanwhile, officials in Halifax and Pickering, east of Toronto, are asking their provincial governments to follow Vancouver’s example. (The Economist)

SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION - A woman celebrating her 30th birthday at a bar in Madison, Wis., attacked a disc jockey and broke his computer, headphones and microphone because she disliked his choice of songs. “Partygoers were able to pull her away from the DJ’s table after the equipment was damaged, but she broke free and rushed the DJ, punching and scratching him on the face,” police official Joel DeSpain said, adding that the woman fled with her uncut birthday cake before police arrived. (United Press International) Police arrested Charmelle Henry, 45, for threatening two workers at a store in Midland, Texas, after she paid 75 cents for a corn dog but objected because it had been microwaved. She flashed a knife and demanded a second corn dog uncooked. (Associated Press)

STARTLING MOVE - The Missouri Department of Transportation announced plans to deploy “acoustical weapons” to slow down speeders. The agency said that “directed-sound communication devices,” used in Afghanistan and against Occupy Wall Street protestors, will be set up near road construction sites and blast sound of up to 153 decibels directly at vehicles exceeding the posted speed limit. (The St. Louis American)

WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED - Police reported that a man tried to rob a convenience store in Providence, R.I., by pretending a potato was a gun. After the manager chased him off with a baseball bat, police received a call from a coin-operated laundry where a man fitting the description entered carrying a potato and yelled, “I need the money.” A worker gave the man $20 from a decoy cash register, and he left. (Associated Press) On trial in Salt Lake City, Utah, for robbery and assault, Siale Angilau, 25, objected to the testimony of one witness by grabbing a pen, rushing the witness and lunging at him. A U.S. marshal at the federal courthouse opened fire, shooting Angilau in the chest several times. He died at a hospital. (Associated Press)

SCAM OF THE WEEK - Police accused Donald Adams of theft after he took several items from a Home Depot store in Lancaster, Pa., to the customer service desk, and claimed he had purchased them and needed to return them without a receipt. Investigators believe Adams pulled the same scam at Home Depot stores in four states. (Philadelphia’s WTXF-TV)

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FROM BAD TO WORSE - After Jerry D. Harlow, 47, reported that someone in a white vehicle stopped at his house in Richwood, W.Va., and shot him, police concluded that Harlow “shot himself in an attempt to avoid possible jail time for previously committed criminal activity.” Charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and providing false information to police were added to his criminal activity. (Beckley’s The Register-Herald) SUPPLY-AND-DEMAND FOLLIES - Hoping to resolve a nationwide condom shortage, Cuban health officials approved the sale of more than a million condoms that are past their expiration dates and ordered pharmacy workers to explain to buyers that the condoms are good and simply have the wrong expiration dates. The Communist Party newspaper Vanguardia reported that officials noticed erroneous expiration dates on the prophylactics imported from China and ordered them repackaged with the correct dates. But the state-run enterprise in charge of repackaging doesn’t have enough workers to handle the job, so the Public Health Ministry authorized their sale as is, noting the shelf life of condoms is very long. (Miami Herald)

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ultiple studies show today’s college graduates are crap out of luck compared to those who came before them, destined to live in Mom’s basement, work retail or intern (again) for nothing or, worse, join a sizable backlog of unemployed college graduates. A new report from the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C., think tank, labels this growing segment of the population “disconnected youth,” and piles on the bad news. Mainly, disconnected youth risk irreparable harm to their career track and lifelong earnings. Those who do land jobs will earn less than the generation that came before them; 8 percent lower, to be specific, than college grads in 2007. It’s enough to make you even more depressed about leaving behind a cushy class schedule, afternoon wake-and-bakes and Century Club parties.

If there’s any escape from these damning statistics, it’s the thought that Missoula’s different. Oh, our job market is no less challenging—maybe even more challenging in some ways, considering our baristas often hold master’s degrees. But what’s different is how we measure what separates a good job from one that just pays the bills. It’s not as much about money—though that’s certainly nice; all those craft brews and new canoes don’t exactly pay for themselves. It’s more about flexibility, autonomy, a healthy work environment and a deep connection to this place we love. There’s a reason you see more mud-covered SUVs than sports cars in this town, why Carhartts outnumber power suits. We want time to play, or at least play while we work. That’s why this list looks a little different than most. The job market may suck, but hopefully there’s some comfort in the fact that Missoula allows for—hell, encourages—a skewed career path.

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Melody Oliver AGE: 39 OCCUPATION: Taproom Manager PLACE OF WORK: Big Sky Brewing SALARY: Undisclosed, except for the free beer part It’s no surprise that some connection to Missoula’s bustling craft brew industry would blip on the Indy’s radar for one of Missoula’s coolest jobs. But after talking with Melody Oliver, the taproom manager at Big Sky Brewing, it’s clear why her position in the craft beer world deserves the nod on this list. Oliver, 39, has been working at Montana’s largest brewery for nearly 12 years, and while she says, dryly, that she just “pours beers and folds T-shirts” in Big Sky’s taproom, that modest job description belies the satisfaction she gets from her work. Oliver spends most of her time with customers, explaining the beers and selling the myriad logo’d merchandise displayed near the bar. During the summer, she says, the taproom stays busy with vacationers. But even during the off-season, Oliver says the local faithful keep her pouring. “I’ve met so many interesting people while working here. Not only my coworkers, but the customers,” she says. “From local regulars, to the tourists we see year after year. It’s awesome.” She adds that she makes a point to remember all of her customers’ names, whether they come every day or once a year on vacation. “I literally can set my clock to when people come in,” Oliver says. “Mike will be here right when we open at 11.” Like all people who work and thrive in the service industry, Oliver enjoys treating people well and providing them with products that make them happy, which is easy at Big Sky. “It’s alcohol,” she says coyly. But what may set her job apart from some other drink pourers in Missoula is the taproom’s advantageous hours—open at 11 a.m., with last call never past 6:30 p.m.—and the way her employer treats its employees. Oliver says her bosses take seriously the fact that she hunts, among other outdoor activities, and that sometimes the season might call her away from work. She says flexibility of schedule and a mutual understanding about the mental health benefits of getting into the woods means that she and her colleagues are allowed “to live and to work.” On the day Oliver talked to the Indy, she’d just returned from a turkey hunting trip in the Selway.

Anna Bengston AGE: 34 OCCUPATION: Wilderness Ranger PLACE OF WORK: Nez Perce National Forest SALARY: $28,800 To get to her day job, Anna Bengston hikes 25 miles up a thin dirt trail that hugs a wild river in the backcountry of northeast Idaho. Instead of traffic jams and road rage, she meets fallen logs, icy creeks and the occasional rattlesnake as she goes deeper and deeper into the woods. Talk about a commute. After the hike that begins her field season, Bengston settles in at Moose Creek Ranger Station, a compound of log cabins, two primitive backcountry airstrips and a handful of public campsites that serve as the Forest Service’s principal outpost in the 1.3-million-acre Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness on the IdahoMontana border. Bengston, a 34-year-old wilderness ranger, is charged with protecting that massive hunk of land for eight months of the year. It sounds like a pretty sweet gig, but certainly for the right type of person. “It’s a lot of solitude,” Bengston says. “I’ve gotten to be pretty comfortable working and spending a lot of time alone in the woods, but it took me a while to get there.” The job also demands a solid knowledge of primitive skills. Bengston needs to know how to pull a saw, swing an axe, ride a horse and read a map, among other things. “Learning how to be proficient with horses and mules, to be able to pack them, I think that has been really neat,” she says. “There is always something more to learn.” A wilderness ranger is a jack-of-all-trades, and Bengston puts her skills to work in many ways. She surveys and maintains trails, monitors

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“We’re trying to promote a Montana lifestyle…, “ she says. “Everyone here loves to do outdoor things, it’s a priority.” And if her flexible schedule isn’t enough, there’s this: A door in the back of the taproom opens to Big Sky’s brewing and bottling operation. The area looks like what could be a hangar at Boeing if not for the stacks of Moose Drool and the dudes in Carhartts packing bottles into cardboard boxes. At the far end of the space is an enormous walk-in cooler, at the threshold of which a whiteboard provides a friendly reminder for employees: “If you need a case(s) of beer, be it

for yourself or the taproom, please check the pallet(s) below before you grab off of other pallets…” The satisfaction of making people happy, like-minded coworkers, a boss who understands the salmon fly hatch is unpredictable and good for the soul, and, of course, free beer—two cases every month. Oliver knows she has it good. “I love what I have,” she says. She looks at the sign outside the walkin cooler and smiles. “I already got mine for this month.” Jamie Rogers

when she responded to a fatal plane crash on the Moose Creek airstrip. A bad gust of wind brought down a departing plane, which burst into flames and left the pilot dead and his passenger bleeding and traumatized. Bengston, with the help of a volunteer trail crew stationed at Moose Creek, tended to the survivor. “The plane crash was a stark reminder that accidents and emergencies can happen at any time, and there is a big difference when you’re 25 miles into the backcountry,” she says. “Outside the wilderness it’s not unlikely to have highly-trained first responders and ambulances on scene within minutes. For us, it was myself and a Montana Conservation Corps trail crew and some members of the public who were first on scene ...” Bengston called in an emergency helicopter and helped the survivor recuperate in the ranger station until he could be flown out. Bengston says it took her some time to come to terms with the tragedy. All in all, however, the wilderness lifestyle involves benefits that can’t be quantified. In addition to the sunrises and sunsets, the beautiful views, the clean water, the good work and the adventure, Bengston gets nearly four months off each winter to rest, reconnect with her family and travel. She spends a good deal of time in Missoula, which is one of her main stopovers between field seasons. When spring rolls around, she heads back to the woods and carries on a proud tradition of watching over the wilderness. photo by Cathrine L. Walters “Moose Creek Ranger Station was built in 1920, campsites, advises fire crews, manages volunteer trail workers, enforces and since then there have been wilderness rangers doing similar work Forest Service regulations and keeps the ranger station ship-shape. It’s to what I am doing, helping take care of the wilderness and the station,” not all old-time adventure and backcountry bliss, however. When sta- she says. “I feel like it is an honor to be able to be in that line of wildertioned way back in the woods, things can go wrong in a big way. ness rangers. It is an honor to be part of that.” Bengston’s most fearsome experience took place in summer 2012 Jimmy Tobias

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Mickey Smith AGE: 26 OCCUPATION: River Guide PLACE OF WORK: Lewis and Clark Trail Adventures SALARY: $100/day plus tips, “which can be sizable” The banks of the upper Missouri River are lined with towering white sandstone cliffs, teepee rings and petroglyphs. The Missouri’s rich cultural and ecological history makes the waterway among Mickey Smith’s favorite boating trips—and he has a lot to choose from. For the past seven years, Smith has guided vacationing tourists and adventurous locals on Colorado, Idaho and Montana waterways, tackling rivers as diverse as the Lochsa, the Arkansas and the Blackfoot. This summer will mark Smith’s fourth working for the Missoula-based Lewis and Clark Trail Adventures. He loves the job because, among other things, he gets to always have fun. “You get to be with people on their vacation,” he says. Smith, who holds a master’s degree in math from the University of Montana and teaches during the off-season at Missoula College, describes his guiding approach as more intellectual than daredevil. That’s among the reasons he favors the Missouri. His love of maps is well suited to the waterway, which explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark charted more than 200 years ago. Lewis took particular note of the sandstone cliffs, which, as he wrote in 1805, “exhibit a most romantic appearance.” Smith enjoys sharing historical tidbits like that during Missouri River canoe trips that can last as long as six days. Being a river guide satisfies more than just Smith’s historical curiosity. Originally from Texas, he’s an outdoorsy guy who first envisioned his current job during childhood raft excursions with

his father in Idaho. “I guess on one of those trips it was always in the back of my head, ‘Maybe I could do this,’” he says. He didn’t seriously contemplate the profession, however, until a guide friend from college inspired him to try it as a summer job. Smith took a three-week training course and passed a test run on the Arkansas River. “I was a guide,” he says. “And I was hooked.” For the first three years that Smith worked on the water, he lived out of his car in a tent community with other guides. He made instant friends with those who, like him, wanted to be outside all summer long. “We would always joke, ‘What do river guides do on their day off?’ We go rafting,” he says. There are a couple of significant differences between boating for fun and guiding professionally, however. One of them is cash. Smith says he earns between $60 and $100 per day before gratuities, which can be lucrative, especially on the Lochsa. “People love that trip,” he says. Rated a Class IV rapid, the Lochsa’s fast water and technical challenges far surpass the Missouri’s. The pace is thrilling for most customers, but it can be scary for others. That’s the other main difference between boating for fun and guiding professionally: responsibility. Successfully captaining a boat requires a combination of skill, leadership, patience and a calm demeanor when dealing with nervous customers. (One trick: Smith says he tries to alleviate anxieties by getting crews to focus on paddle commands during the initial leg of a journey.) In the end, the most important lesson he teaches his charges is to keep their oars in the water. “Paddling keeps you in the boat,” he says. “You tell people that. They don’t really believe you. But throwing your hands up in the air and screaming is a really good way to fall out.” Jessica Mayrer

Linda Muth and Lesley Washburn AGE: 61 and 34 OCCUPATION: Costume designer and props master PLACE OF WORK: Missoula Children’s Theatre SALARY: “very livable” for Missoula Imagine this job description: Make fluffy clouds and lush gardens out of young children. Build a castle tower in just a few weeks. Recreate a famous painting. Collect vintage beer steins. Research facial hair. Make sure everyone who needs a hat has one. That might sound like the delusional lifestyle of an eccentric, but in the world of community theater it’s just another day in the costume and props room. Longtime Missoula Children’s Theatre and Community Theatre costume designer Linda Muth has been dressing actors for the stage since 1991. She’s in charge of shopping for fabric and overseeing the construction and fittings, as well as any other aspect of costuming that goes into community productions. Muth works alongside props master Lesley Washburn, who started at MCT in 2006. Washburn goes by the “three Bs” rule—borrow, buy or build—to make sure she gets all the books, picture frames, lamps, umbrellas and bigger set pieces, like furniture and drapes, that make a staged production’s atmosphere complete. Both Washburn and Muth work full-time and say they make a wage that’s “very livable” for Missoula as part of an organization with a $5.5 million annual budget. And they’re supported by a handful of staff who help make their creative visions come true. “I have a wonderful staff who helps if I get stuck in my head about something,” Muth says. Talking with Washburn about her approach to props brings to mind a problem solver like MacGyver. For MCT’s production of Footloose last year, she had to create the look of a school gymnasium that had been built decades ago. The time period required all the details, even the lights, look antiquated.

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Other jobs considered among the best in Missoula (and why):

Crew at Warm Springs Productions (travel the country as part of a reality television crew, work in a laid-back and creative environment, know all the secrets to “producing” docu-drama shows) / Mick Holien, Voice of the Griz (best seat in the house to Missoula’s biggest sporting events, a household name and creator of catch phrases, honorary member of this list; he also appeared in our 2007 best jobs feature) / Lawyer (brings in the money and flexible schedule—at least based on how many we always see in front of us in the Snowbowl lift line) / Software Developer (brings in the money and flexible schedule—at least based on how many we always “bump into” on our favorite gaming and/or jailbreak forum) / Stay-at-home Dad (get to “work” at playgrounds and watch a lot of cartoons, shape young minds, no pay balanced by huge savings on childcare) / Tattoo Artist (an artistic gig

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“I went to the Dollar Store and by finding the right shapes, like a little trash basket and a dip bowl, I was able to make a light that looks like something from a gymnasium from the ’60s,” she says. In other instances she’s had to be less MacGyver and more experimental artist. “If a set-designer wants a painting that looks like a Pollock on the wall, then I’ll maybe look up some Pollocks and I’ll slap some paint together and stick it in a frame,” she says, laughing. “No one will ever accuse me of being a true forger of art, but I’m able to do things like that in this job.” Despite their whimsical veneers, these behind-the-scenes jobs are not for the laid-back daydreamer. There’s pressure to be precise, especially during a play’s run. In a hallway behind the stage at the MCT Center for Performing Arts, a props table is stacked with shelves meticulously labeled for each set of items. The beer steins, for instance, are stacked together for the tavern scenes in the recent production of Les Misérables. Across from the props, Muth’s costumes are carefully divided into vests and peasant dresses, hats and other accessories. Everything must be in place for when actors make their entrance on stage; there’s little room for error. Both women also do work on the children’s theater productions, specifically the touring shows where MCT staff take props and costumes on the road to communities across the nation. For those shows Washburn sews the sets, which are made from fabric so they can break down easily.

temperature conditions and transportation, not to mention handling by youngsters. The other difficulty is that most community theater involves realistic fashions, but children’s shows require a level of absurdity. “As far as designing is concerned, it’s very fun to research the Renaissance or the French Revolution,” Muth says, “but then when the director comes and tells you that the 5- to 7-year-olds are going to be clouds, you say, ‘How am I going to make a small child look like a cloud? Or a mosquito?’” The Secret Garden was an especially tough task when Muth was told she had to dress children as a dead garden that comes to life on stage. “We tried a couple of different permutations before we came up with something that was actually going to work,” she says. In the end, she made the kids brown capes with dead leaves that could flip over to reveal green and flowery fauna underneath. Muth and Washburn see those difficult obstacles as the good kind of challenge that requires creativity. The payoff is sweet, usually involving the sight of some little kid dressed as a cloud wavphoto by Cathrine L. Walters ing proudly to her family in the audience (even “We’ve got one right now, Rapunzel, with a big tower which has when she was told not to wave at the audience.) giant hula hoops and uprights,” Washburn says. “You take some bolts “It is a lot of fun,” Washburn says. “I get to try new things—and apart and the whole thing collapses down and it can all fit into a truck.” sometimes they fail. But I consider myself very lucky to be able to have The children’s shows are almost more challenging than the adult in Missoula a stable job that’s creative. I find myself very very fortunate.” community productions. Props have to be made to withstand different Erika Fredrickson

Don Gisselbeck AGE: 59 OCCUPATION: Mechanic PLACES OF WORK: The Trail Head, Bike Doctor, Adventure Cycling SALARY: $15,000 One of the biggest prerequisites for a prime Missoula job involves having the flexibility to duck away on gorgeous powder days in the winter or on bluebird afternoons in the summer. Few locals have that schedule dialed in as well as Don Gisselbeck, who’s managed to carve out a niche in two of Missoula’s main recreation pursuits. Gisselbeck, 59, runs the ski shop for The Trail Head in winter and turns wrenches for the Bike Doctor in summer. He also works the occasional junket as the mechanic for multi-day Adventure Cycling trips. But a life of grease and gears wasn’t his first choice of work; he calls himself a “recovering teacher.” After graduating from the University of Montana in the 1970s, Gisselbeck signed up for the Peace Corps, taking on a hardship posting in Sierra Leone. Fresh out of college, he taught English for three years in a classroom without electricity or running water. He calls it a “tough job,” but optimistically adds that it allowed “a poor farm kid from Montana [to see] the world.” To round out the adventure, he traveled from Kenya to England, taking whatever public transport was available. Once Gisselbeck made it back to the United States, he wound up teaching at Thompson Falls’ Spring Creek Lodge Academy for at-risk youths in the mid-’80s. It was important work, he says, but emotionally taxing. Part of his job at the lodge was to keep the kids’ fleet of mountain bikes in good shape, which gave him a glimpse of his future. He left Thompson Falls to work as a bike mechanic in Seattle for more than a year, then returned to Missoula, where he’s been fixing bikes and skis ever since. There are downsides in the day of a mechanic, he says, like the boredom of mundane tasks and the occasional attempt to rescue a bike that’s better suited for a junk heap. But for the most part, Gisselbeck’s pretty

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pleased that he can support himself and, just as important, have access to some of the most beautiful country on earth. He sees a nonmaterialistic, outdoorsy lifestyle as a “poke in the eye” to the upper classes. “The idea that you should be working 80, 90 hours a week, even to get highly paid, that’s obscene,” he says. When Gisselbeck turned 50, he had a “midlife crisis” of sorts and re-

solved to ski at least once a month, year-round. He likes lift skiing just fine, but relishes the pristine calm of Bitterroot or Glacier backcountry during the spring. He calls May the start of the “real ski season.” “It’s nice to have jobs where you can go, ‘It’s my birthday next Tuesday, I’m gonna take that off and go ski.’” Kate Whittle

that actually pays, create memorable work that lasts a lifetime, usually impresses the ladies/lads) / Newspaper Staff Writer (fame, fortune and—nah, just ink stains and long conversations about monetizing new media) / Splash! Montana Lifeguard (great tan, casual work attire, easy access to Dippin Dots, plus we owe Missoula County Parks & Rec after our 2012 worst jobs list) / Freelancer for National/Out-of-State Company (better pay, flexible work schedule, fewer inter-office politics) / Allan Matthews, Local Historian (history gets written by those who win—or, you know, those who become the go-to source for local facts about yesteryear) / Nurse Practioner (despite recent hospital mergers and health care industry shakeups, remains at the top of most best jobs lists because of good pay and increasing demand) / Good Food Store Cashier (front-row view of Missoula culture, discounted quinoa and other groceries, join a long line of now-famous locals who used GFS as the ultimate gateway job)

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Michael Rees AGE: 64 OCCUPATION: Hot Air Balloon Pilot PLACE OF WORK: Mountain Butterfly LLC SALARY: $12,000 just for piloting Michael Rees glances up from the handheld GPS hanging from his neck just long enough to check the horizon line. The peaks behind the nearer ridges are beginning to sink away—a sure sign that we’re losing altitude. Rees flicks a switch above him and, in response, a four-foot flame shoots upwards from one of the two propane burners overhead with a deafening roar. Rees’ lips move as he counts to three. He shuts off the burner, then consults his GPS again. The peaks along the horizon start to grow again. We’re dangling above Missoula’s South Hills at 5,100 feet in the smallest of the three hot air balloons that make up the Mountain Butterfly LLC fleet. Rees calls it a “glorified laundry hamper,” and it seems an odd place for him to be. Rees doesn’t particularly enjoy heights. “I don’t like commercial aircraft,” he told me a few days ago. Every time he flies in an airplane, he resigns himself to the fact that he’s going to die. Yet here he is, an FAA-licensed pilot with a graying mustache and a brown leather jacket, consulting three different GPS units in the hopes of finding that perfect northwesterly air current that will take us from 39th and Paxson over to a golf course off West Mullan. “I can’t even tell what direction we’re going,” I say, peering down at the Bitterroot River. The balloon is moving so slowly, it almost feels like standing on the top of a skyscraper. “Watch the tips of the trees,” he replies. “Pick one and use it like a gunsight.” Rees is full of little tricks like that. The bevy of instruments strapped around the balloon’s basket give him detailed readouts, but he can sense subtle changes in direction simply from the wind hitting his face. The horizon can tell him whether he’s

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going up or down. Smoke from slash fires or the stacks on the north end of town help him gauge what direction the wind is going at certain altitudes. If he sees hawks circling, it means trouble. They’re riding thermal columns, and thermals aren’t good for a balloon pilot. Rees used to have flying dreams as a kid. They stopped for a long time, but in 1981, he had another. This time the dream was different. Rees was in some sort of bucket, and something large and dark and ominous towered above him. He explained it to his partner the next morning, and she told him it sounded like a hot air balloon. She bought him a test flight in Billings as a gift. “It far surpassed the dream,” Rees says. “Far surpassed it. I wept on my first flight.” By 1982, Rees had logged enough hours to get his commercial pilot’s license, and he began offering flights out of Missoula with the original Mountain Butterfly. Ballooning took him to Napa Valley, Squaw Valley and Jackson Hole before he moved to Stevensville. He’s crossed mountain ranges, flown for 100 straight miles at roughly 16,000 feet, hopped from Lake Tahoe to Reno to Carson City and Chilcoot. He even flew actor Brendan Fraser and his family along the Blackfoot River. When you’re in the laundry hamper, you truly are in Rees’ world. It’s not a cheap place to visit. Rees charges between $235 and $1,000 per person depending on the trip. But it’s not a cheap place to live, either. The smallest of his balloons cost $52,000; the largest, Tweedy, cost $78,000. The balloons have a limited lifespan as well, Rees says, somewhere between 750 and 1,000 hours. Then there’s the cost of propane tanks, backup propane tanks, crew pay, Rees’ pay. Translation: You’ve got to make enough per flight to cover your expenses, pay off your debt and still save up for a replacement balloon before the first one’s life runs out. “To give you an idea, it’s almost $2,000 to put it in the air every time,” says Rees’ partner, Gretchen Spiess. “We get calls

quite a bit and people think that it’ll be $50, $75, $100. It’s like, ‘Sorry.’ And we’ve skimmed it to the bare-bones.” Rees relies on an ever-changing list of about 25 crew members—many of them volunteers—and he’s always on the lookout for more. Any fewer, he says, and there’d be zero chance of getting three to show up on a moment’s notice. The weather has to be just right for Rees to launch, which is why he asks clients to name two alternatives in addition to their preferred date of riding. If the winds aren’t cooperating one day, they could be on another. While Rees has managed to make ballooning his main revenue stream over the past decade, ballooning is still an unpredictable occupation to say the least. “It’s an environment you can’t control, you can’t predict and you can’t see,” Rees says. “It has intentions all its own, and you really do have to pay attention to what’s around you.” Rees is tempted to try a “splash and dash” this morning—a move where he descends to a wide stretch of river and skims the water—but we’re having a tricky enough time just finding that northwesterly breeze. As we near the Ranch Club on West Mullan, Rees radios the airport control tower to announce that we’re making our terminal descent. The wind picks up considerably closer to the ground, pushing us toward a water hazard. My stomach jumps, but Rees casually tosses a rope over the bolster. His crew below grabs it and, as the earth rushes up to meet us, they wrestle the basket over to a clear patch of ground right next to the golf course’s dirt road. A couple days ago, I asked Rees what keeps him going through the financial uncertainty, the finicky weather, the fact that he doesn’t even like heights. He just smiled and said, “Wait ’til you go up. Wait ’til you go up.” Now, with the propane shut off and the balloon crumpling to the ground, Rees shoots me that same smile. “Get it now?” Alex Sakariassen

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Everybody dies Alternative interpretations of the castle doctrine, and other bedtime stories by Erika Fredrickson

illustration by Jonathan Marquis

his is how the story really goes: The nightlights by the beds of the three children continued to burn clearly, but another light a thousand times brighter began to rummage through the dresser drawers. When it came to rest for a second you could tell it was a fairy, no bigger than your hand. A moment later, the window was blown open by the breath of the stars and Peter dropped in. “Tinker Bell,” he called softly, after making sure that the children were asleep. “Tink, where are you? Oh, do come out of that jug, and tell me, do you know where they put my shadow?” Tinker Bell pointed to the chest of drawers and in a moment Peter found the shadow inside. He expected it to attach to him but it didn’t, not even when he used a bar of soap to help it stick. Defeated, far from his home and the Lost Boys in Never Never Land, he curled up on the floor and began to cry. Wendy, awakened by the sobbing, sat up in bed. She wasn’t afraid to see the stranger there, only curious. After all, he was just a boy. “Boy,” she said courteously, “why are you crying?” Before she could get an answer, the sound of heavy footsteps came from the stairway and the nursery door opened. In came Wendy’s father, Mr. Darling, having returned early from the party. He held a gun in his hand, which he raised excitedly before shooting four bullets at the stranger who had trespassed into the house. Afterward, when the children’s screams had subsided and Nana the dog had scurried outside in fright, the boy lay unmoving on the floor.

Inside the chest of drawers, Tinker Bell’s light slowly dimmed.

t approximately the same time, in the countryside thousands of miles away, a young amateur detective named Nancy Drew was called to the Triple Creek Farm to try to find a hidden message in a parchment painting. When she and her friend Junie showed up, they realized the farm’s sheepherder had been knocked out cold in the pasture. Knowing that there was danger lurking all around them, the two girls scoured the painting only to find one message that read, “Man’s home is his castle.” When the shepherd awakened he pleaded with them to leave the mysterious parchment alone, lest they too be subjected to violence. The girls weren’t afraid, though. That evening, they headed out to find the original owner of the parchment

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painting, Mr. Rocco, a paranoid man with a rude disposition. At the last minute, Nancy and Junie decided to sneak onto his property to see if they could find more clues before confronting Mr. Rocco face-to-face. Climbing over the fence, Nancy looked up to see a loaded gun in her face. The force of the blast threw her to the ground and one Mary Jane shoe tumbled across the field and into a rabbit hole.

eanwhile, as the sun set on the river nearby, Huck Finn and Jim climbed into a raft and headed downstream. Huck felt certain he could help Jim run away to one of the free states, perhaps Illinois, so he wouldn’t be sold off to a nearby plantation. They had gathered some accoutrements and food scraps together, but that wouldn’t last them long, and so Huck decided he’d grab a few chickens from a house on the bank of the river. After all, Huck’s father had always said that it wasn’t stealing if you planned to give whatever you took back. Had he lived long enough, Huck would have learned that taking the chickens was, in fact, stealing. But when the owner of the coop flung open

the back door and shot into the warm summer air, hitting Huck in the chest, that was the end of the story.

ver the next week, more people died. Scout and Jem Finch were taken out by Boo Radley. Oliver Twist, who was forced by the horrible Bill Sikes to invade his own home, was shot to kingdom come by his adopted mother. (She was upset about it, she later told the newspapers, but he was sneaking around the house, and she feared for her safety.) By the weekend, Jean Valjean and every single member of the Joad family were put six feet under, and in the following months Goldilocks, Hansel and Gretel, Peter Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, the Baker’s Wife, every kid detective who snooped for clues and every prince who scaled a castle tower to kiss a princess had expired. Within a year, we had collectively said goodbye to the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. As the expansion of the castle doctrine snuffed out literary intruder after literary intruder, book shelves became bare. There were no more adventure stories, no more mischievous protagonists, no more tales of youth learning from their mistakes. No need. Everybody knew how stories ended. Children stayed inside. On starry nights, they curled up in their beds under windows secured with surveillance cameras. They closed their eyes, some of them dreaming of the day they’d own a gun, some of them still trying to remember how the stories began. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

Drinking summer Simon Joyner’s confessional greatness Simon Joyner’s singing style is conversational and flat in a way that evokes Townes Van Zandt. But his arrangements are more dynamic, building to multi-instrumental crescendos that work against the damaged intimacy of his voice. He’s still damaged; he’s a singer-songwriter. It’s just the damage is a little more structured, a little more pleasing on first listen. Don’t be fooled, though: Simon Joyner is investment music. His lyrics are allusive and dense, as when he describes a spider that wraps a cicada in a ball and wonders if, by “drinking summer’s voice,” it will bring on fall. That’s a songwriter building a corpus, right there. You don’t see a lot of spiders eating cicadas, though, and Joyner is walk-

ing an interesting line between candid diary and something more mannered and weird. “Drunken Boat” is a fine example, beginning in a more or less confessional form but rising to the associative delirium of Lou Reed’s “Street Hassle.” Joyner is a lending library of influences, and you can hear his vocal turnarounds in late-period Bright Eyes songs, just as you can hear Dylan’s flourishes in Joyner’s. He is a craftsman operating in a long tradition, and it’s satisfying to hear him work. (Dan Brooks) Simon Joyner plays the ZACC Wed., May 14, at 8 PM with Wooden Wand as part of the Living Room concert series put on by Undertow Music Collective. $20 online at undertowtickets.com.

Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Phosphorescent Harvest Chris Robinson, the charismatic Black Crowes frontman and band leader for the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, has been carrying the the soulful boogie-woogie torch since the early ’90s. His music has served as a gateway drug to past styles for kids raised in a digital era and it has reassured baby boomers that there’s still plenty of good ol’ rock swagger out there. CRB’s latest release, Phosphorescent Harvest, is a mid-tempo mix of retro riffs, jangly folk and a double dose of classic psychedelia to keep the heads swirling. Oddly, it’s not Robinson who really steals the show on this record. He never quite hits the howling fervor he’s so capable of, instead favoring a more laidback delivery that leaves something to be desired.

The fretwork of ex-Cardinals axeman Neil Casal and the spacey keyboard sounds conjured up by Crowes’ accomplice Adam MacDougall power the engines here. After the energetic blues shuffle of the opening “Shore Power,” most of what follows recalls the sunnier, stonier side of the Grateful Dead. The blissedout instrumental “Humboldt Wind Chimes,” a bonus track released only with CD and vinyl copies, is the most adventurous song here, and Casal bites into his solo with an attitude regrettably missing from most of the album. ( Jed Nussbaum) Chris Robinson Brotherhood plays the Top Hat Tue., May 13. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $20/$18 advance.

Pert Near Sandstone, The Hardest Part of Leaving If you’re looking for experimental, push-the-limits newgrass, this isn’t it. If you’re looking for good, solid, stomp-your-feet bluegrass with a little bit of a contemporary twist and some impressive playing, Pert Near Sandstone’s newest album won’t disappoint. At first listen, The Hardest Part of Leaving sounds pretty much like every other bluegrass album: Largely up-tempo, lots of fast finger-picking and men singing harmony in reedy voices. And really, that’s what these musicians are all about—capitalizing on a sound that so many of us know and love, while adding a few flourishes to make it their own. One place where Pert Near differentiates itself is in

the lyrics, which explore traditional bluegrass subjects with a more thoughtful, contemporary feel. For example, the song “Old Man at the Mill” is not just a squaredance tune, but a meditation on complex relationships, fate and continuity: “The same old man, sittin’ at the mill, the mill turns around of its own free will. One hand in the hopper and the other in the sack, the ladies step forward while the gents fall back.” Pert Near produces what many others of its ilk doesn’t: Bluegrass worth carelessly dancing to, but that’s also worth taking the time to sit down and listen. (Melissa Mylchreest) Pert Near Sandstone plays the Top Hat Thu., May 8. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $10.

Girl Talk, Freeway and Waka Flocka Flame, “Tolerated” Hearing “Tolerated,” the collaboration single among Girl Talk, Freeway and Waka Flocka Flame, is like knocking a glass of water off your nightstand. At first you can’t believe it happened—you’re kind of indignant, even—but then you realize it was inevitable. The song itself is kind of negligible. Freeway complains that he thinks he has “tolerated all the hate I can stand/ flip flops and drugs, Afghanistan, marching band.” Waka Flocka appears and threatens to shoot us with a machine gun and/or hit us over the head with a lamppost while we are out walking the

streets. Freeway comes back, still disappointed in our ongoing hatred. Exeunt. I note this tepid affair because it closes the gap between EDM and southern rap. Girl Talk is a producer best known for copyright-bending mashups and extremely fun live shows. Waka is best known for dumb raps heard in parking lots of strip clubs, and Freeway is not known. All three artists make silly music for parties, and only racial paradigms have kept their genres apart. I like dance, southern rap and both kinds of trap, because I like fun. “Tolerated” is not such a wild ride, but it augurs fun to come. (Dan Brooks)

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Dream weavers UM’s Midsummer delights in asses and imps by Erika Fredrickson

MAY 9-11 • 7:15 & 9:15 PM IS THE MAN WHO IS TALL HAPPY? AN ANIMATED INTERVIEW WITH NOAM CHOMSKY

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Sam Williamson, center, stars as Bottom in UM’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The most fun part of watching new versions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is seeing how an actor portrays Puck. In 2010, the Montana Actors’ Theatre put on an incredible production of the Shakespearian comedy, starring Sarina Hart as a devilish Puck decked in black and adorned with goat horns. She gave the mischievous creature some distinct mannerisms, including a creep-tastic insect-like clicking noise she made with her mouth, and she took on a slightly dangerous air. In the new production from the University of Montana’s School of Theatre and Dance, Kelly Bouma turns Puck into a classic imp with her own fantastic spin. Whereas Hart’s Puck felt like something out of Ridley Scott’s dark fantasy Legend, Bouma’s is more in the vein of a gremlin, though less mean or destructive. If you recall that scene in Gremlins (I know, it’s from the long ago 1980s) where the critters take over a pub, messily swigging beers and swinging carelessly from chandeliers, you get a sense of Bouma’s style. There’s also something sweet about the way she picks up a trumpet and puts the wrong end to her face; it gives her the feel of one who’s curious and impulsive but, unlike gremlins, mostly well-meaning. A Midsummer Night’s Dream takes place the eve of the wedding between Theseus of Athens and the queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta. Intersecting story lines involve four star-crossed lovers, the king and queen of the fairies and a troupe of actors. Every dramatic turn is influenced by magic and dreaming, which makes the tale an interesting—though not too deeply examined—look at fate versus free will. Mostly it’s a silly story that allows for playful re-imaginings, and for UM’s production, director Jillian Campana takes the opportunity to experiment. The most obvious change is that Campana has taken one of the young lovers, Lysander, and changed him to Lysandra. UM theater professor John Kenneth DeBoer adapted the script to make the gender swap work, and it does, without much ado. This is the perfect play with which to treat a gay relationship as if there were not taboo, not even in mid-1600s England, since anything is possible in the dreamscape of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It’s a refreshing way to make a statement by not making a statement. Campana also chose to experiment with time. The story takes place in one night but also spans

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“somewhere between 1660 and tomorrow.” In theory, it’s an intriguing idea, but in reality it doesn’t do much for the production. We see the characters’ costumes change from mid-17th century to subdued tie-dye. It would be awkward if it wasn’t so subtle. (Thank god Campana didn’t turn it into a history of fashion throughout the ages.) But the subtleness also creates problems because it’s never clear what the point of the time warp is—and that in itself is distracting. Fortunately, other aspects keep the play grounded. Set designer Jadyn Velazquez and lighting designer Dan Norton created a fairy forest with large-scale flowers and a sky that changes colors. It’s crisp, simple eye candy. Acting-wise, Midsummer offers some misses and mostly hits. For all the work that went into changing Lysander to Lysandra, I wish actor Elizabeth Bennett would break out of her powerful “Shakespearian” voice to show some emotion toward her lover, Christina Scruggs’ Hermia. There’s little chemistry between them; they might as well be sisters. Otherwise, the four lovers are generally fun to watch, especially Adryan Miller-Gorder, who plays Helena with hilarious desperation and great comedic timing. The night I watched Midsummer I sadly missed the Roxy’s screening of the cult film Labyrinth. Fortunately, for me, Colton Swibold plays Oberon with the confident swagger of David Bowie’s Goblin King. That’s a pretty classic way to go with Oberon, for good reason. And Swibold and Bouma have great chemistry together as a master and servant who are quite comfortable in each other’s personal spaces. Besides Puck, you should see this show for Sam Williamson’s Bottom. As the character who ends up with a donkey’s head he gets easy laughs, but Williamson doesn’t squander any opportunities. He commands the stage, whether he’s hee-hawing or self-aggrandizing. He’s born to play the role of the ass, and this is one of the few times in life that saying that is not an insult. A Midsummer Night’s Dream continues at the Montana Theatre at UM’s PARTV Center Thu., May 8, through Sat., May 10, at 7:30 PM nightly. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 kids 12 and under. Visit umtheatredance.org. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Long highway Guitar Odyssey turns rock solo into life lesson by Ednor Therriault

After dividing the solo into five discrete sections, So, let me get this straight: a Montana guitar player taught himself how to play a 40-year-old hard he averages a half hour of practice a day, building up rock solo and then wrote a book about it? Excuse me the muscle memory and technical chops needed for for a moment while I gouge my eyes out and hurl my- each segment. From whole-step string bends to sinself in front of an oncoming bus. At first blush, Guitar gle-string speed-picking, he pushes onward with the Odyssey sounds like a tedious, geeky eye-glazer with gumption and dedication of an elite athlete. “If I am little appeal to anyone not into pointy guitars and ever going to summit,” he writes after a particularly geezer rock. But, hold on there Jasper, this thing grinding session, “I need to do my time at base camp.” Rays’ sense of humor and love of classic rock doesn’t suck. In fact, Billings writer Michael Rays has crafted a literate, interesting, funny and, oddly, mov- come together frequently in the little poems he sprining account of his six-string journey to learn the solo kles through the story. His “rockus,” as he calls them, from Deep Purple’s “Highway Star,” that is really (think: haikus) are welcome diversions, as are his anabout so much more. (Make that a four-string jour- ecdotes that chart his early musical education. Samney. More than a year after launching his quest Rays ple rocku: realizes that the solo uses only four strings. It’s just “Southern Man” song and solo by Neil Young one of a series of surprising revelations in the book.) Ritchie Blackmore’s Mozart-inspired solo from Searing and cutting the heavy metal progenitors’ 1972 album Machine Then chaotic and dripping Head is a benchmark of hard rock guitar wizardry. There’s no one like Neil Blackmore has stated in interviews that it’s one of the few solos he wrote before While Rays is repeatedly writing the song itself, and it knocked off the path by instands as one of the most jury, equipment hassles, fambeloved and iconic guitar ily obligations, false plateaus solos in the hard rock panand periods of self-doubt, he theon. Learning how to play it never stays down for long. is a formidable task, even for Some of his reactions to the seasoned shredders. Rays struggle had me laughing out vowed to stick with it no matloud. As he tinkers with the ter how long it took him, fig“speed section,” he decides uring it might be a couple of to change his picking stroke: months or so. “Trying to change upstroke It took almost two years. to downstroke (at 155 bpm) Why did Rays choose this is akin to screwing the top on particular solo? “Just as a plastic soda bottle while mountain climbers go up driving at 100 mph.” Everest because it is there,” Guitar Odyssey is a fun, he writes in the intro to the fascinating ride for rock fans 28,000-word e-book, “so I and guitar players of all abilwill learn every note of ities, but there is something Ritchie Blackmore’s masterheavier at play here that gives piece—because it is there, the book a much broader apand it is awesome.” Guitar Odyssey peal. Rays wrestles at times Guitar Odyssey, Rays’ Michael Rays with self-loathing over his addebut, has a whip-smart, cone-book, Smashwords mitted lack of skill, and at his versational style that grabs the $4.99 lowest points he seems ready reader early on and ultimately to scrap the whole project. rewards him with a potent lesson in perseverance, goal-setting and the surprising But he soldiers on, exhorting himself in his notes: things you can learn about yourself in the pursuit of “No matter how bad you screw up, DO NOT STOP!” The takeaway here is that you can accomplish a seemingly insignificant dream. The one-minute, 20-second solo, he points out, whatever oddball objective you choose, as long as could be learned quickly and easily by an accom- you muster the discipline, desire and motivation. Not plished player. But who wants to read about that? to mention a serious dedication to practice. “I am willing to pursue nailing this solo for as Guitar Odyssey bristles with enough technical details to stupefy all but the most guitar-obsessed, but Rays’ long as it takes,” he declares after one discouraging journal-style entries are hilarious, insightful and just session. “I am not willing to hate practicing to get flat-out entertaining. Self-discoveries and life lessons there. I’ve had enough of hating practicing.” Does he eventually master the solo? Of course he abound. As the amateur musician sets out on his journey, does. But, like many undertakings in life, the destihe is buffaloed by the sheer speed of Blackmore’s play- nation becomes less important than the journey. Michael Rays’ Guitar Odyssey is available at ing. “I feel like 168 bpm (beats per minute) is light speed,” he writes, “and I am a theoretical physicist. If I smashwords.com. ever play it for an audience at full speed, I will look out when I am done and see that they have aged 50 years.” arts@missoulanews.com

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Before I dig into a shallow discussion of the attractiveness of certain actors, let me give you some background, because these endless sequels can get confusing. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the second sequel in the second major movie reboot of the SpiderMan saga. The first ones, you’ll recall, were directed by Sam Raimi, starred Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst and came out between 2002 and 2007. I grew up watching the “Spider-Man” cartoon that aired on Fox in the mid-’90s, and rewatching clips on YouTube reminded me how great that cartoon was—and that the plots of every single Spider-Man movie I’ve ever seen would be much better suited for a 20-minute-long cartoon. The new Amazing Spider-Man franchise, directed by Marc Webb (ha!), follows the original comic series a little more closely, if that sort of thing matters to you. For my part, I’ve always seen Spider-Man as a pretty obvious metaphor for a teenage boy’s confusion with adolescence (including, ahem, the sticky substances) and enjoyed the more sarcastic, witty personality that most versions of the story give SpiderMan, as opposed to the dead seriousness of Batman. The Amazing Spider-Man series has a couple things going for it. One, that it does not star Maguire, whom I found to be simpering and whiny as a purported action star. Andrew Garfield works way better as a lithe, boyish hero who grins wide but is secretly sad; plus, his rendition of Peter Parker is supposed to be a high school kid, which works better for the character’s level of emotional maturity. (I’d also like to point out that Garfield is actually 30, so I feel perfectly comfortable ogling him.) It’s hard to act all that much in a Spandex face mask, and wisely, Garfield spends a lot of his screen time as Peter. But The Amazing Spider-Man’s biggest asset is Garfield’s chemistry with Emma Stone, his real-life girlfriend. She brings her usual smart, cute charisma as love interest Gwen Stacy. Garfield and Stone have some moments of romantic interaction and physical comedy that are much more touching and fun to watch than 90 percent of the explosion-y, disappointingly obvious CGI action.

The pacing for Amazing Spider-Man 2 suffers from the mid-trilogy syndrome of just setting up the drama for the third sequel. There’s actually more focus on character development during the first third of the movie than there is action, which is fine by me, but as a stand-alone film, the plot isn’t all that substantial. Our main baddie for this installment is Jamie Foxx as Electro. Electro, the only black character in the movie, wants to use his power to lash out at people who’ve ignored or mistreated him his whole life— which has all kinds of interesting and ultimately troubling racial connotations. Electro’s action scenes are coordinated with music, making them curiously like a music video—maybe that’s director Webb’s nod to his career creating videos for bands like AFI and Good Charlotte. I had enjoyed watching 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man just fine, but after the movie all my buddies pointed out that the plot was complete garbage. So I went into The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with pretty low expectations and a lot of boxed wine, which is the approach I recommend you take. And in these days when even PG-13 films are grotesquely violent, I really want to applaud this movie for bucking that trend and sticking with bloodless fight scenes. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is entertaining as a mindless summer superhero movie, and for my money, having more likable stars makes a huge difference. I’m still pissed that Spider-Man and Batman reboots continue to get pumped out year after year when better, more diverse superheroes are yet to be given the title role treatment (cough cough, Wonder Woman.) Much as I like watching hot dudes run around in Spandex, I would much rather see a few more superhero movies where women and people of color don’t just serve as plot points propelling a white dude’s character development. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 continues at the Carmike 12, Entertainer and Pharaohplex. kwhittle@missoulanews.com

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OPENING THIS WEEK DAMNATION Filmmakers Travis Rummel and Ben Knight argue for the removal of obsolete dams and the restoration of native fisheries. Not rated. Screening at the Roxy May 9-11 and May 17-18 at 7 and 9 PM. IS THE MAN WHO IS TALL HAPPY?: AN ANIMATED CONVERSATION WITH NOAM CHOMSKY MIT professor and activist Noam Chomsky’s work in linguistics is explored in brilliant animation from Michel Gondry, the director of Science of Sleep and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Not rated. Screening at the Roxy May 911 at 7:15 and 9:15 PM. LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN Dorothy and co. get the animated treatment, this time to defeat the new villain Jester and restore peace to the Emerald City. Starring the voices of Lea Michele, Kelsey Grammer and Dan Aykroyd. Rated PG. Carmike 12. MOMS’ NIGHT OUT This Christian comedy is about frazzled mothers, bumbling husbands and, presumably, Jesus taking the wheel. Variety reviewer Justin Chang assures that there’s nothing wrong with the plot “that couldn’t be fixed by a massive rewrite.” Starring Sarah Drew, Sean Astin and Patricia Heaton. Rated PG. Carmike 12. NEIGHBORS In an alternate universe where Seth Rogen is even remotely in the same league as Rose Byrne, they play a couple with a newborn baby who encounter comedic shenanigans when a fraternity moves in next door. Zac Efron plays the frat guy. Rated R. Carmike 12.

NOW PLAYING THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 Peter Parker, Oscorp, supervillains, web shooting as weird visual metaphor for adolescence, crappy reboot, blah blah blah. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Entertainer. (See Film.) BEARS Cute-as-the-dickens Alaskan bear cubs run, play and grow up in the backdrop of majestic and dangerous wilderness. Narrated by John C. Reilly. Rated G. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. BLUE RUIN A mysterious outsider upends his peaceful existence to get revenge against his parents’ mur-

The revolution might be televised. Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy? screens at the Roxy May 9-11 and May 17-18 at 7 and 9 PM.

derer. Starring Macon Blair, Devin Ratray and Amy Hargreaves. Rated R. Wilma.

Also starring Chadwick Boseman and Jennifer Garner. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

BRICK MANSIONS An undercover cop must bring down a crime lord with the help of an ex-con. Starring Paul Walker (RIP), David Belle and RZA. Rated PG13. Carmike 12.

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Quirk-lovers rejoice, Wes Anderson brings us the lighthearted adventures of a mid-1930s concierge and a lobby boy. Starring Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham and Mathieu Amalric. Rated R. Wilma.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Steve Rogers and his jawline are just trying to keep on the down-low in modern-day Washington, D.C., but must team up with the Black Widow to fight off assorted villainous mischief. Starring Chris Evans, Frank Grillo and Sebastian Stan. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

HEAVEN IS FOR REAL A family is astonished to hear that their son believes he visited heaven after a near-death experience. Based on the 2010 best-selling book. Starring Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly and Connor Corum. Rated PG. Carmike 12.

DIVERGENT A teen living in a weirdo dystopia discovers she’s “divergent” and must save her own kind. Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Kate Winslet. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. DRAFT DAY Kevin Costner is an NFL team manager trying to decide which talented young men to select for a career that inflicts irreversible head injuries. (Maybe they’ll save that part for the sequel.)

THE OTHER WOMAN Gals team up to get revenge on the cheatin’ dude who’s been, er, three-timing them. IMDB Plot keywords include “woman in bikini,” so this sounds pretty intellectual. Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

UNDER THE SKIN A sexy alien lady preys upon Scottish hitchhikers, in the adaptation of Michel Faber’s freaky 2000 novel. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams and Lynsey Taylor Mackay. Rated R. Wilma. Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle. Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at 541-7469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

RIO 2 The goofy family of macaws returns for an Amazon adventure and more bird-brained antics. Starring the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway and Jemaine Clement. Rated G. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

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How to kill your lawn by Ari LeVaux When Michelle Obama converted part of the White House lawn into a garden six years ago, she made it look easy. And lawn killing certainly can be easy, depending on your game plan. It can also be a difficult, frustrating failure. The First Lady’s strategy was detailed in a recent story on The Atlantic’s website, written by the son of the farmer who assisted her. Organic soil from a nearby farm in Pennsylvania was trucked down and dumped into wooden frames on the White House lawn. This is a perfectly good tactic, if you have the resources and want to garden in raised beds. Assuming you do, it is without question the quickest way to convert lawn into garden. For demonstration gardens, or for gardeners with limited space or little tolerance for mess, raised beds can be a great system. But for large plots of land, a ground-level garden comes with more options, and less carpentry involved. The easy way is to cover the lawn with plastic and wait for it to die. A more common approach is to dig up your lawn, pulling out the grass as you go. Even if you use a tiller, this is backbreaking work that usually fails, because roots will inevitably stay in the ground. Grass roots are extremely hardy and will resprout. Meanwhile, all the plant material that is removed from the soil represents fertility leaving the garden. To be fair, the pulled-up grass could be composted, but then there is still the matter of the roots remaining in the soil. Another bad tactic is to cut and remove the sod where you want to plant. As with digging the grass, enough of the roots will likely be left behind that the lawn will return. And by removing sod, you’re not only losing the potential fertility of the grass, but the actual fertility of the topsoil bound in its roots. And you’ll need to import dirt to replace the sod and bring the garden up to ground level. So unless you’re building raised beds, tarping is the way to go. After a few months under the summer sun, the grass and roots will have been transformed into worm poop, and your lawn will be a garden. The only downside to tarping is you have to plan ahead—and be patient. While it involves very little active work, you have to wait about 10 weeks. If you’re hoping to turn your turf into tomatoes this summer, it’s not going to happen (unless you ignore my advice, use the shovel and do battle with an endless parade of grass shoots from your tomato patch).

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FLASH IN THE PAN

The news that you can’t—or at least shouldn’t— garden in your lawn this summer might come as a disappointment, but here’s a consolation prize: When you pull off that plastic in late summer, it will be the perfect time to get ready to plant garlic. Garlic is planted in fall, sprouts in springtime and proceeds to shoot up quickly and impressively. At the time of this writing my garlic is knee-high, and gearing up to produce bulbs this summer. If your winters are mild enough, you could also plant hearty greens, like kale, in your former lawn, and let them overwinter. Whatever you choose to plant in the lawn’s wake, the cause of death will remain the same. Black plastic is ideal. White plastic reflects too much light and won’t heat up enough, while clear plastic can get hot enough to kill soil bacteria and send the bugs crawling to deeper, cooler quarters. Black plastic is widely available, usually in rolls, at hardware or garden stores—if not, it can be ordered. You want it about 2-4 mils thick (‘mil’ being the unit of thickness used to measure tarp thickness). Before laying down the tarp, I like to dig a narrow trench around the perimeter of the garden plot that I’m envisioning. I toss the shovelfuls of sod into the middle of garden spot. This step isn’t necessary, but it helps me visualize the garden to come. Eventually, the converted lawn is going to need some kind of border to ensure the surrounding grass doesn’t re-colonize its former turf. This barrier, like lawn edging, will be easier to install once the grass is dead. But keep this future step in mind. On a non-windy day, place your plastic on the future garden spot. If the plot requires multiple pieces, try to cut the plastic as few times as necessary, producing as few pieces as possible. The pieces should overlap one another by at least a foot or two; don’t allow any cracks between the plastic sheets. As you lay out the plastic, cover it with objects to weigh it down. Almost anything will work as a weight, including bricks, blocks, boards, buckets and bicycles, as well as items that don’t begin with “B.” It’s especially important to weigh down the outer edge—fill the trench with heavy items—and along the edges where two pieces of plastic come together. You want to make sure no wind gets under the tarp. Then, sit back and let the microbes, pill bugs and worms do their thing. You may be losing lawn, but hang onto that lawn chair. You’ll need it for sitting, while you sip something cold, as your lawn dies a slow and glorious death.

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Sweet Peaks HANGRIEST HOUR What it is: Downtown Missoula’s newest ice cream shop, which opened April 12. Founders Marissa and Sam Dauenhauer first started Sweet Peaks in Whitefish in 2010 before adding locations in Bigfork and Kalispell. They pride themselves on using milk and cream from Montana Hutterite farms and fresh ingredients from the Flathead Valley “and beyond.” What you’re eating: While the menu includes classic flavors like vanilla and Grasshopper Mint, Sweet Peaks specializes in more inventive options like a fennel/mango/peach combo and Grizzly Tracks, a cashew-infused take on classic Moose Tracks. The most exotic option available during our recent visit was Bacon and Cheddar, which isn’t for the faint of heart. As shop manager Lauren Crandall says, “We give out a lot of tasters, but not a lot of scoops.” Sweet Peaks also makes its own waffle cones, which have a thick, cookie-ish consistency that makes them less crisp than the competition but more savory. For the dogs: Sweet Peaks offers canine cups of ice cream in chicken broth, beef broth

and peanut butter flavors, as well as popsicles shaped like bones. The ambience: The store has a clean, modern look, with lots of wood and glass and the menu spelled out on a huge chalkboard behind the counter. There photo by Ted McDermott are also umbrella-shaded tables available outside. What it’ll cost you: While sugar cones go for $2, a waffle cone, generously filled with either one or two flavors of ice cream, is $3.50. You can also take home a pint for $6. When to go: Sweet Peaks is open 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, and delays its closing until 10:30 on Friday and Saturday nights. How to get there: While the shop’s official address is 420 N. Higgins, Suite D, Sweet Peaks faces Pine Street, just east of its intersection with Higgins Avenue. The shop’s sign isn’t complete yet, so just look for the big image of a light-blue ice cream cone. —Ted McDermott

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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. $-$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ Lucky Strike Sports Bar. Casino. Restaurant 1515 Dearborn Ave. 406-549-4152 Our restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Are you looking for Delivery without all the extra charges? Call 549-4152 and talk to Jacquie or Judy for more details. You can also get lunch and Coffee from Bold Coffee in the parking lot. Come into the casino for your chance to play Plinko, Spin the Wheel, or Roll the Dice for machine play. Open Mon-Sun 7am-2am. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. 543-7154 (on the hip strip) Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $6? Anyone is welcome to join us for a delicious meal from 11:30-12:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food, great conversation and take some time to find a treasured item or garment in our thrift shop. For a full menu and other activities, visit our website at www.missoulaseniorcenter.org. 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. $$-$$$ Parkers’ Restaurant 32 East Front Street Exit 153, Drummond 406-288-2333 Find us on Facebook, Yelp or Foursquare. Offering over 125 different Burgers. Parker’s burgers are ground fresh daily. We patty them 1/4 pound at a time. We also have 1/2 pound and pound burgers! Most burgers are available all the time too, except for seasonal items. We’re open Tuesday thru Saturday 11am to 8 pm. We’ve also got Steaks, Pastas, Salads, Daily Specials and NOT the usual variety of home made desserts. Private parties and catering available. $-$$ Pearl Cafe 231 East 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

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on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Philly West 134 W. Broadwa • 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday - Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces in-house so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. $-$$ Plonk 322 N Higgins • 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an allencompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions. Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-317-1829 www.romainessalads.com We provide you with the convenience of delicious salads, sandwiches and soups. Our salads include over 30 wholesome ingredients. Our homemade soups change with the season as different ingredients become available. If hearty sandwiches are your favorite, then visit Romaines for one of our braised meat sandwiches. We also have a Montana Hummus sandwich made from Montana grown garbanzo beans. Now serving omelettes and mimosas on Sunday, 11-4. At last, local, fresh, and healthy! $-$$ Roxiberry Gourmet Frozen Yogurt Southgate Mall Across from Noodle Express 317.1814 • roxiberry.com Bringing Missoula gourmet, frozen yogurt, using the finest ingredients (no frozen mixes), to satisfy your intense cravings with our intense flavors. Our home-made blends offer healthy, nutritional profiles. We also offer smoothies, fresh-made waffle cones, and select baked goods (gluten-free choices available). Join Club Roxi for special offers. See us in-store or visit our website for information. $-$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We’ll do our best to treat you right! Crowned Missoula’s best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 11-10 Sun 12-9. $$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ 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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Fort Missoula Road. 1 PM. Call Cindy Cone at 728-8283 or Ann Houston at 543-8939 for more info. Free. The Thursday Young Artists After School Program gets the chilluns involved with all manner of art history and media. ZACC. 2:15-5 PM. $12/$10 for members. Ages 6-11. Call 549-7555 to learn more.

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nightlife Taste la dolce vita when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs Thu-Sat from 4–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call 549-8703. Visit tenspoon.com. The Bitterroot Library’s Fellowship Club meets to chat about Deepak Chopra’s The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams. West meeting room. 6-7:30 PM. Overcome your fears and take a stand when Treasure State Toastmasters mentors folks in leadership and public speaking. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free. MudSlide Charley unleashes a bucket of blues at the Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. The bluegrassy Acousticals get plugged into the scene at Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. Tunes from 6-8:30 PM. No cover. The nitty-gritty folks of MUD celebrate a grand reopening and addition to the Tool Library and Main Office, 1527 Wyoming St., from 6-9 PM with beer, non-alcoholic beverages, Masala Food Cart and tunes from the Dodgy Mountain Men. Free. Ole, the Singles of Missoula are raging it up for a special Ocho de Mayo dinner at Fiesta en Jalisco, 3701 Brooks St. 6:30 PM. Call John at 251-2616 with any questions. It ain’t the wallflower who gets to take home the cutie, so get out there on the floor for the Country Two-Step dance class with Cathy Clark of NW Country Swing. Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. Due to popularity, there are now two levels: beginning two-step from 6:45 to 7:30, intermediate two-step from 7:45 to 8:30. Live band starting at 9.

Pastel posse. Sam Cooper and Company plays the Badlander Tue, May 13, at 9 PM, along with Travis Ward. Free.

THURSDAYMAY08 Jazzy/funk outfit Finisher parties down at the VFW, along with J. Sherri and Ampersand and the Alsos. 10 PM. Free.

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. Undo that keyboard hunchback with Lunch Re-Boot Yoga, a gentle practice with Mary Han-

son. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Thursdays, noon-1 PM. $40 for six classes/$9 drop-in. The Missoula Parkinson’s Disease Support Group meets the second Thursday of each month at the Ronald McDonald House, 3003

Leave the leaping, twirling and gliding to those who know best. The University of Montana School of Theatre & Dance presents its annual production of Dance New Works at the Open Space in UM’s PARTV Center featuring contemporary modern dance, ballet, lyrical, musical theatre, dance theatre and dance for camera created by 10 student choreographers and a visiting dance artist. There are two different

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[calendar] programs that alternate each night— so go twice! 7:30 PM. $9 /$6 required students.

Call me, maybe, and we’ll catch 406 Band at the Sunrise Saloon, 9:30 PM to closing. No cover.

Hark, the UM School of Theatre and Dance doth present A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Montana Theatre. April 29-May 3 and May 610 at 7:30 PM. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 kids 12 and under. Visit umtheatredance.org. (See Theatre.)

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.

Bring a tissue for the Missoula Community Theatre’s rendition of Les Misérables. MCT Center for the Performing Arts April 25-27, April 30May 4 and May 7-11. Wed-Sat shows at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 6:30 PM, plus Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21. Visit MCTinc.org. 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 little ones can get a dose of global learnin’ with Cultural Friday at the Children’s Museum of Missoula. 11:30 AM-noon. May 9 features Switzerland. Teens go toward the literary light during the Missoula Public Library’s Teen Writers Group, which meets every Fri. at 3:30 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK.

Chilluns can play while Mom and Pop get their whiskey on with Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat, 6-8 PM. No cover. May 9 features the Josh Farmer Band with Pura Vida Chorus. Don’t yell out your ex-girlfriend’s name during Hump Day Bingo at the Lucky Strike Casino. Prizes for winners. Beware: $5 mini-fishbowls served all day. Bingo starts at 6:30 PM. 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 missoulapub library.org for info. Free. The Lotus Project hosts The Art of Motherhood, a dinner and silent auction benefit to connect and support

PM, class from 8-9. $5, 18-plus. Visit oulafitness.com. A farmer’s grip of art, fashion, screenprinting and perhaps even a dash of bourbon is in store for West: A True Romance, an art exhibit and reading curated by Julia La Tray. ZACC. 7-10 PM, with readings at 7:30 and fashion show at 8. Free. (See Spotlight.) Singer-songwriter Maiah Wynne plays a fun show geared toward all ages on the second Friday of each month at Break Espresso, 7-10 PM. Free. Leave the leaping, twirling and gliding to those who know best. The University of Montana School of Theatre & Dance presents its annual production of Dance New Works at the Open Space in UM’s PARTV Center featuring contemporary modern

Hone your performance skills at the Broadway Inn’s open mic night, with Big Sky Pool Party in the Cabana starting at 5 PM, singing and prizes at 9 PM. Includes $3 Big Sky beer special. 1609 W. Broadway St. No cover.

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.

Watch our calendar sub-editor tie a cherry with her tongue when Julie Bug and Northern Exposure play tunes at the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., 9 PM. No cover.

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

It’s going down, I’m yelling timber when the Badlander hosts the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot trax and a rotating cast of DJs. $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight; women get in free before 10.

EDM DJ Forrest Avery represents the Northwest coast at a special edition of I’ll House You with Kris Moon and Mike Stolin. Palace. 9 PM.

Gang of four. Black Mother Jones plays Sean Kelly’s Fri., May 9, at 9:30 PM. Free.

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Get a head start on the weekend with the Zoo Fest Pre-Party, featuring Three Eared Dog, Ticket Sauce, Shakewell and Off in the Woods. Badlander. 9 PM. $5. Captain Wilson Conspiracy provides the cover while you meet with your mischief makers at Higherground Brewing in Hamilton. 6-8 PM. No cover.

Cut a rug when the Golden Age Club hosts dancing and live music in an alcohol-free environment. 727 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. 7:30-10 PM. $3. Call 240-9617 to learn more.

Corporate Defiance rocks out at the Dark Horse, Strand and Regent, starting at 8:30 PM. No cover.

New York-based blues musician and ramblin’ man Johnny Azari plays tunes at the Palace. 9 PM. No cover.

Get warmed up for summer (but bring a jacket just in case) with the UM Entertainment Management program’s 12th Annual Spring Thaw, with live bands, a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, games, kid activities and a homemade chariot race with cash prizes up to $500. UM Oval from 4-7 PM. Free. Email umchariotraces@gmail.com to join in the racing fun.

UM alumnus and passionate art educator Neal Lewing presents a benefit concert at the UM Music Recital Hall at 7:30 PM, Free, but donations to the School of Music’s scholarship fund are much appreciated. (‘Cause dude, have you seen the price tags in an instrument store lately?)

You’ll just havta to check out Zootown Improv to find out what’s in store for this sketch comedy and improv evening at the Stensrud Playhouse, 314 N. First St. W. 8 PM and 10 PM. Beer and wine bar available. 8 PM show is $12 per person/$22 for two, if bought in advance at stensrudplayhouse.com. 10 PM show is $5/free with 8 PM ticket stub.

During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 Thursday to sign up.

Hard-working, harder-partying string band Pert Near Sandstone plays fast-past tunes at the Top Hat. 10 PM. $10. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and the Top Hat. (See Music.)

No fiddly wrapping paper required for the Missoula Community Chorus’ spring concert, A Simple Gift of Song, at St. Anthony Church on the corner of Tremont and Woodford. Doors at 6:30, performance at 7:30 PM. $10, available at Rockin Rudy’s and missoulachorus.net.

Spark some creativity after the bell rings with the Young Artists After School Program, where kids can learn art fundamentals, history and techniques while using several media. ZACC. Ages 12-16 on Fridays from 3:45-5:30 PM. $12/$10 for members. Call 549-7555 to learn more.

parents and birth professionals at Peaceful Heart Yoga Studio and Preschool, 725 W. Alder St. $20, includes all drinks and food. Visit thelotusprojectmt.org/art-of-motherhood.

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Rancher and former state Poet Laureate Henry Real Bird reads from his new collection, Wolf Teeth, at Grizzly Claw Trading in Seeley Lake. 7 PM. Free.

Taste la dolce vita when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs Thu-Sat from 4–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call 549-8703. Visit tenspoon.com.

Historian Greg Gordon reads from When Money Grew on Trees: A.B. Hammond and the Age of the Timber Baron at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave., at 7 PM.

The Montana Art Therapists present Dream House, a collection based around Billings therapist Rachel Larson Long’s dream house installation piece. Second Friday reception at the ZACC, 5:30-8:30 PM.

The Oula-X Get Your Sexy Back dance night features the secondfunnest kind of cardio workout you can get on a Friday night. I quote: “You’ll need a fire hose to cool down after this!” Stage 112. Doors at 7:30

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dance, ballet, lyrical, musical theatre, dance theatre and dance for camera created by 10 student choreographers and a visiting dance artist. There are two different programs that alternate each night—so go twice! 7:30 PM. $9 /$6 required students. Hark, the UM School of Theatre and Dance doth present A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Montana Theatre. April 29-May 3 and May 610 at 7:30 PM. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 kids 12 and under. Visit umtheatredance.org. (See Theater.) Bring a tissue for the Missoula Community Theatre’s rendition of Les Misérables. MCT Center for the Performing Arts April 25-27, April 30May 4 and May 7-11. Wed-Sat shows at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 6:30 PM, plus Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21. Visit MCTinc.org.

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. Tom Catmull and Radio Static twiddle all the right knobs at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. No cover. Black Mother Jones plays “electric voodoo boogie” at a shindig at Sean Kelly’s, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover. Prepare for a metallic invasion when Walking Corpse Syndrome with Stupid Human Suit, Universal Choke Sign and A Balance of Power play the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free. Dubstep DJs drop it like it’s hot when Terravita, J.Rabbit, Digifreq and Skillibilliez play the Palace. 10 PM. 18plus. $12/$10 in advance, plus $5 surcharge for ages 18-20. Tickets at seafarerentertainment.com and Rockin Rudy’s.

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SATURDAYMAY10 Zoofest 2014 presents an art and music festival with homegrown acts like Cure for the Common, Shakewell, Three-Eared Dog, Off in the Woods, Baby Tyger, The Hasslers and Gil and the Spills. Caras Park, 2-10 PM. Free. Ballet Bitterroot plies into the season with its annual spring recital at the Mary Stuart Rogers Performing Arts Center in Victor. 3 and 7 PM. Learn more at 961-1818. Get hot coffee, baked treats, fresh produce and bump into all the friendly acquaintances you can handle at the 42nd season of the Missoula Farmers Market off the XXXXs on the north end of Higgins 8 AM-1 PM. Early rising produce-seekers, occasional walk-of-shamers and waffle sandwich lovers rejoice, the Clark Fork Market is back in action under the Higgins Bridge. Saturdays through October from 8 AM-1 PM. 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 5417240. Get musical while finding your flow when Brian Baty leads a live music Vinyasa yoga class, which features music by Nathan Zavalney, every Sat. from 9:30–10:45 AM at Inner Harmony Yoga, 214 E. Main St. Ste. B. $10/$8 students drop-in. Visit yogainmissoula.com. Learn about therapeutic plants with doTerra’s Intro to Essential Oils at the conference room of Noodle Express, 2000 W. Broadway. 10:30 AM-12:30 PM. Free, but RSVP to Nancy at nancysmk@yahoo.com or 544-2597. Rossini’s operatic verson of Cinderella, Cenerentola, gets the highdefinition treatment in a screening of the Met Opera’s live performance. Roxy Theater on May 10 at 11 AM and May 20 at 6:30 PM. $20/$18 seniors/$15 students and kids. Visit mtlive.org. Chef and all-around wizard at baking Greg Patent offers a demonstration and signing for his latest book, The French Cook: Souffles. Fact and Fiction. 1:30 PM. Learn a nifty art technique with the Paper Marbling class with experts Shelly Reisig and Martha Elizabeth, for adults and teens ages 14 and up, at the Missoula Art Museum, 1:30-3:30 PM. $20/$18 for members. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org to learn more and register. Leave the leaping, twirling and gliding to those who know best. The University of Montana School of Theatre & Dance presents its annual production of Dance New Works at the Open Space in UM’s PARTV Center featuring contemporary modern dance, ballet, lyrical, musical theatre,

dance theatre and dance for camera created by 10 student choreographers and a visiting dance artist. There are two different programs that alternate each night—so go twice! 2 PM. $9 /$6 required students.

nightlife Taste la dolce vita when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs Thu-Sat from 4–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call 549-8703. Visit tenspoon.com. Tip back a bucket of suds while Black Mountain Moan plays bluesy tunes at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., from 6-8 PM. No cover.

at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 6:30 PM, plus Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21. Visit MCTinc.org. Captain Wilson Conspiracy plays jazz tunes with covert flair at Finn and Porter, 100 Madison St. 8-10 PM. No cover. Let your inner dancing queen cut loose with Tango Missoula’s Argentine Tango at the Downtown Dance Collective from 8-11:45 PM on the second Saturday of the month. $10/$16 for couples. Check out tangomissoula.com. Soak it up and sing it down to some 67,000 tunes when The Outpost Restaurant & Saloon, 38500 W. Hwy.

Idaho-based singer songwriter Mary Neil plays southern mountain music-inspired tunes at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6-8:30 PM. No cover. The Stensrud Dinner Theatre presents Bullets for Broadway, a musical murder mystery. 314 N. First St. Performances on Saturday at 7 PM and Sunday at 5:30 PM, with booze and dinner catered by Silk Road. $50/$70 for two, if purchased in advance. Tickets at stensrudplayhouse.com. One-man-soul-band Dan Dubuque plays easygoing tunes at the Top Hat dinner show. 7 PM. Free. The Makers’ Ball Repurposed Fashion Show presents the culmination of the design competition at the Missoula Public Library. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 7. Tickets are free and include one drink of beer, wine or punch, so get your spot reserved ASAP at missoulapubliclibrary .org/adultevents/447-makersball. Moms are invited to kick back at the annual Mother’s Day Eve bash, with food, yoga, pampering, shopping and cash bar. Hosted by Mamalode magazine at Stonecreek Lodge, 5145 Airway Boulevard. Mismo Gymnastics provides childcare from 6:30-10 PM, party goes from 7-10 PM. Free. Leave the leaping, twirling and gliding to those who know best. The University of Montana School of Theatre & Dance presents its annual production of Dance New Works at the Open Space in UM’s PARTV Center featuring contemporary modern dance, ballet, lyrical, musical theatre, dance theatre and dance for camera created by 10 student choreographers and a visiting dance artist. There are two different programs that alternate each night—so go twice! 7:30 PM. $9 /$6 required students. Hark, the UM School of Theatre and Dance doth present A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Montana Theatre. April 29-May 3 and May 610 at 7:30 PM. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 kids 12 and under. Visit umtheatredance.org. Bring a tissue for the Missoula Community Theatre’s rendition of Les Misérables. MCT Center for the Performing Arts April 25-27, April 30May 4 and May 7-11. Wed-Sat shows

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[calendar] 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free. Call 273-4733.

ing the Balanced View open meeting, which runs every Sun. from 6-7 PM in the meeting room of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free, but donations accepted. Enter from the back entrance. Visit greatfreedom.org for more info.

You can be positively sure that Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo will juice up the joint at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. Now free.

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.

DJ Dubwise spins hot old-school and new dance party traxx at Feruqis, 318 N. Higgins Ave., starting at 10 PM. Free. The Jack Saloon and Grill (formerly the venerated Lumberjack) presents live music on Saturdays. 7000 Graves Creek Road. 9 PM.

Cure that Saturday night fever when Sister Soul and the Medicine play bluesy boogie tunes at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. No cover. Reggae-rock outfit Sol Seed spreads the love at the Top Hat. 10 PM. No cover.

SUNDAYMAY11 Moms, knowers of moms and anybody that leaves out are invited to the Gifts of Song concert with the Montana A Cappella Society at the Corvallis United Methodist Church. 3 PM. Free.

Catch new thoughts with the Science of Mind Community during a Sunday service via the internet when Rev. Kathianne Lewis spreads a spiri-

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Maybe he’s born with it. Maybe it’s Maybelline. Johnny Azari plays bluesy tunes at the Palace Thu., May 8, at 9 PM. Free.

tual message at the Carriage House in Hamilton, 310 N. Fourth St., at 10 AM every Sun. Free. Call Barb at 3759996.

ebrate’s Mother’s Day with a dance at Jokers Wild Bar & Restaurant, 4829 N. Reserve St. 1-5 PM. $4/$3 for members. Call 240-9617 to learn more.

Mama can get all the squeeze boxes she wants when the Five Valley Accordion Association cel-

Your bedtime tales of college-age debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engag-

ing experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Kick out the jams down the ‘Root at the dining room of the Sapphire Lutheran Homes, corner of 10th and River streets. Players of all levels are invited to bring their acoustic instrument, or just sit a spell and listen. 24 PM. Call John at 381-2483. Free. The volunteers and emergency response teams who responded to the Mount Jumbo avalanche are honored with a Celebration of Community potluck at Ten Spoon Vineyard, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. 25 PM. Learn more at the Missoula Avalanche Victims Facebook page or call 549-7933.

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Sure, finals are tomorrow, but perhaps a brewski and tunes from Russ Nasset will provide an atmosphere conducive to studying. Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., from 5-7 PM. No cover. The Stensrud Dinner Theatre presents Bullets for Broadway, a musical murder mystery. 314 N. First St. Performances on Saturday at 7 PM and Sunday at 5:30 PM, with booze and dinner catered by Silk Road. $50/$70 for two, if purchased in advance. Tickets at stensrudplayhouse.com. Knock back some ethanol alcohol for a scientific buzz with the The Missoula Area Secular Society’s viewing party of “Cosmos” with Neil deGrasse Tyson. 501 Lounge in the upstairs of the Iron Horse. Get there and order your dranks at 6 PM or so.

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Close out the weekend in style at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $4 martinis from 7:30 PM to midnight, plus live jazz and DJs. Starts at 8 PM with Front Street Jazz. Free. Bellow out your favorite pop tune so you can impress your friends and perhaps win a prize during a karaoke contest this and every Sun. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. $3 Fireball specials. Call 721-1798. Austin psych-folk party outfit Calliope Musicals plays the Palace, along with Baby Tyger. 9 PM. $5.

MONDAYMAY12 Get acquainted with one of the all-time jazz greats when the Big Sky Film Series presents Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser at the Top Hat. 8 PM. Free. Rasa O’Neill presents Therapeutic Yoga for Wellness and Healing, with gentle stretches, breath work and guided meditation. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent St. Mondays from noon to 1 PM. $40 for six weeks/$9 drop-in. Ongoing class. Call 721-0033 to learn more. Therapeutic Yoga for Wellness meets for a dose of gentle yoga to ease your anxiety, chronic fatigue or other maladies. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Noon1 PM. $40 for six classes/$9 drop-in. Call 721-0033. 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. Spark some creativity after the bell rings with the Young Artists After School Program, where kids can learn art fundamentals, history and techniques while using several media. ZACC. Ages 6-11 on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 3:15-5:30 PM. Ages 12-16 on Fridays from 3:455:30 PM. $12/$10 for members. Call 549-7555 to learn more.

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nightlife Let’s get physical, physical, at the Zumba Fitness Classes at Lolo School cafeteria. Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-7 PM. $2/free for Lolo residents. Register by calling Kathy at 273-0451. The Xi Xi Hu: Walking Qigong with Libby McIntyre class explores this breath-based healing practice at the Learning Center at Red Willow. Mondays from 6-7:30 PM until May 19. $40. Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $12 buy-in. Cash For Junkers blows up a storm in the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave., inside the Florence Building. 7-10 PM. No cover. Justin Go reads from his sweeping historic novel, Steady Running of the Hour, at Fact and Fiction. 220 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. 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. Free, but donations appreciated. Visit openway.org. 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. Open mic at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., seems like a fine idea, especially with 2-for-1 drink specials for musicians and the working class. 10 PM. Free. Maintain dignity for best results at Super Trivia Freakout. Winners get cash prizes and shots after the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

TUESDAYMAY13 UM alumna Megan Gannon reads from her first novel, Cumberland, about the coming of age of two 15-year-old twin sisters in the south in the 1970s. Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM.

days at the Hamilton Senior Center. The shindig steps off at 6 PM with a line dance, followed by 7 PM twostep and 8 PM country cha-cha.

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Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, from 6 to 8 PM. All ages. Show everyone your way with words at the Domino/Scrabble Pendant class at the ZACC, supplies and instruction is provided for making a neat piece to wear or give as a present. (Or to pretend like it’s a present and “accidentally” keep it for yourself. Ahem.) 68 PM. $20/free for members.

The American frontier West has been mythologized from the start of European colonization, and it still exists differently in our imaginations. When I think about it, my vision of the West—some of the things that set it apart from other parts of the country—most immediately calls to mind jagged mountain peaks, crappy roads, drinking cheap beer by quiet lakesides, scratchy AM country radio stations, pickups, haying season and hounddogs. The upcoming West: A True Romance art event, curated by designer Julia La Tray, asked several artists to consider what the West means to them. A poem on the

The authors of Hutterites, who’ve written about leaving behind the cloistered religious communities, read and sign at Barnes and Noble from 6-8 PM. Visit thenine9.com to learn more. Chris La Tray’s “Trucks and Trailers”

super fund sites, beasts of the air and field/ Developers, ranchers, back-to-the-landers.”

WHAT: West: A True Romance WHEN: Fri., May 9 from 7-10 PM WHERE: ZACC Below HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO: zootownarts.org

event’s Facebook page sums up some of the seemingly disparate parts of Western culture: “Convenience stores, cowgirls, genocide/ Trophy homes, single wides, freight trains, pack trains/ Pow-wows, Dance cuz everybody’s watching at the American Cabaret Style bellydance class at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. This class is great for beginners and experienced dancers alike. 6–7 PM. Visit madronadance.wordpress.com. 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. Brianna Randall and other expecting mamas host a Prenatal Strengthen and Stretch Class that combines yoga and toning exercises. Oula Studio, 1900 W. Broadway Suite

Fittingly for such an expansive topic, all sorts of artistic endeavors are included in the West: A True Romance evening. Artists like Chris La Tray, Adelaide Every, Courtney Blazon, Caitlin Hofmeister and Nate Biehl are presenting paintings, drawings and photography. Authors including Sterling HolyWhiteMountain and Katie Kane are reading selected fiction. Plus, there’s a fashion show by Julia La Tray’s label DonkeyGirl. Oh, and there’s supposed to be whiskey. Now there’s an integral part of Western culture. —Kate Whittle

E, Tuesdays through July 8 from 10:45-11:45 AM. $7. Bring a yoga mat. Come into a deeper awareness of your body with instructor Elaine Conder’s Rosen Movement class, which uses music and gentle exercises. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Tuesdays from 11 AM-noon until May 20. $30. Hey hunters and other liars, come on down to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conference room for Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters, at 5205 Grant Creek Dr., and work on your elk-camp locution with the best. All are invited. Noon–1 PM. Free.

Survivors in any stage are welcome to Yoga Beyond Cancer with Dena Saedi, a gentle practice which includes breath work, meditation and body scanning. Students must have a doctor’s okay. Learning Center at Red Willow, Tuesdays from 4-5 PM. $40 for six classes.

nightlife It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, 2520 S. Third St. W., presents Black Mountain Boys Bluegrass from 5:30 to 8 PM. Free. Call 327-0900. Put on your red shoes and dance at the Country Dance Lessons, Tues-

And just in time, too: clinical Herbalist Britta Bloedorn presents a one-day Herbal Medicine for Allergy Support workshop, where you’ll learn about managing seasonal allergies with, somewhat ironically, botanicals. 210 N. Higgins, Ste 318. 6-8:30 PM. $30. Register by May 9 at 830-0949 or brittabloedorn.com. An aging king, his daughters and some hella creepy undertones are portrayed in the National Theatre Live’s production of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Screening at the Roxy on May 13, 20 and 27 at 6:30 PM. $16/$14 seniors/$11 students and kids. Visit mtlive.org. Writers of all stripes can meet somewhere besides a bar for once with the Writer’s Group facilitated by John Robinson at Bitterroot Public Library. 6:30-8 PM every other Tuesday. The Missoula Valley Water Quality District meets to chat about stormwater improvement projects on Brennan’s Wave and the Bitterroot River’s Buckhouse Bridge. City-County Health Department. 7 PM. Call 2584890 to learn more. Violist Jennifer Smith and writer Scott Friskics team up to present music and spoken word for “Crossing Boundaries: Musings on Bach in the Backcountry.” MCT Center for the Performing Arts on Tue., May 13 and Corvallis United Methodist Church on Wed., May 14. Free.

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native voices We’ve all probably heard a version of this quote at some point: “I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had time to make it shorter." It was actually written by French philosopher Blaise Pascal, though it’s often misattributed to Mark Twain. Regardless of who said it, it still holds true today—whittling a statement down into something short can be a lot trickier than leaving it long. (As someone who writes calendar blurbs all day, I can tell you all about this.) Short films are one of my favorite artistic mediums, partly because I have a lousy attention span, but also because they tend to be the best places to find innovative, fresh voices. Short films are often hard to see, since they rarely get released in major WHAT: Three Short Films WHO: Native Filmmakers WHEN: Wed., May 14 at 7 PM WHERE: Roxy HOW MUCH: $5-$7 MORE INFO: theroxytheater.org

theaters. But the Roxy hosts an upcoming short film screening worth noting. The Indigenous Film Series, a collaboration with UM professor George Prince, presents a mini-festival at the Roxy with three shorts

The Unity Dance and Drum African Dance Class is sure to teach you some moves you didn’t learn in junior high when it meets Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. All ages and skill levels welcome. $10, $35 for four classes. Email tarn.ream@umontana.edu or call 549-7933 for more information. 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. Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia, which takes place every Tuesday at 8 PM. Here’s a question to tickle your brainwaves: What was the Billboard Top 100 hit of 1993? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.) Declare who is Lord Smartypants of Them All and get a $20 bar tab at KBGA’s Tuesday Trivia night, which includes music and picture rounds, plus drank specials. VFW, 245 W. Main St. 8-10 PM. Perform some moon rituals of your own when Chris Robinson Brotherhood plays the Top Hat. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $20/$18 in advance at jadepresents.com, Rockin Rudy’s and the Top Hat. (See Music.)

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by Native American directors and producers on May 14. The films include Ok Breathe Auralee, director Brooke Swaney’s dramedy about a couple who disagrees on whether to have a baby or not, Robert Hall’s Rez Dogs, a documentary about reservation life, and the Montana Native Women’s Coalition’s Women’s Song, a doc sharing stories from sexual violence survivors. Each film adds a little more dimension to representations of Native Americans, with stories told by tribal members themselves. I have no doubt that there was a lot more that could have been said in each film; which makes everything that made it into the final cut worth paying attention to.

Solo acoustic country fella Eric Barrera plays down-home tunes at the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave at at 9 PM. No cover. Portland-based Americana quartet Sam Cooper & Company takes its musical adventure to the Badlander stage (including “the right cover songs at the right times”), along with singer-songwriter Travis Ward. 9 PM. No cover.

WEDNESDAYMAY14 Violist Jennifer Smith and writer Scott Friskics team up to present music and spoken word for “Crossing Boundaries: Musings on Bach in the Backcountry.” MCT Center for the Performing Arts on Tue., May 13 and Corvallis United Methodist Church on Wed., May 14. Free. Get up close and personal when singer-songwriter Simon Joyner plays the ZACC, along with Wooden Wand, on the Living Room concerts tour. 235 N. First St. W. 8 PM. $20. Tickets only available at undertowtickets.com/artist/simon-joyner-woodenwand. (See Music.) Get a calming start to the morning with the Weekly Sit Meditation at the Learning Center at Red Willow. Wednesdays, 7:30-8:15 AM. Previous

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experience meditating is helpful. $35 for four weeks/$8 drop-in. The Individuation and the Relationship with the Self class provides ways to develop a richer life and become more self-actualized. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Wednesdays from noon-1 PM until May 28. $100 for five-week series. Spark some creativity after the bell rings with the Young Artists After School Program, where kids can learn art fundamentals, history and techniques while using several media. ZACC. Ages 6-11 on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 3:15-5:30 PM. Ages 12-16 on Fridays from 3:455:30 PM. $12/$10 for members. Call 549-7555 to learn more. Brianna Randall and other expecting mamas host a Prenatal Strengthen and Stretch Class that combines yoga and toning exercises. Downtown Dance Collective, Wednesdays through July 2 from 4-5 PM. $35 for four classes/$25 for members. Bring a yoga mat. Calling all teen artists, that wily Jack Metcalf hosts a workshop to carve linoleum blocks into human and animal shapes to “create collaborative, unpredictable monsters on paper.” Missoula Art Museum, 4-6 PM. Free.

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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 Dena required. To schedule an appointment, call 406-721-0033. The Fiction Writer’s Workshop invites all aspiring scribes to get together for dynamic, interactive workshopping at the ZACC. 6 PM through June 11. Open to everyone ‘cept for UM writing students (and really, they ought to be busy enough as it is). Free. The Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton hosts a screening of a fly-fishing film at 6 PM. No cover. Check out bitterrootbrewing.com. Let’s get physical, physical, at the Zumba Fitness Classes at Lolo School cafeteria. Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-7 PM. $2/free for Lolo residents. Register by calling Kathy at 273-0451. Rediscover “the magic which makes you legendary in your 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. Win $50 by using your giant egg to answer trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 8 PM, plus specials on wings, pizza, domestic pitchers and $7 Harvest Moon pitchers. Sip a giggle water and get zozzled, baby, with the Top Hat’s weekly Jazz Night. 7 PM. Free, all ages. May 14 features the Basement Boyz. The Indigenous Cinema Series presents three shorts by Native filmmakers, including a documentary and dramas about relationships and sexual violence. Screening at the Roxy at 7 PM. 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. If you think your Prince falsetto is good, that’s what matters, dear. Now go forth and rule the school at the Badlander’s Kraptastic Karaoke, beginning at 9 PM. Featuring $6 pitchers of Budweiser and PBR, plus $1 selected shots. Free. Empty out the swear jar and head to Milkcrate Wednesday for the Dusty Cuss EP release party at the Palace. No cover, plus pitcher specials and free pool. (Trivia answer: Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You.” Special bonus embarrassing family trivia: 1993 was also the year Calapatra’s baby sister was born, 21 years ago this week, so buy her a drink.) Dead Hipster Dance Party arises, Lazarus-like, so you can do the zombie and the funky chicken at Stage 112. Doors at 9 PM, $1 wells from 10-11 PM. $3. 18-plus.

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Dive into the creativity with the Media Arts Expo, an twoday showcase of all sortsa stuff like 3D printing, movies, animation, sound design, art installations and live performances from UM media arts students. Roxy Theater, 2-11 PM. Donations appreciated. Visit umt.edu/mediaarts. The Bitterroot’s own rabble-rousing Poor Henry plays string-band tunes at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

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Release some stress during t’ai chi classes every Thursday at 10 AM at The Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $10 drop-in. Visit openway.org. If you’ve ever been jealous of Lady Mary’s hats, the Conrad Mansion Museum has a heck of an exhibit for you. A Glimpse at Downton Abbey Era Fashions 1912-1923 opens today and runs through Oct. 15, with a display of intricate, handmade pieces from those years. Open 10 AM-4 PM. $10/$9 seniors/$6 students/$4 kids. Call 755-2166 for info.

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Outlaws without a cause. Ryan Chrys and the Rough Cuts play the Top Hat Thu., May 15, at 10 PM and Fri., May 16, at the Sunrise Saloon at 8 PM. Free both nights.

Undo that keyboard hunchback with Lunch Re-Boot Yoga, a gentle practice with Mary Hanson. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Thursdays, noon-1 PM. $40 for six classes/$9 drop-in. The Thursday Young Artists After School Program gets the chilluns involved with all manner of art history and media. ZACC. 2:15-5 PM. $12/$10 for members. Ages 6-11. Call 549-7555 to learn more. Soon-to-be mommas can feel empowered, relaxed and nurtured during a prenatal yoga class, this and every Thu. at the Open Way Center, 702 Brooks Ave., at 4 PM. $11/$10 with card. Dropins welcome. Call 360-1521.

nightlife Taste la dolce vita when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs Thu-Sat from 4–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call 549-8703. Visit tenspoon.com. Learn about therapeutic plant power with doTerra’s Intro to Essential Oils at the conference room of Noodle Express, 2000 W. Broadway. 5:307:30 PM. Free, but RSVP to Nancy at nancysmk@yahoo.com or 544-2597. Bison, trout, quail, duck, Flathead cherries and all sorts of other tasty Montana foodstuffs are lined up for the Missoula College Culinary Arts Program’s Capstone Dinner, which also includes a jam and jerky tasting station and live music. Ranch Club Barn, 8501 Ranch Club Road. 6 PM. $85. Get tickets at 243-7870. Overcome your fears and take a stand when Treasure State Toast-

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masters mentors folks in leadership and public speaking. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free. The Kimberlee Carlson Trio gets jazzy while you get snazzy at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover. Sussex School students perform a rendition of the classic Willy Wonka Jr. 1800 S. Second St. W. May 15 and 17 from 6:30-8 PM. $4-$6. Visit sussexschool.org. Singer-songwriter Doug Balmain provides the tunes while the Top Hat offers the munchables for the dinner show. 7 PM. No cover, all ages. It ain’t the wallflower who gets to take home the cutie, so get out there on the floor for the Country Two-Step dance class. Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. Two levels: beginning two-step from 6:45 to 7:30, intermediate two-step from 7:45 to 8:30. Hilarious Danes are the inspiration for Adrienne Dussault’s onewoman music and comedy performance, A Tribute to Victor Borge, with special guest appearances. MCT Center for the Performing Arts, May 16-17 from 7:30-9 PM. $25/$50 for VIP reception and show. Proceeds benefit A Carousel for Missoula. 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. During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 5421471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up.

Hone your performance skills at the Broadway Inn’s open mic night, with Big Sky Pool Party in the Cabana starting at 5 PM, singing and prizes at 9 PM. 1609 W. Broadway St. No cover. Cowboys with smarts real good oughta head to see Wild Coyote Band play the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 9 PM-closing. No cover. It’s going down, I’m yelling timber when the Badlander hosts the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot trax and a rotating cast of DJs. Women get in free before 10. Hieroglyphics cofounder Casual brings some kickass West Coast style along with him for the Fear Itself 20th anniversary tour, stopping at the Palace. 10 PM. $10 in advance, tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s. Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts bring guitars a’blazing for a night of outlaw country tunes at the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free. Finisher presents another installment of its residency at the VFW, this time with Buddy Jackson on the fun wagon. 10 PM. Cover TBA. Say hi to your mom for me. Submit events to Calapatra the Calendar Mistress at calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event. 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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nternational Migratory Bird Day, celebrated on the second Saturday of every May in the U.S. and Canada, was created by Environment for the Americas in 1993 as a way to advocate for conservation and awareness of feathered critters. It’s not the kind of holiday you celebrate by drinking green beer or wearing a costume, though it would be hilarious if you did. One way you can celebrate International Migratory Bird Day locally is to grab a guide book and visit the National Bison Range, which opens the 19-mile Red Sleep Mountain Drive on May 10 for wildlife viewing during the daytime. Morning tends to be a better time to spot or hear most birds like nuthatches, northern harriers, rough-legged hawks, golden eagles, owls, woodpeckers and more.

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, some of the biggest threats to bird species include habitat loss, capture for pets and chemical pollution. But there’s success stories about individual species brought back from the brink thanks to intervention, like whooping cranes, peregrine falcons and California condors. Ecotourism, aka going out to view wildlife in its natural state, has helped make a lot of the difference. We can’t preserve what we don’t care about. —Kate Whittle The National Bison Range’s Red Sleep Mountain Drive opens Sat., May 10 for wildlife viewing. 6:30 AM-dark. Visit fws.gov/refuge/National_Bison_Range/ or call 644-2211, ext. 207.

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

Women Bike Missoula hosts a co-ed Mother’s Day Ride and Picnic, sundresses encouraged and kiddos welcome, with two routes tailored to abilities and interests. Meet at Currents, 600 Gregg Lane, at 1 PM. Visit facebook.com/womebikemissoula to learn more.

SATURDAY MAY 10 Playboating ain’t just a thing Hugh Hefner does on his yacht, it’s a thing you can learn at the University of Montana Outdoor Program’s Kayak Surfing Workshop, a half-day course. $36. Register by May 8. Check out life.umt.edu/CREC/Outdoor. You’ll be plenty stoked after the annual Scenic Tour of the Kootenai River, or STOKR, a two-day mountain bike junket that benefits Habitat for Humanity. The first day features either a 45- or 98-mile ride (your choice) and the second is a 38-mile loop following the river. Visit stokr.org to learn more. Run free (but, you know, maybe stick to the course) during the Don’t Fence Me In Trail Run in downtown Helena. Participants can choose between a 30K, 12K and 5K course. Visit the events calendar at pricklypearlt.org. The 28th annual Georgetown Lake Loop with Missoulians on Bicycles departs Deer Lodge on Saturday for a 110-mile-round-trip up to the lake, a night stay in Philipsburg and return through Drummond on Sunday. $10 deposit required on sign-up. Contact Julie Huck, msbicycle@gmail.com to learn more. 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. Grab breakfast with other participants afterward. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org. The 45-mile Two Creek One Canyon Ride with the Missoulians on Bicycles starts at McCormick Park at 11 AM and cruises up O’Brien Creek, Trails End Road, Pattee Creek and back. Email Garrett at ggunter@bresnan.net or visit missoulabike.org to learn more.

MONDAY MAY 12 Registration is now open for the Volunteer Vacation at the Bob Marshall Wilderness, with several trips throughout the summer where you can pitch in with trail maintenance, weeding and campground restoration. Trip leader, pack support and food provided. First trip is May 27. Check out bmwf.org. The Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides presents the latest science on protecting wildlife and kids from chemicals at the Five Valleys Audubon meeting. Gallagher Business Building, room L14. 7:30 PM.

TUESDAY MAY 13 The always down-to-earth Montana Dirt Girls host a hike or bike ride every Tuesday at 6 PM. Check out the Montana Dirt Girls page on Facebook for ride info.

THURSDAY MAY 15 Encourage the next generation of thrill-seekers at the Youth Kayak Club Sign-Up Day, Barbecue and Gear Exchange hosted by the Alberton-based Zoo Town Surfers. Check zootownsurfers.com for location and time. Book and bicycle aficionados oughta check out the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Missoula Public Library’s new bike station, which includes tools you can borrow and a vending machine for bike parts. 12:30 PM. calendar@missoulanews.com

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It seems strange now to hike Mount Jumbo and think of just how recently a nationalheadline-making tragedy happened there, when the Feb. 28 avalanche buried a Rattlesnake neighborhood house and three people, causing serious injuries and the death of Michel Colville. On that bitterly cold day, many people in the neighborhood saw or heard the avalanche and immediately ran out to help in whatever way they could. The Celebration of Community potluck on May 11 honors those volunteers and emergency responders who showed up immediately after the accident, and continued to help cleanup for weeks afterward. The whole community is invited to the event, which includes activities for kids, materials for prayerflag making, live music and an information table from the West Central Montana Avalanche Center. Around 3 PM, speakers, including Peggy Mallette of Open Way Mindfulness Center, will get up to thank the volunteers and chat about the disaster relief fund planned by the Missoula Community Foundation. You can pitch in by bringing a dish to share, utensils

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and a chair. If you’d like to donate anything to volunteer or help coordinate kids’ activities, that’s welcome, too. When the community comes together, a lot gets done. —Kate Whittle The Mount Jumbo avalanche volunteers and emergency responders are honored with a Celebration of Community potluck at Ten Spoon Vineyard, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Sun., May 11, from 2-5 PM. Learn more at the Missoula Avalanche Victims Facebook page or call 549-7933.

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ing Farm Fresh Pitchfest, in which farmers, ranchers and business owner have five minutes to give a pitch on what their work offers to the community. Le Petit Outre. 6-9 PM. Free, plus there’s refreshments. Missoula’s freshly minted band the HoneyMoonKillers plays ‘Merican roots and country tunes at a rally in support of state house candidate Andrea Olsen. Union Club. 7-11 PM. Free.

FRIDAY MAY 9 Learn how to help local critters when the Humane Society of Western Montana hosts volunteer orientations on Friday at 5 PM and Saturday at 11 AM. Visit myhswm.org to learn more.

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Clinical psychologist Joyce Hocker presents the Learning from Ourselves course, oriented toward helping health care providers learn how to maintain distance and foster beneficial relationships with clients or patients. Meets at the Learning Center for Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave., from 11 AM-1 PM until June 13. $145. Call 721-0033 to learn more.

SATURDAY MAY 10 Missoula Relay for Life hosts an arts and crafts fair with all kinds of handmade trinkets at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St., from 10 AM-2 PM. The Five Valleys Land Trust presents its 20th annual banquet and live and silent auctions to support its conservation mission. University Center Ballroom, 5:30 PM. $55. Check out the menu, auction items and reserve tickets at fvlt.org or 549-0755.

MONDAY MAY 12 The Missoula City Club Forum presents a Q&A

with county attorney candidates Josh Van de Wetering and Kirsten Pabst. Doubletree Hotel, 100 Madison St., 11:30 AM-1 PM. $5/$20 with lunch. RSVP by Friday May 9 to 541-2489. Ecology Project International celebrates Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, where $1 from every drink helps the nonprofit’s conservation education mission, plus there’s a raffle for a Scotty’s Table gift certificate. Noon-8 PM. Visit ecologyproject.org. The Bonner Milltown Community Council meets for updates on Milltown State Park, community trails, Stimson site cleanup and a presentation from ALCOM. Bonner School Library. 7 PM.

WEDNESDAY MAY 14 Raise a pint (or three) to multicultural education when the Community UNite pint night benefits the Montana World Affairs Council. Northside Kettlehouse. 5-8 PM.

THURSDAY MAY 15 The Vestibular Dysfunction Local Support Group meets every third Thursday of the month to share experiences and increase awareness at Element Physical Therapy, 2455 Dixon Ave. Noon-1 PM. Visit elementpt.com. Join Hospice of Missoula for Community Conversations on Death and Dying, where facilitators educate people on how to talk about this oft-uncomfortable subject. The Loft, 119 W. Main St. 6–8 PM. Free. Know your rights, kids, or at least learn about ‘em when local legal experts chat at the public forum on the Montana Corrupt Practices Act and the voter registration referendum LR 126. Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. 7 PM. Call Sue at 543-3254 with questions.

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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Donate used building materials to Home Resource, a non-profit that sells building materials and deconstructs buildings for reuse. Keeping stuff that ain’t garbage outta the dump! Open everyday. 541.8300. homeresource.org

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Missoula Medical Aid: Working for Health in Honduras. In 1998 we responded after a devastating hurricane. The need still continues, and so do we. Will you help? Volunteer or donate today! missoulamedicalaid.org Missoula Medical Aid: Working for Health in Honduras. Please donate now at missoulamedicalaid.org!

LOST & FOUND Found: Cat approximately 5 month-old, gray and white tabby, female cat, extremely friendly, dumped at AniMeals on 5/3. AniMeals Seniors for Seniors program waives the adoption fee for anyone 65 and older adopting a cat 9 years old and older. All cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped free of cost before they’re adopted. For more information call AniMeals at 7214710.

TO GIVE AWAY First Friday Free For All. Haircuts will be donated to the first 20 people in the door & you may receive one free haircut every three months. Noon to 4 pm, 1st come, 1st served. Mighty Aphrodite Salon. 406-7211866. 736A S. 1st W. Missoula (next to Free Cycles). Find us on Facebook.

ANNOUNCEMENTS D’Vine Palette - PAINT . SIP . LEARN. *Pick painting *Tell friends to come *Drink & paint. 4 LOCATIONS! MISSOULA’S FIRST PAINT & SIP STUDIO. WWW.DVINEPALETTE.COM. 406.239.6856

Low Cost Vaccination Clinic sponsored by the Bitter Root Humane Association - Saturday 5/31/14 at the Bitter Root Humane Association Animal Shelter, 262 Fairgrounds Rd., Hamilton. Clinic kicks off at 10am and runs until 2:00pm. Vaccinations, nail trims, microchips, and name tags available. $15 dog booster, rabies, or kennel cough; $25 cat booster with leukemia. All proceeds benefit the Bitter Root Humane Association. For more info, please contact the Shelter at 363-5311.

Pet Food Drive The Bitter Root Humane Association is proud to partner with First Security Bank in sponsoring an adoption event and community pet food drive. Friday,

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GONE WITH THE WINDEX I’m a woman sharing a house with several roommates. We’re all in our mid20s. This one male roommate and I sometimes cook meals together, and we share a bathroom (since we’re both cleaner than the other roommates) and deep-clean the kitchen together. I’ve always been attracted to him, but he spends three nights a week with a girl he calls his “booty call.” Last week, we were home alone together, had some wine...and ended up having sex. We haven’t spoken much since, and he’s still seeing this same woman just as much. He’s moving out next week and relocating out of state for work in two months, but I can’t help wondering whether a relationship is possible. Should I just say goodbye and avoid embarrassing myself or take a more active approach? I can’t tell whether my feelings are sincere or whether I’m just sad because the other roommates are not as clean or as interested in cooking. —Confused It’s so rare to find a roommate who cleans the kitchen, I can understand why you wanted to sleep with him. Don’t read too much into finally getting it on with Mr. Clean. There’s a reason a guy seizes the opportunity to have sex with a woman, and it’s typically the one British mountain climber George Mallory reportedly gave when asked why he wanted to tackle Everest: “Because it’s there.” Sometimes sex can kick-start a relationship, but in this case, it merely seems to have kick-continued the sex he’s been having three times a week with somebody else. Also, a guy who is interested in a relationship with you acts the part—asks you out (or at least lingers expectantly, fidgeting with cleaning products); he doesn’t ask for his security deposit back so he can move to another state. Taking “a more active approach” will not change this. In fact, for a woman, it’s often a very counterproductive approach. Forget the idea that you “should” be able to pursue a man the same way a man would pursue you. As I explain with some frequency, men evolved to pursue women and tend to devalue women who chase them. This is a deep-seated thing, embedded in our psychology and driving our behavior over millions of years of human history, down to our bitsiest bits. (The sperm chase the egg. The egg does not chase the sperm.)

In other words, you found a lost cause, hopped aboard, and are now riding it like a pony. You are not alone in this. We humans have a powerful aversion to loss. When it starts to look like we’ve made a bad bet, we engage in the “sunk cost fallacy”—continuing to invest (and even stepping up our investment) based on how much time, energy, resources, or emotion we’ve already invested. Of course, the rational approach would be basing any further investment on whether it’s likely to pay off in the future. Acknowledging this will free you up to meet a guy who does want you—perhaps some lonely cleaning products heir scouring the world for a woman who’ll put a sparkle in his eye while he puts a sparkle in her glassware.

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PLENTY OF FISHY I’m a single woman who’s just started online dating after ending a fiveyear relationship. I’m wondering when to mention that I only want casual dating/friends with benefits—nothing serious. I don’t want guys thinking I’m seeking onenight stands (I’m definitely not), but I also don’t want to lead on guys who want something long-term. —Newbie A woman seeking regular commitment-free sex is a bit like a man just looking for somebody to join him for scrapbooking and a cuddle. Each might be telling the truth, but their target audience will find it hard to believe. In other words, it’s best to avoid putting “not looking for anything serious” in your online dating profile. Some men will take it at face value, but many will see it as either a red flag (fake profile, a trap, etc.) or a “go for it!” flag to send their best penis selfie. Also, your profile is just supposed to be a thumbnail of you. You don’t owe anyone your five-year plan. You could, however, ask to have a phone conversation before meeting and casually mention your recent relationship history. On the phone, you become a person a guy can ask questions of rather than just a picture with a profile. You can clarify what you’re looking for and, assuming you don’t come off sketchy or psycho on the phone, quell a guy’s fear that “nothing serious” really means “I need a fling because the recently paroled felon I’m cheating on my husband with is boring.”

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PET OF THE WEEK Jiminy Cricket. This cute little guy recently came over from an overcrowded California shelter, but he hasn’t let that slow him down! He may be a senior (which qualifies him for our Seniors for Seniors adoption program), but he’s about as sweet as can be! Come meet Jiminy at the Humane Society today, we’re open TuesdaysFridays from 1-6 and Saturdays from 12-5. 549-3934 www.myHSWM.org

GENERAL Africa, Brazil Work/Study! Change the lives of others while creating a sustainable future. 6, 9, 18 month programs available. Apply today! HYPERLINK “http://www.oneworldcenter.org ” www.OneWorldCenter.org (269) 591-0518 info@OneWorldCenter.org Africa, Brazil Work/Study! Change the lives of others while creating a sustainable future. 6, 9, 18 month programs available. Apply today! HYPERLINK “http://www.oneworldcenter.org ” www.OneWorldCenter.org (269) 591-0518 info@OneWorldCenter.org Bail Bond Agent Seeking individual interested in pursuing a career working with the justice system. High income potential for the right person. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10048144

CASHIERS TOWN PUMP CONVENIENCE STORE. Employer in Lolo is seeking full-time and part-time CASHIERS to work all shifts. Will be rotating shifts. Previous experience helpful, but employer will train. Duties include cash handling, stocking products, and maintaining a clean environment. Hours vary. Wage is depending on experience. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10048139 Cook BISON INN CAFE. Some verifiable experience working as a restaurant cook is preferable but employer is willing to train the right person. Must be reliable and have a good work ethic. DUTIES: Cooking, cleaning dishes; will cross train in all other restaurant duties including waiting tab l e s . D AY S / H O U R S : Flexible/various, full time or part time as needed. Position is initially seasonal, but could lead to permanent, full time employment. Full job description at Missoula Job Service:

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Kitty Keeper WORK FORCE INC. Seeking a candidate to help us in our shelter in Missoula! If you have medicated animals before, that is a HUGE plus, but not necessary! Qualifications: Customer service, attention to detail, valid drivers license, and honesty ARE ALL NECESSARY! We need good references to call for your past employers. Call for details and time to set up an interview. Full Time position available ASAP. $9/hr to start. Days off: Thurs/Fri. Schedule is Sat-Wed. Must be okay with working weekends. WILL TRAIN THE RIGHT PERSON. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10048095 Line Cook and Prep Cook Seeking someone with line cook and/or prep cook experience for a hospital in Missoula. Our clients kitchen/nutrition staff is seeking

another candidate. One part time on call, and one full time. This would entail a background check and drug screen. $11.22/hr to start. Valid DL, clean background required. Call with questions and we can set up a time to meet! Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10048137 ROOM ATTENDANTS - PT RED LION INN. Immediate need for part-time ROOM ATTENDANTS at a Missoula hotel. We are looking for individuals who will pay strong attention to detail, who can provide an exceptional quality of service in order to give our guests a memorable experience. MUST be dependable! Responsible for cleaning every area in the guest rooms, tubs, toilets, sinks, changing linens, dusting and vacuuming. This is a part time position that could go to full time as the season gets busy. This employer is an EO/AA employer. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10048003

EMPLOYMENT STORE CLERK Previous retail sales experience helpful. Will move merchandise and displays and provide excellent customer service. Must be friendly and be able to learn and communicate about YWCA programs. Must have basic math skills. Must be able to lift at least 40 lbs., have current driver’s license and reliable transportation. $8.00 Hourly. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10048120

PROFESSIONAL CHIP TRUCK DRIVERS NEEDED TO PULL DOUBLES • Local hauls • Home daily • Good pay • Benefits • 2 years exp. required Call 406493-7876 9am-5pm M-F only. Entry-Level Electrical Engineer Morrison-Maierle is recruiting to fill an entry level engineering position in our Electrical group. Duties will include working under the direction of the Project Manager and Task Managers in the execution of project related duties. Tasks may include calculations; design report writing; development of technical memorandum; preparation of construction plans and specifications; site visits; and data collection. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10048082 Fleet Mechanic MECHANIC (Greenough, MT) compensation: DOE Position Title: Fleet Mechanic Job Description: Fleet Mechanic is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of all ranch and resort vehicles and equipment. Must have the ability to prioritize work and schedule accordingly. Will be working on passenger vehicles, 15 passenger vans, trucks, tractors, heavy equipment, including ATV’s, boats, jet ski’s, golf carts, small engines, lawn and garden equipment. Performing diagnostic work, trailer repair and wiring; 12 volt electrical systems, and generators. To include but not limited to diesel, 4 stroke and 2 stroke experience. Classification: Non-exempt, Full-Time Regular Position Qualifications/ Responsibilities: • 3+ years experience in auto/passenger vehicle repair, not an entry level position • Must have own required hand and air tools to perform a timely and quality repair • Road test vehicles to ensure quality of repair and safety of employees and guests v Tire repair, mounting and balancing • Must be able to use computer and email • knowledge of parts look-up, ordering parts and documentation of all work performed • Keeping track of shop tools and replacing when they are lost or broken • Helping cattle crew with farming and cattle operations when possible • Filling out proper paper work for necessary repairs, and parts • Keeping track of outgoing fuel records and employee fuel codes • Purchasing and keeping track of fuel • Buy and sell all vehicles and equipment as needed • Licensing all new vehicles and renewing all old ve-

hicles • Metal work and fabrication • Keep track all vehicles, and reallocate when necessary • Write and enforce resort vehicle policy • Keep current and accurate service records on all vehicles and equipment • Personally responsible for the condition of the Lipson fleet Educational Requirements: • High School Diploma or GED • 2 years of mechanic based education or equivalent • 4 years work base experience Licensure/Permits Required: • Valid MT drivers license • CDL a plus • Welding certification a plus Perks of Working for Paws Up • Free shuttle service to Missoula (when resort is open) • Complimentary lunch provided to all employees (when resort is open) • Housing provided when available • Carpool reimbursement opportunities • Bonuses provided throughout the year (when available & qualified) To Apply: Please respond with your cover letter and resume (in a single .doc file) to hrmanager@pawsup.com. Be sure to include your name in the resume file title. List Fleet Mechanic in the subject line. Insurance Agent Looking for qualified individual to write niche insurance. High income potential. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10048148 JUSTICE COURT CLERK Seeking a regular, full-time JUSTICE COURT CLERK. Requires high school graduation or GED. Requires three years of secretarial or clerical work that included face to face public contact. Requires six (6) months of experience handling payment transactions. May involve lifting boxes of records (20-40 lbs.). Will perform a variety of complex clerical duties for the Justice Courts of Missoula County to provide legal and administrative support; and to process and maintain Justice Courts records. Offer of employment will be contingent upon successfully passing a background investigation. ***CLOSE DATE: 05/09/14. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10048133 Office Coordinator Rivertop Renewables, Inc. The Office Coordinator will perform a wide range of activities for the company and employees to facilitate the efficient operation of the organization, including, but not limited to: First point-of-contact for external company inquiries Support various departments in ordering, PO tracking, shipping and receiving activities Coordinate and maintain company calendar, including support for various company events Develop and maintain corporate travel discount programs Support employees in office related services, company policies and programs Tenant liaison - coordinate building maintenance schedules/requests, facility questions and facility documents. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10048061

APY PLLC. A busy physical therapy clinic has an opening for a PHYSICAL THERAPY AIDE. This employee assists therapist, directs patients to treatment areas, and performs some phone, filing, and reception work. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10047985

SKILLED LABOR CARPET CLEANING TECHNICIAN RAINBOW INTERNATIONAL. Carpet cleaning technician needed to clean residential and commercial carpets. Experience is preferred but not necessary. Will also be helping with water and fire damage projects. A friendly, people person is required for this position. Hours will vary, but mainly be Monday through Friday during the day. A valid driver’s license is required. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10047997

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HEALTH CAREERS Part Time CAREGiver for Elderly Veterans Do you want to help our Veterans? Do you think that our Veterans deserve the utmost respect? Are you someone that likes to reminisce about days gone by? Do you like helping others in need? If you answered yes to all of these questions, then this is the job for you! We are looking for a few compassionate, dedicated, caring individuals to help Veterans in our community. Jobs duties may include; meal preparation, light housekeeping, companionship, personal care, and lending an ear to some great stories! Our selection process includes an interview process, reference checks, and an all-inclusive background check. Why go to so much trouble you ask?

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Many rewarding experiences await you by assisting severely intellectually and developmentally disabled adult clients live healthy and well-meaning lives in our group home settings. It’s challenging and fun to help clients with daily tasks, take them into the community, and help them prepare meals, do laundry and house cleaning. And, check out our new progressive wage scale. Start at $9.20 per hour without experience or $9.60 per hour with proven experience. Then, watch your wage grow after that! We also provide extensive paid training to help you be successful in your work. Shifts available include Evenings and Graveyards working from 24 to 40 hours per week. Openings for Relief Staff offer more weekends off flexibility, but requires ability to work at least 2 shifts per week and be flexible to work any shift with notice. Anyone working 30+ hours per week is eligible for our extensive health/dental benefits and paid time off package.

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DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL Supporting Persons with Disabilities in Enhancing their Quality of Life. Evenings, Nights & Weekend hours available. $9.00-$9.65/hr. Valid MT Driver’s License, No Record of Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation. Applications available at OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES, INC., 2821 S. Russell, Missoula, MT 59801 or online: orimt.org. Extensive background checks will be completed. NO RESUMES. EOE.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Apple and Exxon are the most valuable companies in America. In third place, worth more than $350 billion, is Google. Back in 1999, when the future Internet giant was less than a year old, Google's founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page tried to sell their baby for a mere million dollars. The potential buyer was Excite, an online service that was thriving at the time. But Excite's CEO turned down the offer, leaving Brin and Page to soldier onward by themselves. Lucky for them, right? Today they're rich and powerful. I foresee the possibility of a comparable development in your life, Gemini. An apparent "failure" may, in hindsight, turn out to be the seed of a future success.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): "You can't have your cake and eat it, too" is an English-language proverb. It means that you will no longer have your cake if you eat it all up. The Albanian version of the adage is "You can't go for a swim without getting wet.” Hungarians say, "It's impossible to ride two horses with one butt." According to my analysis, Cancerian, you will soon disprove this folk wisdom. You will, in effect, be able to eat you cake and still have it. You will somehow stay dry as you take a dip. You will figure out a way to ride two horses with your one butt.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I know this might come as a shock, Leo, but . . . are you ready? . . . you are God! Or at least godlike. An influx of crazy yet useful magic from the Divine Wow is boosting your personal power way beyond normal levels. There's so much primal mojo flowing through you that it will be hard if not impossible for you to make mistakes. Don't fret, though. Your stint as the Wild Sublime Golden Master of Reality probably won't last for more than two weeks, three tops. I'm sure that won't be long enough for you to turn into a raving megalomaniac with 10,000 cult followers.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In your imagination, take a trip many years into the future. See yourself as you are now, sitting next to the wise elder you will be then. The two of you are lounging on a beach and gazing at a lake. It's twilight. A warm breeze feels good. You turn to your older self and say, "Do you have any regrets? Is there anything you wish you had done but did not do?" Your older self tells you what that thing is. (Hear it now.) And you reply, "Tomorrow I will begin working to change all that."

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Over a hundred years ago, the cattle industry pressured the U.S. government to kill off wolves in Yellowstone National Park. By 1926 the wolves had all but vanished. In the following decades, elk herds grew unnaturally big, no longer hunted by their natural predator. The elk decimated the berry bushes of Yellowstone, eating the wild fruit with such voracity that grizzly bears and many other species went hungry. In 1995, environmentalists and conservationists got clearance to re-introduce wolves to the area. Now the berry bushes are flourishing again. Grizzlies are thriving, as are other mammals that had been deprived. I regard this vignette as an allegory for your life in the coming months, Libra. It's time to do the equivalent of replenishing the wolf population. Correct the imbalance.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I have no problem with you listening closely to the voices in your head. Although there might be some weird counsel flowing from some of them, it's also possible that one of those voices might have sparkling insights to offer. As for the voices that are delivering messages from your lower regions, in the vicinity of your reproductive organs: I'm not opposed to you hearing them out, either. But I hope you will be most attentive and receptive to the voices in your heart. While they are not infallible, they are likely to contain a higher percentage of useful truth than those other two sources.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Kangaroo rats live in the desert. They're at home there, having evolved over millennia to thrive in the arid conditions. So well-adapted are they that they can go a very long time without drinking water. While it's admirable to have achieved such a high level of accommodation to their environment, I don't recommend that you do something comparable. In fact, its probably better if you don't adjust to some of the harsher aspects of your environment. Now might be a good time to acknowledge this fact and start planning an alternate solution.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled," said writer William Blake. I think you will challenge this theory in the coming weeks, Capricorn. Your passions will definitely not be weak. They may even verge on being volcanic. And yet I bet you will manage them fairy well. By that I mean you will express them with grace and power rather than allowing them to overwhelm you and cause a messy ruckus. You won't need to tamp them down and bottle them up because you will find a way to be both uninhibited and disciplined as you give them their chance to play.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Would you please go spend some quality time having non-goaloriented fun? Can I convince you to lounge around in fantasyland as you empty your beautiful head of all compulsions to prove yourself and meet people's expectations? Will you listen to me if I suggest that you take off the mask that's stuck to your face and make funny faces in the mirror? You need a nice long nap, gorgeous. Two or three nice long naps. Bake some damn cookies, even if you've never done so. Soak your feet in epsom salts as you binge-watch a TV show that stimulates a thousand emotions. Lie in the grass and stare lovingly at the sky for as long as it takes to recharge your spiritual batteries.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Free jazz is a type of music that emerged in the 1950s as a rebellion against jazz conventions. Its meter is fluid and its harmonies unfamiliar, sometimes atonal. Song structures may be experimental and unpredictable. A key element in free jazz is collective improvisation—riffing done not just by a featured soloist, but by the entire group of musicians playing together. To prepare for your adventures in the coming days, Taurus—which I suspect will have resemblances to free jazz—you might want to listen to music by its pioneers, like Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, and Sun Ra. Whatever you do, don't fall prey to scapabobididdilywiddilydoobapaphobia, which is the fear of freestyle jazz.

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BLACK BEAR NATUROPATHIC

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Fireworks displays excite the eyes and lift the spirit. But the smoke and dust they produce can harm the lungs with residues of heavy metals. The toxic chemicals they release may pollute streams and lakes and even groundwater. So is there any alternative? Not yet. No one has come up with a more benign variety of fireworks. But if it happens soon, I bet it will be due to the efforts of an enterprising Aries researcher. Your tribe is entering a phase when you will have good ideas about how to make risky fun safer, how to ensure vigorous adventures are healthy, and how to maintain constructive relationships with exciting influences.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Dear Pisceans: Your evil twins have asked me to speak to you on their behalf. They say they want to apologize for the misunderstandings that may have arisen from their innocent desire to show you what you had been missing. Their intent was not at all hostile or subversive. They simply wanted to fill in some gaps in your education. OK? Next your evil twins want to humbly request that you no longer refer to them as "Evil Twin," but instead pick a more affectionate name, like, say "Sweet Mess" or "Tough Lover." If you promise to treat them with more geniality, they will guarantee not to be so tricky and enigmatic. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

[C4] Missoula Independent • May 8–May 15, 2014

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CLOTHING Kid Crossing offers exceptional value on nearly new children’s clothing and equipment. Providing ecofriendly clothing exchange since 2001. Reduce • Reuse • Recycle • Buy Local! 1940 Harve • 406-829-8808 • www.kidcrossingstores.com

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SUSTAINAFIEDS Kid Crossing offers exceptional value on nearly new children’s clothing and equipment. Providing eco-friendly clothing exchange since 2001. Reduce • Reuse • Recycle • Buy Local 1940 Harve • 406-829-8808 • www.kidcrossingstores.com

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www.missoulanews.com montanaheadwall.commissoulanews.com • May 8–May 15, 2014 [C5]

PUBLIC NOTICES ONNIE J. FRANKS v.s. CASSIE MCKNIGHT 915 Ronan, Lot 4, Missoula, MT 59801. I have had Cassie McKnight sought by the sheriff’s department to serve papers in a civil suit. They cannot find her. Call 543-0393 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-14-83 Dept. No. 3 Judge John W. Larson NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Patricia Hochhalter, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to SHELLEY HUTCHESON, the personal representative, return receipt requested, in care of her attorney, Jeffrey R. Kuchel, of Crowley Fleck PLLP, 305 South 4th Street East, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 24th day of April, 2014. /s/ Shelley Hutcheson Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of Betty Martin, Deceased. Probate No. DP 1475 Dept. 2 Judge Robert L. Deschamps, III NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the Decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Nathan Martin, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of his attorneys, Crowley Fleck PLLP, 305 South 4th Street East, Suite 100, P.O. Box 7099, Missoula, Montana 59807-7099, or filed with the Clerk of the Court. DATED this 17 day of April, 2014. /s/ Nathan Martin Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-14-77 Dept. No. 4 Honorable Karen S. Townsend, Presiding. NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF ROBERT R. SAURER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said Deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jennifer Hurley, the Personal Representative, Return Receipt Requested, c/o Skjelset & Geer, PLLP, PO Box 4102, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 18th day of April, 2014. /s/ Jennifer Hurley, Personal Representative SKJELSET & GEER, P.L.L.P. /s/ Douglas G. Skjelset, Attorneys for the Estate STATE OF MONTANA):ss. County of Missoula) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. Signed this 16th day of April, 2014. /s/ Jennifer Hurley, Applicant Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of April, 2014. /s/ Sharon J. Davis,

Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Clinton, Montana My Commission Expires May 14, 2014 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-14-435 Dept. No. 4 Karen S. Townsend Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of William Riley Johnson: Tandy Trogdon a/k/a Tandy Roush, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from William Riley Johnson to Riley Jay Trogdon. The hearing will bee on 06/03/2014 at 3:00 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Dated: 4/21/2014 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Darci Lehnerz, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-14-72 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TAMMY DUBOIS, A/K/A TAMMY GORE DUBOIS AND TAMMY L. GORE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Kelsey DuBois and Taylor DuBois, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 10th day of April, 2014. /s/ Kelsey DuBois, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Taylor DuBois, Co-Personal Representative WORDEN THANE, P.C. Attorneys for CoPersonal Representatives By: /s/ Amy M. Scott Smith MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-14-81 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KATHERINE E. PHILLIPS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be certified mailed to Sharon E. Gallagher, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 22nd day of April, 2014. /s/ Sharon E. Gallagher, Personal Representative WORDEN THANE, P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Patrick Dougherty MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-14-69 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: WALLACE H. HERTEL, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Connie O’Conner has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed Estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this no-

MNAXLP tice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Connie O’Conner, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER & FROINES, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 4th day of April, 2014. GEISZLER & FROINES, PC. BY: /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, Attorneys for the Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 4th day of April, 2014. /s/ Connie O’Conner, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DV-14-382 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION MITCHELL C. HICKS and KAY R. JOHNSTON, Plaintiffs, v. CARL L. BLANK, KATHLEEN I. BLANK, NORMAN E. THYFAULT, AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN HEIRS, OR ANY UNKNOWN DEVISEES OF ANY DECEASED PERSON AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, UNKNOWN, CLAIMING OR WHO MIGHT CLAIM ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ OWNERSHIP OR ANY CLOUD UPON PLAINTIFFS’ TITLE THERETO, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM BE PRESENT OR CONTINGENT, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the Complaint to Quiet Title in this Action which is filed with the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION, or such other period as may be specified by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A filing fee must accompany the answer. This action is brought for the purpose of quieting title the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: The North one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest onequarter of Section 12, Township 13 North, Range 23 West, Missoula County, Montana. Dated this 21st day of April, 2014. /s/ Shirley E. Faust (SEAL) By: /s/ Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk Kevin S. Jones, Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys at Law, 310 West Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802 (406) 721-7772 Attorneys for Plaintiffs MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-14-88 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID L. DEFORGE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be certified mailed to

[C6] Missoula Independent • May 8–May 15, 2014

Charlene Phlypo, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 25th day of April, 2014. /s/ Charlene Phlypo, Personal Representative WORDEN THANE, P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Amy M. Scott Smith MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-14-57 NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL, DETERMINATION OF TESTACY AND HEIRS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LUCILLE COLLETTE SLOMINSKI, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jennifer A. Ball has filed in the above Court and cause a Petition for the formal probate of the Will of Lucille Collette Slominski, deceased, for determination of testacy and heirs, and for the appointment of Jennifer A. Ball as Personal Representative of said Will and estate. For further information, the Petition, as filed, may be examined in the office of the clerk of the above Court. Hearing upon said Petition will be held in said Court at the courtroom in the courthouse at Missoula, Montana, on the 12th day of May, 2014, at the hour of 1:30 o’clock p.m., at which time all interested persons may appear and object. Dated this 28th day of March, 2014. /s/ Jennifer A. Ball c/o Boone Karlberg PC PO Box 9199 Missoula, MT 59807 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S ATTORNEY: BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Jennifer A. Ball MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-14-84 Dept. No. 4 Karen S. Townsend NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT ORLIN LEHMAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Janet Ann Rice, Jeanette Carol Allport, Cheryl Kay Lehman, and Debra Jean Garrick have been appointed Personal Representatives of the abovenamed estate on April 24, 2014. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Bennett Law Office, P.C., return receipt requested, at PO Box 7967, Missoula, MT 59807, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-14-85 Dept. No. 4 Karen S. Townsend NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARGUERITE ANN LEHMAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Janet Ann Rice, Jeanette Carol Allport, Cheryl Kay Lehman, and Debra Jean Garrick have been appointed Personal Representatives of the abovenamed estate on April 24, 2014. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Bennett Law Office, P.C., return receipt requested, at PO Box 7967, Missoula, MT 59807, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that FIRST INTERSTATE BANK, the Beneficiary, and MARTIN S. KING, the Successor Trustee, under the Deed of Trust described in this notice (referred to in this notice as the “Trust Indenture”), have elected to sell the property described in this notice, on June 17, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, Montana, and on the terms described in this notice, in order to satisfy the obligations described in this notice, pursuant to the terms of the Trust Indenture and the provisions of the Small Tract Financing Act, Mont. Code Ann. §71-1-301, et. seq. DESCRIPTION OF TRUST INDENTURE: Grantor: Phoebe J. Patterson, not personally but as Trustee on behalf of Phoebe J. Patterson Revocable Trust Original Trustee: Stewart Title of Missoula County Successor Trustee: Martin S. King, Esq. Beneficiary: First Interstate Bank Date: August 27, 2012 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY COVERED BY THE TRUST INDENTURE: All of Grantor’s right, title, and interest in and to the following described real property, together with all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all water, water rights and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the real property, including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal and similar matters, located in Missoula County, State of Montana; Condominium Unit #15 of the Century Condominiums, according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof, recorded on August 21, 2001, in Book 666 Micro Records, page 1341, and amended on March 17, 2003 in Book 701 at page 693 of Micro Records, of the public records of Missoula County, State of Montana. Said Condominium being located on the real property described as Certificate of Survey No. 738, a parcel of ground located in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 33, Township 13 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Together with an undivided interest in the general common elements and limited common elements appurtenant to said unit and as stated in the Declaration of Condominium. The real property or its address is commonly known at 3811 Stephens #15, Missoula, MT 59803. RECORDING REFERENCE: Trust Indenture recorded on August 30, 2012 Document No. 201216807 records of Missoula County, Montana. OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE TRUST INDENTURE: Appointment of Successor Trustee, appointing Martin S. King as trustee in the place of Stewart Title of Missoula County dated January 31, 2014, and recorded February 4, 2014, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana, as Document No. 201401449. DEFAULT FOR WHICH THE FORECLOSURE IS MADE: The Grantor has defaulted on the terms of said Trust Indenture and the corresponding Promissory Note in that she failed to pay the payments required thereunder when due. AMOUNTS OWED ON THE OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY THE TRUST INDENTURE as of January 24, 2014, were: Principal $14,338.27 Interest $355.11 Late Charges $75.00 Trustee’s Sale Guarantee $149.00 Total: $14,917.38 In addition, the

Grantor is obligated to pay the expenses of this sale, which include the Beneficiary/s costs and expenses advanced to preserve and protect the property, real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, Beneficiary’s costs and attorney fees, and the Successor Trustee’s costs and fees. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, they will be added to the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture. THE TRUSTEE’S OR BENEFICIARY’S ELECTION TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO SATISFY THE OBLIGATION: The Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Successor Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. DATE, PLACE, and TIME OF SALE: Date and Time of sale: June 17, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. Place: At the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana. This communication is from a debt collector. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 11th day of February, 2014. /s/ Martin S. KIng, Successor Trustee, Worden Thane P.C. PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806-4747 STATE OF MONTANA ):ss. County of Missoula) On the 11th day of February, j2014, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Martin S. King, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within Notice of Trustee’s Sale as Successor Trustee, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as such Successor Trustee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and notarial seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Rhonda M. Kolar, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Stevensville, MT My Commission Expires January 24, 2016 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/16/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200811105 BK 819, PG 82, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Joel Wetzel, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Units C-10 of Toole Avenue CondominiumsPhase 2, a residential Condominium situated on Lot C of McCormick Addition No. 2, Block 6, Lots A, B and C, a Platted subdivision of the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. Together with a 4.16% interest in the common elements and an exclusive right to use the limited common elements appurtenant to each unit as said common and limited elements are defined in the Declaration of Condominium, Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Toole Avenue Condominiums-Phase 2. And subject to the Declaration of Condominium, Covenants and Conditions for Toole Avenue Condominiums recorded August 20, 2004 in Book 738 at Page 431 Micro Records and for Toole Avenue Condominiums-Phase 2 as recorded August 2, 2005 in Book 757 at Page 677 Micro Records and the Bylaws for Toole Avenue Condominium Owners Association, Inc. as recorded on August

20, 2004 in Book 738 at Page 434 Micro Records. 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 11/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 14, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $115,881.71. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $111,424.23, 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 24, 2014 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.north-

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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 38, 40 and OS 58. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 5/19, 2014 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 5/22, 2014 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

MNAXLP westtrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.109120) 1002.266369-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 16, 2014, 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: A parcel or tract of land located in the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter (SW1/4 NE1/4) of Section 25, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit Beginning at a point on the northeasterly right-of-way of County Road No. 24 as said road exists and is presently constructed, said point bears N. 62°23’51” E., a distance of 746.07 feet from the center one-quarter corner of said Section 25; thence N. 0°03’ E., a distance of 615.65 feet; thence S. 89°51’15”E., a distance of 664.40 feet to the East boundary of the SW1/4 NE1/4 of said Section 25, thence S.0°01 W., along said East boundary a distance of 352.80 feet; thence S 44°02’ W., a distance of 478.73 feet; thence S. 45°32” W., a distance of 143.78 feet to the northeasterly right-ofway of said County Road No. 24; thence N. 46°10’ W., along said right-of-way a distance of 31.47 feet; thence continuing along said right-of-way N. 51 °56’ W., a distance of 262.64 feet to the point of beginning. RECORDING REFERENCE. BOOK 789 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 567 Nathan T Reep and Denise Reep, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated April 20 2007 and recorded April 26, 2007 in Book 796, Page 57 under Document No. 200710015. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor in interest to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,815.17, 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 January 17, 2014 is $284,746.38 principal, interest at the rate of 2.375% now totaling $2,550.69, late charges in the amount of $266.20, escrow advances of $2,726.54 and other fees and expenses advanced of $7.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $18.53 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes

will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 6, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho) ss. County of Bingham) On this 6th day of February, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 CitiMortgage v Reep 42090.068

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 1807 Missoula Avenue. 3 bed, 2 bath cottage-style near Rattlesnake Creek and park. $309,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 1944 South 8th West. Remodeled 2 bed, 1 bath with deck on 2 lots. $158,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com 1965 Raymond. 4 bed, 2 bath split-level in Upper Rattlesnake. Private lower level for mother-inlaw apartment. $339,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor @gmail.com 2607 View Drive. 3 bed, 2 bath ranch-style home in Target Range. Hardwood floors, fireplace & 2 car garage. $238,500. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate. 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home. $179,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, remodeled Central

Missoula home. $285,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. 3 bed, 1 bath on almost 5 Target Range acres bordering DNRC land. $450,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653, pat@properties2000.com

fenced yard & single garage. $259,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 7201 Old Grant Creek Road. 4 bed, 3 bath with Grant Creek frontage, deck & fireplace. $655,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 5417355 betsy@milyardteammt.com

dential Montana Real Estate. LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406241-3321 I can help you find your new home! Celia Grohmann @ Banana Belt Realty. 406-550-1014 • celiamontana@gmail.com. Visit my website at www.on93.com

9755 Horseback Ridge. 3 bed, 3 bath with mother-in-law apartment on 5 view acres. $395,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com

Let me help save you time and energy. I know about Missoula and have lived here 30+ years. David Loewenwarter. Prudential Montana Real Estate. LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406241-3321

Are your housing needs changing? We can help you explore your options. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www.clarkfork realty.com

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4781 Montrose. 3 bed, 2 bath in Canyon Creek. RD eligible. $182,500. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 5417355 betsy@milyardteammt.com

Beautiful home on Rattlesnake Creek. 4 bed, 3 bath with gourmet kitchen, fireplace and deck. $850,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 5417355, betsy@milyardteammt.com

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5805 Mainview. 4 bed, 2 bath South Hills home with basement & deck. $220,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Propeties. 541-7355 betsy@milyardteammt.coom

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Slant Street Charmer 733 Marshall $230,000. Slant Street charmer with lots of light, a wonderful yard with raised beds, and an awesome shop all in a convenient location and ready to move in to. KD 240-

3501 Paxson.4 bed, 1.5 bath with hardwood floors, basement, fenced yard & garage. $225,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 5417355. betsy@milyardteammt.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home. $190,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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5227 porticorealestate.com University District 102 East Kent $265,000. University 4 bedroom home with character and a 1 bedroom cottage house. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.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 Wonderful Westside 1722 Defoe $226,500. 2 bedroom, 1 bonus, 2 bathroom home on the Wonderful Westside with awesome gardens in the fenced yard. A home with character! KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com

5505 Creekstone. 2 bed, 1.5 bath in Grant Creek. $130,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. betsy@milyardteammt.com

Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Northside. $149,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

Cooley Street Condo 1545 Cooley St. #C. This upper level 2 bedroom condo provides for easy, sweet living close to downtown and has great North Hills views. $128,500 KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com

Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of

Northside Condo 1400 Burns Unit #15, 3 bedroom 1 bath, with balcony and tons of light. $156,000. KD 240-5227 or Sarah 370-3995 porticorealestate.com

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 1861 East Broadway. 3 bed, 2.5 condo with deck & single garage. $215,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com 324B North Grant. 3 bed, 2 bath condo with fenced yard & 2 car garage. $169,900. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 5329283. ritagray@lambrosera.com

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REAL ESTATE light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #307. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit. $158,000. 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 Why Rent? Own Your Own 1400 Burns. Designed with energy efficiency, comfort and affordability in mind. Next to Burns Street Bistro and Missoula Community Co-op. Starting at $79,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

LAND FOR SALE 160 acres in Grant Creek bordered on two sides by Forest Service land. $750,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com

COMMERCIAL 4 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home. Zoned commercial. $190,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

53.5 acres overlooking Missoula. Utilities in place, septic approved. $927,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

home on 6+ acres. $325,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $575,500. Prudential Montana. For more

info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 4 Bath, Stevensville area home on 10 acres. $649,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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605 Dunkleberg, Drummon. 2 bed, 2 bath on 28 acres with creek. $249,000. Pintlar Territories R.E. 406-859-3522. pintlarterritories.com Lot 33 Old Mill Loop, St. Regis. 1.02 acre with 150’ of Clark Fork River Frontage. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com

109 Church Street, Stevensville. Historic 3 bed, 1 bath with library, parlor & fantastic front porch. $139,000. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate, 5329283. ritagray@lambrosera.com

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

11901 Lewis & Clark Drive, Lolo. 2 bed, 2 bath with many upgrades including roof & windows. $197,500. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 5329283. ritagray@lambrosera.com

NHN Raymond. .62 acre in Lower Rattlesnake bordering Missoula Open Space. $148,000. David Loewenwarter. Prudential Montana Real Estate. LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406241-3321

3 Bdr, 1 Bath Alberton home. $125,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area

Noxon Reservoir Avista frontage lots near Trout Creek, MT. Red Carpet Realty 728-7262 www.redcarpet-realty.com

1625 Lot 12A Cote Lane. Level 1 acre with fantastic views. Mary

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5505 Creekstone 2 bed, 1.5 bath Grant Creek condo. $130,000 MLS #20140810 5805 Mainview 4 bed, 2 bath South Hills home with great views. $220,000 MLS #20142246 3501 Paxson 4 bed, 1.5 bath with hardwood floors, basement & 2 car garage $225,000 MLS #20140601

Bitterroot Acreage 994 Pathfinder $599,000. 330 acres with knock-your-sock-off views East Side Stevi/Florence area with a small house. KD 240-5227 portico realestate.com

River Access 17430 SixMile, $285,000. Historic 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home in great condition on stunning 12.51 acre setting with views, fruit trees, tons of gardening space and so much more. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

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THE UPTOWN FLATS Come check out the condos at The Uptown Flats. 1 bed 1 bath plus high-end amenities. Starting at $149,900 Call Anne to learn about the great opportunities available in the Upscale Community of The UPTOWN FLATS.

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MOE•Moe is a beautiful, cuddly black lab. He is very well behaved so we aren't sure why no one has claimed him. He does get along with other dogs and loves to give hugs. Moe hasn't been at the shelter long and we know he won't last. Come visit and get a hug from Moe.

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PRINCESS•Princess is a beautiful pit bull mix. She is definitely a people loving type of dog. She is very attentive, loves to play fetch, and LOVES to chew on 2330 South Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59801 rawhides. She will need an owner who will Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) feed her a corn-free diet and provide her 3708 North Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59808 Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) with plenty of chew toys. Please come to Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 9:00am-12:00pm (Sat) the shelter and play fetch with her.

from the Pleasantview subdivision. He was wearing a pink collar so we know he belonged to someone. We just aren't sure why no one has been looking for him. He is an older cat but still has quite a bit of energy and is very playful.

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MARY ELIZABETH•Mary Elizabeth

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was returned to us because her owner couldn't afford to keep her. She is a gorgeous cat who will definitely catch your eye. Mary Elizabeth is declawed so she will need to be an indoor-only cat. Come meet her and see if you fall in love!

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LIL MAMA•Lil Mama has lots of personality to share. She has extra toes which we feel makes her very special. She does get along with other cats, but prefers to play by herself. Lil Mama has been at the shelter far too long and deserves to be adopted by a loving family who will never let her go. Is that you??

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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 CINDY• Cindy has the most adorable face! With her perky ears, fluffy cheeks, and endearing under-bite, she is not only unique, she's utterly charming too. This 9-year-old border collie/brittany spaniel mix loves attention and car rides, and qualifies for our Seniors for Seniors program!

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RIGSBY• Rigsby is an independent tiger cat who loves two things: head-rubs and his scratching post. This nine-yearold fellow would also love to find a new home where he can relax and sleep in the sun. Because he's over the age of seven, he qualifies for HSWM's Seniors for Seniors program.

CODY•Cody is a six-year-old lab mix who was rescued along with his "sister" Cindy. Cody is an extra-big lovebug who is ready to make friends with everyone he meets. Like Cindy, he likes car rides and attention. He'd love to find a family that will give him lots of attention, and help him shed a few extra pounds!

ANGELICA• Angelica loves laps! This 8-year-old torti also enjoys feather toys, and being part of the family. She qualifies for the Seniors for Seniors program, but don't tell her that. She says, "Senior? I'm barely middle aged!" Come check out this beauty today.

BEAR•Bear arrived at the shelter when his owner passed away. He's sad, but he's looking forward to finding a new family where he can spend time with people - and maybe some other dogs, too! This 8-year-old chihuahua encourages senior humans to stop by and meet him and maybe fall in love!

SYLVESTER•Sylvester is one hand-

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some fellow, decked out in his finest longhaired tuxedo. This 9-year-old is big and swaggering, and though he can be independent, he also has a softer side (just as any gentleman should), and can be loving and affectionate too. Let Mr. Sylvester sweep you off your feet today!

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