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CONCERNS RAISED OVER CAMPUS CREST

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RONALD SMITH WAITS, BULLOCK KEEPS MUM

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THEATER NEWS

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS: SHAKESPEARE GETS ISLAND MAKEOVER IN NEW UM PRODUCTION

CONCERNS RAISED OVER CAMPUS CREST

ETC

MISSOULIAN ROLLS OUT PREMIUM RATE ISSUES

NEWS

RONALD SMITH WAITS, BULLOCK KEEPS MUM

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Cover photo by Cathrine L. Walters

News Voices/Letters Food, allergies and circus animals............................................................4 The Week in Review School board results, vetoes and running dogs ............................6 Briefs Campus Crest, Baucus and a new zip line .............................................................6 Etc. The scoop on the Missoulian’s premium rates .........................................................7 News Ronald Smith’s fate rests in new hands...................................................................8 News Why it’s necessary to lock your doors, even in Missoula........................................9 Opinion Looking back at the 2013 legislature’s lowlight...............................................10 Opinion Confronting frontier anxiety for the 21st century ............................................11 Feature Floating a new Clark Fork for the first time.......................................................14

Arts & Entertainment Arts Eugene Mirman hits the road with a quirky brand of comedy................................18 Music King Elephant, Frodie, Mike Bader Bearjam and Thao and the Get Down Stay Down .............................................................................19 Books Author Zan Bockes on mental illness, creativity..................................................20 Theater Comedy of Errors packs psychedelic punch .....................................................21 Film Luhrmann lacks proper respect for Gatsby............................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films ........................................................23 Flash in the Pan Pull back the shrink wrap....................................................................24 Happiest Hour Garden City BrewFest winners..............................................................26 8 Days a Week Let’s rip some lips..................................................................................27 Mountain High The Reebok Spartan Race.....................................................................33 Agenda The Ride of Silence ............................................................................................34

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

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Not rolling with it

STREET TALK Asked Tuesday, May 7, on the Hip Strip.

by Cathrine L. Walters

Do you feel it’s necessary to lock your doors in Missoula?

Follow-up: Have you ever had an instance when you felt threatened by someone?

Gordon Marshall: Yeah, there are a lot of people who are wandering about and testing to see if they can get into places. Wrong turn: I haven’t, but my roommate did a couple months ago.

Someone came by and tried to turn the door knob, but it was locked.

Rachel Bemis: You know, I grew up in California, so I naturally lock my doors— especially my car doors. I definitely lock up at night but I’m not too concerned during the day when I’m out running errands. Feeling lucky: I’ve never felt threatened in my home. I guess I’m lucky enough to say no.

Erin Flint: I think it totally depends on where you live. I would if I lived in the more travelled areas where there are people you don’t know. No Mr. Rogers: Yes, I had person parked outside my house in a big black suburban for a while. But it ended up being a police officer monitoring my neighbor.

Sam Thompson: Well, I’m homeless so I’d say my doors are always unlocked.

But generally I would say no because if someone is coming by it’s usually friends bringing food or gifts. Three’s a crowd: I got into a fight over a girl once and felt threatened. It was at a house party and there was miscommunication between her and her significant other and I got caught in the crossfire.

Marianne Zugel: No, and I often don’t.

There’s just never been a problem.

Sorry for the party: I have college neighbors and one night one of them woke me up banging on the door insisting it was his house and to let him in. I had to convince him it wasn’t and he finally left. The next morning he left a note in my mailbox apologizing and signed it “The Stupid Guy Next Door.”

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To start, I did enjoy your recent article about new Missoula restaurants (see “All you can eat,” May 4). In fact, your article inspired me to try some new places. However, something else bothered me. Jason McMackin, author of a small piece within this article (see “What’s good here?”), came off as an absolutely insufferable douche. He believes that his minimum wage job baking rolls somehow makes him superior to us plebeian low-lifes who don’t bake rolls, or something. He spends the majority of the article talking down to those who don’t share his oh-so-desirable position in the social strata of roll-baker. Not only is it reasonable for a customer to ask for a recommendation at an eatery, it is part of the restaurant’s duty to accommodate that simple request.

I know none of us could ever have the golden palate that McMackin apparently has, but who would know more about the food than those who prepare it? If you’d rather people not try anything at your store, I suppose that’s your choice. Oh, and I suppose it’s also good business practice to berate customers and refuse their money simply because they said something to question your high and mighty status as a pretzel-roll maker. The entire piece was rife with arrogance and pompousness. I suppose this is why he never named this godly bakery he works at. If I knew what pretentious bakery hired this narcissistic prick I would never eat there. It’s sad to me that this is the kind of town Missoula has turned into. I grew up knowing this town as one of humble friendliness and acceptance, but apparently it’s now one of upturned noses and designer rolls.

Connor Sandefur Missoula

Know your food Restaurants: Congratulations on the mini-boom of new eateries. I hope you all enjoy a long and successful run in this city of hungry, adventurous souls.

Here’s one idea that will help you become not only successful, but absolutely beloved by your clientele: make sure all your employees know what’s in your food. It’s both appalling and frustrating that so many restaurants won’t or can’t tell their customers exactly what they’re eating. Something as simple as chicken strips, for instance. “Is there egg in the batter?” “Gee, I don’t know.

There’s no ingredients on the big cardboard box they come in.” That’s just unacceptable.

If you’re reading this, you probably know somebody with a food allergy. The trendy one at the moment is a sensitivity to gluten, which has restaurants and food

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manufacturers stumbling over themselves to provide “gluten-free” alternatives for a public that is convinced suffers from Celiac Disease. If only all of Missoula’s restaurants were as diligent about other, potentially fatal food allergies.

Some studies say that up to five percent of the population has a severe food allergy. Peanuts, tree nuts, soy, milk, eggs, wheat, strawberries … if you can think of a food, there’s probably someone deathly allergic to it.

And that’s my point. The food you’re serving to the public could cause a fatal reaction if you’ve wrongly told it that it’s free of the allergen in question.

If a customer asks you, for instance, if your Italian dressing has walnuts in it, and you say something like, “I’m pretty

“If I knew what pretentious bakery hired this narcissistic prick I would never eat there.” sure it doesn’t,” you’re screwing with someone’s life. Make it your job to find out beforehand. Know it. Learn it. Live it.

Front Counter Ignorance is an ongoing problem with restaurants, the result being that there is a limited number of restaurants where we can confidently take our children who have food allergies. Servers, cooks, phone order takers, anyone involved in the food delivery chain needs to be able to confidently and truthfully answer the questions posed by a parent whose only concern is to allow his child to eat the food and not get sick or die. When you have to carry an EpiPen everywhere you go, you’ll know what I mean.

Some restaurants get it. Mustard Seed/Noodle Express is a good example.

Our kids eat there frequently, and even though their menu features peanut sauce, my peanut-allergic son has never had a reaction caused by cross-contamination in the kitchen. And the servers can all tell you if any dish contains a potential allergen.

I don’t really care if you’re using locally grown kumquats or what local beer is used to glaze the beef. I want to know if the dish has any allergens in it, and if

the cooks in the kitchen take their jobs seriously enough to avoid cross-contamination among the foods they prepare. Do us all a favor, new (and existing) Missoula restaurants. Get your employees up to speed on what’s in your food so we can enjoy your board of fare with confidence.

Ednor Therriault Missoula

Circus act “Those PETA people come out every year and beat up on us. But they don’t seem to make any difference. They’re like flies at a picnic.” That’s what Barry Hartman, speaking for the Western Montana Shrine Club and circus, said in a recent Independent article (see “Circus sparks controversy,” April 25). He is wrong on three counts: many of us aren’t PETA members; our peaceful exercise of First Amendment rights is for animals, not against Shriners; and globally, activists working to end circus animal cruelty are making a difference. Great Britain is the latest country to impose a full or partial ban on circus animal acts. A sponsoring Parliamentarian said, “This is a victory for animal welfare and common sense—and proves that politicians who have belief, stick to their principles and persevere despite hostile opposition, can still shape events.”

Those words also apply to ordinary, compassionate citizens who stand up for animals by reaching out to circus-goers with the truth. And like flies at a picnic, we’re persistent and plentiful.

Eyewitness accounts from attendees at one Saturday performance maintained that an uncooperative tiger was hit in the head with a whip handle. Broken elephants were also forced to give rides to paying customers. Yet Missoula County Public Schools endorses this abuse by distributing circus tickets to students. The trustees heard our testimony at their March board meeting. They were asked to reconsider the practice, or to distribute an age-appropriate informational piece along with tickets. No response was forthcoming. The University of Montana’s Adams Center capitalizes on circus cruelty. Given our increased understanding of animal sentience and the egregious mental and physical suffering inherent in traveling circuses, it’s time to start asking these institutions: “Why?” No one denies the Shriners’ philanthropy. But harming one species to help another is uncharitable—and unnecessary. When they offer an animal-free circus, I’ll gladly purchase a ticket.

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, May 1 A group of students and faculty members rally outside Main Hall to voice their frustration about impending budget cuts at the University of Montana. Central to their concerns are slashes being made to course offerings and adjunct faculty positions.

Thursday, May 2 Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg announces no felony charges will be filed against the driver who struck and killed 18-year-old Chance Geery on Mullan Road on April 1. Van Valkenburg identifies the driver as 38-year-old Yoo Hee Cho.

Friday, May 3 Gov. Steve Bullock vetoes 12 bills, including House Bill 217, which sought to exempt religious groups from campaign finance records. The bill would have allowed lobbyist organizations to make unrestricted political campaign donations through churches and other religious nonprofits.

Saturday, May 4 Local farmers set up booths for the season’s first Clark Fork River Market. Early offerings include spinach, salad greens and herbs. The market is set to run every Saturday through October.

Sunday, May 5 Dozens of runners and their dogs hit Missoula’s riverfront trail for the 2nd annual Doggie Dash and Fun Run, a benefit for Missoula Animal Control. The event raises roughly $1,200.

Monday, May 6 Missoula City Council votes 7-5 to allow “accessory dwelling units,” or granny flats, in all residential neighborhoods. The vote caps years of contentious debate between homeowners who say the units devalue their property and renters who say ADUs offer an affordable place to live.

Tuesday, May 7 School elections take place across Montana. In Missoula County, challengers oust incumbents for five school board seats, while voters also approve roughly $800,000 in technology levies for elementary and high schools.

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America organized a “stroller jam” Thursday, May 2, in response to the U.S. Senate’s recent vote against background checks. Marchers chanted “Shame on you” in front of Sen. Max Baucus’ downtown office and “Thank you” outside of Sen. Jon Tester’s.

2014

Catching up with Baucus Pundits have run wild the past two weeks with predictions about who will vie for Sen. Max Baucus’ seat when he retires next year. Only two Republicans, Corey Stapleton and Champ Edmunds, have officially declared candidacies so far. Democrats appear to be in a holding pattern until former Gov. Brian Schweitzer actually makes his intentions clear. The field is wide open.

But ask Baucus what he thinks of the names populating news stories and political blogs, and you won’t get much more than a chuckle. In fact, he denies having much of a take on the 2014 field at all.

“It’s very early,” he told the Indy last week during a Missoula appearance plugging his Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act. “I’m betting there are a lot of people in the woodwork who haven’t come out yet, whose names haven’t surfaced yet. This is only May. Not election year May, but the preceding May.” Baucus is coming off a tumultuous few weeks. Shortly after voting against expanding background checks on firearm purchasers, and weathering intense criticism from groups like the Progressive Change Campaign Committee,

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Baucus announced he’s retiring at the close of his sixth term. He said that a 2014 campaign would have been rough, despite having already raised nearly $5 million.

“Campaigns are getting more and more expensive and more and more difficult,” he said. However, the prospect of a race rivaling Sen. Jon Tester’s 2012 re-election bid was “not a major factor.”

“I want to double down on getting things passed—the North Fork bill, the Rocky Mountain Front bill—unconstrained with the demands and time of campaigning,” Baucus said. “Deciding not to run again is very liberating. There’s such a freedom.” Ultimately, Baucus said his decision to retire hinged on whether he wanted to remain in Washington, D.C., for another six years. He reiterated a line he’s used in recent weeks: “I want to come home.”

As for his hesitancy to speculate on the running list of his potential replacements, Baucus quoted his longtime hero, former Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield.

“He told me, ‘When you serve, you serve on the Hill and you serve fully. When you leave, you leave. You leave totally. You don’t second guess.’ It’s up to the people.”

Alex Sakariassen

Crime

“Ghoulish fiend” sentenced On May 6, a California judge marked the end to a series of gruesome crimes when he sentenced former mortician and Frenchtown resident David Wayne Sconce to 25 years in prison.

Sconce’s legal troubles began in the mid-1980s in Pasadena, Calif., where law enforcement began investigating him and his parents, all owners of the Lamb Funeral Home. Police suspected the family of crimes that included removal of body parts, such as hearts, lungs and eyes, for sale to biological supply companies.

In 1989, Sconce pleaded guilty to 21 counts that stemmed from mishandling human remains. The Los Angeles Times reported that former Lamb Funeral Home employees testified against Sconce, saying the mortician used pliers to remove fillings from cadavers, “in a process Sconce called ‘popping chops.’”

Sconce, who was also found to be intermingling bodies in a kiln used for mass cremations, received a fiveyear sentence. He was later charged with conspiracy to commit murder for plotting to kill a potential business rival, which resulted in a lifetime probation sentence.

[news] In 2006, Sconce moved to Frenchtown. In 2012, federal prosecutors in Montana indicted him for violating his probation after he was discovered to be a felon in possession of a firearm. The Montana court mandated five years of probation for that offense. But prosecutors in California had him extradited for violating the terms of his lifetime probation mandated by that state’s court.

California prosecutor Thomas Krag tells the Independent that Sconce, now 56, is a “ghoulish fiend” who has repeatedly demonstrated that he can’t live as a law-abiding citizen. Not only did Sconce possess firearms, Krag says, but he stole them from his Frenchtown neighbors. Krag adds that at least one of those guns was sold at a Missoula pawn shop.

“He already had multiple strikes against him,” Krag says.

Sconce’s Santa Monica defense attorney, Roger Diamond, says that prosecutors have demonized and targeted his client for years. He denies that Sconce unlawfully took the weapons and further maintains that his client was simply using the guns to fend off wolves that were threatening his dogs.

“They made him look like a monster,” Diamond says. “He isn’t.”

Jessica Mayrer

groups with guides, Morris says, adding that passes will probably cost around $30 or $40.

Zip lines have caught on fast at ski resorts nationwide as a way to improve slow summer seasons.

Whitefish Mountain Resort installed four lines in 2009 and had more than 9,000 zip liners that same year.

According to Whitefish spokesperson Riley Polumbus, the course proved “wildly popular,” and the resort has since added three more lines. Whitefish, which charges $75 to $84 per person to zip line, recorded 14,266 zip liners last year.

“Summers can be challenging for ski resorts,” Polumbus says. “Even with all the activities we have

Zip lines

Boosting the bottom line Montana Snowbowl’s summer operation has always been low-key. The mountain’s single tracks are popular in the local mountain biking scene, and a disc golf course at the top of the Grizzly chairlift draws a decent crowd. But the thrills are largely skillbased—something co-owner Brad Morris intends to change this summer.

Right now, employees are working to turn a jumble of steel and rebar near the shop into tower foundations for a new zip line course. One concrete pad is already in place on Longhorn, Morris says, and once the weather dries up, staff will begin pouring the rest.

Morris hopes to have four separate zip lines open sometime this summer, with each capable of carrying two people side-by-side in a hammock-like harness.

“Snowbowl’s pretty ideal for zip lines because we have all those canyons coming together,” Morris says.

“That’s the ideal situation, to go from one side to the other.”

Morris envisions a beginner zip line in close proximity to the existing tow-rope. Other lines will likely extend from Grizzly Chute to lower Longhorn and from Longhorn to Paradise. Users would ride in

here, we get really excited if we break even. It costs money to be open at all ... so this is definitely helping us improve the bottom line.”

Zip lining has even contributed to a change in U.S. Forest Service authority. Congress passed the Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act in late 2011 to expand what activities the agency could permit at ski areas.

Snowbowl is nevertheless installing its course entirely on private land, Morris says. But the 2011 law does open the door for expansion.

“It’s a pretty expensive proposition,” he says.

“We’ll see how it goes.”

Alex Sakariassen

Housing

Campus Crest concerns Missoula Mayor John Engen acknowledges that he’s heard concerns about a North Carolina-based company that city and University of Montana officials

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Bills vetoed by Gov. Steve Bullock as of Monday, including a measure enabling students to carry guns on college campuses.

are evaluating as a potential developer to build offcampus student housing.

“I’ve had two people express concern to me about Campus Crest, indirectly,” Engen says.

Since its founding in 2004, Campus Crest has grown fast in the student housing industry. The company now owns a stake in 81 developments with 42,000 beds in 57 different markets.

The company advertises apartment complexes that enable college students a chance to break away from overcrowded dorm rooms and mediocre housing, and it’s using that pitch to woo city and UM officials. Both the mayor and UM President Royce Engstom have met with Campus Crest to evaluate whether the company is a good fit to help Missoula fulfill the Quality of Life initiative launched by the city and university in December.

The initiative calls for the creation of 1,000 new safe and affordable student housing units in Missoula by 2015.

Locals wonder if Campus Crest fits that directive largely because the company has been criticized for building subpar apartments. Last year, the Bangor Daily News reported that residents at “The Grove,” in Orono, Maine, “complained about repeated power outages, frozen water pipes and sprinkler systems, mold and mildew and faulty appliances.”

Similarly, a lawsuit filed in July 2012 in the District Court of Travis County, Texas, alleges gross negligence on the part of Campus Crest. The lawsuit stems from a September 2011 incident in which the balcony outside a third-floor Campus Crest apartment in Denton, Texas, collapsed, sending three men tumbling to the ground. The North Texas Daily reports that one of the men was seriously injured.

The company has said that the balcony, which was less than 10 feet long and 9 inches wide, was intended to be ornamental only.

Campus Crest Spokesman Jason Choduba says the company is held to strict building codes and that its top priority is “the safety and security of its residents.”

As for Engen, he’s toured Campus Crest projects in Moscow, Idaho, Laramie, Wyo., and Fort Collins, Colo., and found them to be “clean” and “compact.”

Jessica Mayrer

ETC. The Sunday, April 28 edition of the Missoulian was billed at a “premium” rate for home subscribers, but it’s understandable if you happened to miss the announcement— and the extra cost.

The “premium” rate policy is listed each day in small print on page A2. The notice states that, unless you opt out of receiving a “premium” paper by contacting the circulation department, the issue will cost an extra $1 on top of what you already agreed to pay for your subscription. The extra buck gets deducted from your credit balance. In other words, if you signed up for 52 weeks for $52 (as one Indy staffer recently did), it becomes a 51-week subscription unless you very alertly opted out of the “premium” issue.

Since November, the Missoulian has published six “premium” rate issues, including one that cost an extra $2.

For those who don’t regularly read the small print on A2, there is another way to learn about “premium” charges—in the form of a bill. One Missoulian subscriber who let a subscription expire received a $4.50 invoice for four “premium” issues from November and December 2012.

When he called to find out how he could possibly owe money for a subscription he already paid, a customer service representative at the paper’s billing office explained that the charges weren’t taken from existing subscriptions when the “premium” charges were first implemented.

Since the subscription lapsed, they had no current account to pull from and therefore issued a bill. She also pointed to the A2 announcement as fair warning. When asked if anyone had complained about what seemed like a somewhat shady practice of nickel-and-diming subscribers, the woman said, “Oh, yes. Quite a few people are mad about it.”

Missoulian Publisher Jim McGowan brushed aside concerns about the fairness of “premium” rates when asked about it by an Indy reporter. No wonder, because it’s making McGowan a bundle. The Alliance for Audited Media listed the Missoulian’s average paid Sunday circulation at 30,662, with home and mail delivery totaling 21,334. That means the paper has earned approximately $149,338 on “premium” issues in just six months.

So, what in the name of Joseph Pulitzer was so special about the April 28 “premium” issue?

A 16-page fashion supplement.

It’s no secret daily newspapers are struggling in a digital age. Finding new ways to make money is key to survival. But choosing to surreptitiously nick loyal readers doesn’t seem like a smart move. Unless, of course, you’re counting on them never finding out.

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Still waiting Ronald Smith’s fate rests in new hands

by Jamie Rogers

Thirty years ago, Canadian-born Ronald Smith was sentenced to death after pleading guilty to the kidnapping and murder of Thomas Running Rabbit Jr. and Harvey Mad Man Jr. Today, Smith has spent more than half of his life in prison, the vast majority of that locked for 23 hours a day in a maximum security cell in Deer Lodge. He has twice appealed his sentence in the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Though neither appeal ultimately resulted in a reduced sentence, the second decision, in 2010, came with a side comment from a federal judge.

“By all accounts, Smith has reformed his life. He has developed strong relationships with various members of his family and has taken advantage of the educational opportunities offered by the prison that houses him …” the judge wrote.

“However, consideration of these issues are beyond our jurisdiction in this case.

Clemency claims are committed to the wisdom of the executive branch.”

Smith’s co-counsel, Greg Jackson, who has worked in capital law for most of his career, said that he’d never heard of a judge “virtually recommending that the governor … grant clemency.”

Despite the unusual comments, state executives have avoided Smith’s petition for the last two years. Former Gov. Brian Schweitzer spoke often about Smith, but left office in January without making a decision. His successor, Steve Bullock, has yet to acknowledge the issue, again leaving Smith and his lawyers wondering about the prisoner’s fate.

Bullock’s silence is in stark contrast to how Schweitzer handled the issue in recent years. In 2011, Schweitzer spoke to The Canadian Press about wrestling with the decision.

“You’re not talking to a governor who is jubilant about these things,” he said. “It feels like you’re carrying more than the weight of an Angus bull on your shoulders.”

Schweitzer did have guidance on the case. Though Montana statute dictates decisions on capital clemency be left to the governor alone, it also requires the Montana Board of Pardons and Parole to hear all cases before making a recommendation to the governor.

Less than a month before Smith’s May 2012 hearing before the BOPP, Smith’s attorneys received an email from a BOPP staffer seemingly offering its recommendation before it had heard his case.

“Smith does not meet any of the commutation criteria as outlined in the BOPP administrative rules … ” the email said.

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“It is recommended a commutation of sentence be denied.”

Though the BOPP has said the email was sent in error, the board made the same recommendation after Smith’s clemency hearing, stating “justice is best served” by continuing with the execution.

By late 2012, as the clock ticked down on Schweitzer’s time in office, many anticipated his decision. But on Dec. 18, in an interview with Montana Public Radio, Schweitzer suggested the “Angus bull” had been lifted from his shoulders.

“There isn’t necessarily a decision to be made … ,” he said. “I haven’t made the decision to even make the decision.”

told the Indy Bullock was not prepared to comment on Smith’s clemency, Bullock’s history as attorney general suggests how he views the issue.

On March 23, 2012, two months before the BOPP clemency hearing, then-Attorney General Bullock wrote a letter to the BOPP titled “State’s Opposition to Ronald Allen Smith’s Application for Executive Clemency.” The letter outlined the reasons why Smith should not be commutated, including assertions that Smith’s claims of remorse are insincere and that though Smith has been able to continue a “semblance of family life” behind bars, his victims have been afforded no such privilege.

photo by Chad Harder

Ronald Smith remains in prison and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of two men. Gov. Steve Bullock has declined to comment on Smith’s clemency petition.

Smith’s co-counsel, Don Vernay, who has represented Smith for more than 20 years, says he isn’t surprised by Schweitzer’s ultimate abstention. “It’s a typical politician move—if you don’t have to make a decision you don’t make a decision,” he says.

Vernay adds that certain aspects of the petition process have been handled poorly. He says the “leaked” recommendation made the BOPP clemency hearing a “sham.” He also notes that not long before Schweitzer’s interview with Montana Public Radio, he received a letter from the governor’s office asking that Smith guarantee not to appeal his conviction in the future, suggesting to Smith he had a future.

“To do that to the kid—I call him a kid because I’ve represented him for so long— to get his hopes up like that and then just bash them, it was absurd,” Vernay says.

Gov. Steve Bullock inherited Smith’s petition when he took office in January.

Though a staffer from his office recently

“Thomas Running Rabbit Jr. and Harvey Mad Man Jr.’s family lives were coldly snuffed out by Smith,” Bullock wrote.

Beyond his clemency petition, Smith’s only hope is that Montana, like a growing number of states, abolishes the death penalty. Though Montana’s House Judiciary Committee recently killed a bill to repeal capital punishment, Montana District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock found last year, in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, that Montana’s lethal injection protocol is unconstitutional. A new protocol is currently under review.

With history as evidence, Vernay doesn’t expect Bullock to make a decision any time soon. He says the work on his end is more or less finished for now. All Smith can do is continue to wait.

“It’s been a long road. It just keeps going and going and going. But what are you going to do?” he says. “Welcome to America.” jrogers@missoulanews.com

[news]

A rude awakening Why it’s necessary to lock your doors, even in Missoula

by Allison Bye

Courtney Hodek never really worried about locking her doors. In fact, she and her husband, Mark, got used to sharing just one key to their one-story house on South Fourth Street. The thought crossed her mind that the arrangement could prove problematic, but like a lot of Missoula residents she felt safe enough.

“I remember thinking to myself, ‘This is going to bite me in the ass someday,’” she says.

Hodek didn’t always live in Missoula.

Originally from Chicago, she moved in 1997 to study recreation management at the University of Montana. After graduating, she worked for the Forest Service in California before moving back to Missoula, where she has lived for the past four years. During that time, she and Mark had a daughter, Kira.

On the morning of Nov. 19, 2012, Hodek woke around 8 with Kira in the bed next to her. Although she would rather have her 2-year-old sleep in her own bed, Kira still managed to snuggle her way in with her parents most nights.

On this particular Monday, Mark had left about an hour earlier to go trapping.

Thinking nothing of it, he didn’t lock the door behind him when he left.

“We lock our doors at night, but we are definitely not the best at locking them during the day,” Hodek says. “If we were up at 7 and he left, I wouldn’t have locked the door.”

Kira, ready to get up, got out of bed and went into the living room. A minute later, she came running back into the bedroom, a scared look on her face and arms reaching up toward her mother. Hodek, thinking her daughter was just pretending to be scared—a “phase” she had been going through lately—didn’t take her reaction too seriously.

“Oh, are you scared?” she remembers asking playfully. Kira nodded, stretching her arms higher. “Oh, you know I’ll always hold you if you’re scared.”

A few minutes later, Hodek stepped outside the bedroom herself and realized her daughter was not pretending. A man who Hodek didn’t know lay sprawled across her couch, face up and passed out.

Having pulled his pants down around his ankles before falling asleep, he still held his genitals in his right hand and a bottle of vitamin E oil in the other.

The man was Shane Roy Davis, a 37year-old schizophrenic whom police had picked up around town before.

“Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod,” Hodek remembers saying. She glanced at her cellphone lying on the coffee table

next to Davis, but not wanting to wake him up, did not try to grab it.

“I wanted no confrontation with him.

I had no reason to ask him what he was doing there. I had no reason to go get a gun. It was just: I need to get out of here,” she says. “I need to grab a hold onto [my daughter], not make any noise, or scream, and not start crying because I didn’t want to scare her anymore. And just get out.”

Hodek signaled for her black lab, Bull, to follow her but quickly gave up and fled through the front door with Kira. She flagged down a neighbor she didn’t know

cause of the familiar guitar and small amplifier he left behind in Hodek’s living room. Davis was charged with felony burglary, punishable by 20 years in prison or a $50,000 fine, and misdemeanor resisting arrest and a first offense of indecent exposure. Also on his record are charges for carrying a concealed weapon, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.

Davis’ case is currently making its way through the Missoula County District Court. He and his attorney requested a second evaluation of Davis’ mental health during a May 1 hearing. Davis had previ-

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Courtney Hodek and her 2-year-old daughter woke up in November to a stranger asleep on the living room couch.

well leaving her house across the street. “I need your phone, I need your phone!”

Hodek remembers saying. “Call 911!” Her neighbor had to leave but allowed Hodek to call police from her house. Two cop cars showed up about five minutes later.

Officer Craig Serba stopped briefly to talk to Hodek, who was still in her nightclothes and holding her daughter. Then he and officer Brian Vreeland went inside.

Vreeland woke Davis. The man got up from the couch and fought Vreeland and Serba’s efforts to handcuff him. In the scuffle, Davis tripped over his pants and fell against the wall of the living room.

The three emerged a few minutes later, Davis yelling and struggling before being shoved into the police car. Hodek, trying to keep her daughter from seeing what was going on, had walked a little way down the street. Davis said he did not know Hodek or where he was, but that he had permission to sleep there.

The officers were able to identify Davis from his Social Security card and be-

ously been admitted to the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs.

After the incident, Hodek says about 10 people she talked to mentioned stories of people coming into their homes, but most times it was just a drunk college student.

Since waking up to find Davis in her living room, Hodek says she’s made changes to ensure her family’s safety. She and her husband are better about locking their doors, even during the day. They replaced their locks and made sure they had more than one house key. And Hodek has also considered different escape routes from their house in case of another emergency.

Hodek says her daughter, however, did not seem to be affected by the event.

“Thankfully, I remained really, really calm,” Hodek says. “She was actually a perfect age. If she was any bit older, she probably would have been asking questions, but she didn’t ask any questions, so I never brought it up.” editor@missoulanews.com

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[opinion]

Black mark Looking back at the lowlight of the 2013 legislature

by Dan Brooks

Let’s say I hate my neighbor. This premise is not true. My neighbors are college students who admire my experience and old-world charm, and we get along fine. But let’s imagine that I am a jerk, and my neighbor and I live in mutual loathing.

Then I get sick. I catch insidious gutworm from eating a submarine sandwich in the dog park—this part of the hypothetical did technically happen to me—and I can’t afford worm medicine. Seeing that I have fallen ill, my neighbor offers me $200 to buy Vermox, but I tell him to cram it because we are enemies.

You might call me stubborn in that situation. Observing that I would rather risk my health than accept my rival’s help, you might call me spiteful, even stupid. But you wouldn’t say that I was unethical. It would only be unethical to refuse my neighbor’s help if it were my daughter who was sick instead of me. If I let her stay worm-infested so I could tell my neighbor to stick it, you would say I was an A-plus scumbag.

I mention this distinction because the Montana House of Representatives declined federally funded Medicaid coverage for 70,000 Montanans last month. In the last days of the legislative session, Speaker Mark Blasdel sent a bipartisan bill to expand Medicaid back to committee after it had passed the Senate.

It was an unusual move in the history of the Montana Legislature, but sadly consonant with the 2013 session. Rather than implement the dreaded Obamacare, House Republicans spent the spring finding ways to refuse free money from Washington. The last best hope for expansion was Senate Bill 623, which would have used federal Medicaid dollars to buy private health insurance for some of Montana’s 170,000 uninsured.

On the day of its scheduled House vote, however, Blasdel used his authority as Speaker to send SB 623 back to committee, where it would almost certainly die. In the procedural objection that followed, the House voted 50 members in favor of upholding the Speaker’s decision to 50 against. Tie went to the speaker, and 7 per-

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cent of Montanans lost their chance to get health insurance.

Here we encounter an imperfection in the neighbor analogy. In the vote on whether to uphold Blasdel’s decision against Minority Leader Chuck Hunter’s objection, 49 Republicans and one Democrat voted yes. Mark Jacobson, D-Great Falls, later told reporters that he thought his vote meant no. He supported Hunter’s objection. He was mistaken, and Medicaid expansion in Montana was canceled.

“That would trade intransigence for incompetence, like impeaching Nixon and replacing him with the guy who wears the Nixon mask in Point Break.”

In order to make these events fit with the neighbor analogy, you would have to imagine that just as I am telling my neighbor to go to hell, my wife runs out of the house. Desperate to save our wormy child, she seizes the $200 and flushes it down the toilet. Then she pants for a few seconds and says, “Oh.” Meanwhile, the worms munch on.

The sick daughters of the 2013 legislative session are the 70,000 Montanans who would have qualified for expanded Medicaid and now have to wait until 2015. In the meantime, they will have a hard time deciding who has governed them best.

Was it the Republicans, whose resentment cost Montana as much as $6.6 bil-

lion in federal dollars? Or was it the Democrats, whose 98 percent voting accuracy kept them from representing even their own interests?

It’s a relevant question, because many of the 170,000 uninsured Montanans will live to vote in 2014. Statistically, they are more likely to vote in the rural districts that normally send Republicans to Helena every other year. Will 70,000 of them remember why they still don’t have insurance? In denying health coverage to 7 percent of their constituents, did the Montana GOP win the 2013 session and lose the 2014 election?

I don’t think so. To accept that theory, you’d have to believe that Montana would give control of its legislature to the party that botched not one but two parliamentary maneuvers this spring. That would trade intransigence for incompetence, like impeaching Nixon and replacing him with the guy who wears the Nixon mask in Point Break.

I’m not sure Montanans are that desperate. The only thing I’m sure of is that, like the guy who wears the Nixon mask in Point Break, 70,000 of us are not allowed to go to the hospital.

Probably, that is a black mark on the 2013 Montana Legislature and the men and women who served in it. All they had to do was accept money from the U.S. government, and sick Montanans would have gotten health care. But Republicans in Helena were too stubborn to represent our interests, and Democrats were too disorganized.

Our representatives’ failure to implement the federally mandated expansion of Medicaid was an ignominious end to an embarrassing legislative session. The parties upheld their differences, but the distinction wound up being between the unethical and the merely dumb. That doesn’t represent the people of Montana—neither our common interests nor our common sense. The 2013 legislature should have done better, and it’s frustrating to think how easily they might have.

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

[opinion]

Old v. New West Confronting frontier anxiety for the 21st century

by Michael Dax

Frederick Jackson Turner’s classic 1893 essay, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” argued that the frontier experience—the opportunity for unlimited expansion into “uninhabited” lands—shaped the country’s entrepreneurial spirit. Turner’s essay took on added significance because three years earlier, the Census Bureau had declared the frontier closed. The line that separated “civilized” from “uncivilized” was gone.

Over the next few decades, settlers filled in the remaining pockets, but the era of limitless westward expansion that began in 1607 with Jamestown had ended.

No matter how accurate Turner’s thesis was, in the succeeding decades, Americans were struck with what historians called “frontier anxiety.” Because Americans no longer had the opportunity to settle and conquer wild lands, they looked for new outlets to recreate the frontier experience. The rise of organized sports, transcontinental expansion and romanticized depictions of the era, such as Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, can be seen as attempts to preserve this development.

Today, the West faces the end of another frontier. Although extractive industries such as logging, ranching and mining were once the backbone of the region’s economy, over the past four decades, new economic sectors have slowly eclipsed these Old West industries.

Tourism, technology and other service industries have consistently outpaced the region’s traditional economic cornerstones.

From 1970 to 2000, the income earned from professional and service industries in the West increased from more than $250 million to almost $1 billion, while agriculture and mining remained below $50 million. In Montana, professional, technical, financial and business service industries added more than 30,000 jobs between 1998 and 2008, while farming and ranching lost almost 3,000. By 1980, only 17 percent of Idahoans were employed in agriculture or mining, and by 2009, that number had dropped even further, to 3.9 percent.

Without a doubt, a new frontier—one demarcated by job sector growth and net

profit—has emerged and is slowly redefining the West’s economy.

Along with this economic transition, the region has experienced a cultural transformation marked by increases in urban populations, changes in environmental values and public-land management, and a new flourishing of cultural institutions. Newer and bigger airports have been built to accommodate growing tourist traffic, second-home ownership in

“Just as late-19th century Americans wanted to find ways to relive the frontier experience, modern Westerners keep projecting the Old West’s mythic imagery.” rural areas has surged, retirees have flocked to the region and ski resorts and sport utility vehicles have replaced working ranches and horses as more accurate symbols of the West. While Old West institutions remain entrenched in isolated pockets throughout the region, they no longer represent the West as they once did.

You might expect the region’s politics to reflect this economic and cultural transformation, but just as late-19th century Americans wanted to find ways to relive the frontier experience, modern Westerners keep projecting the Old West’s mythic imagery. It’s a bid to claim authenticity even though it’s no longer representative of the region. Wyoming Sens. Mike Enzi

and John Barrasso, for example, both use classic images of the American West—a herd of grazing horses against a backdrop of mountains and a vintage pickup truck driving down a rural two-lane road—as the backgrounds of their respective congressional web pages.

Western politicians not only strive to maintain a symbolic tie with Old West culture; the policies they pursue also demonstrate a refusal to let go of it, even when it’s necessary. In Montana, bison restoration remains intensely controversial, with few politicians wiling to support it unequivocally because of objections from ranchers. Similarly, debate over wolf management has not seen a moment’s rest over the past 20 years, even though wolves have brought an enormous amount of tourist dollars into Wyoming, Idaho and Montana because wolves also sometimes eat ranchers’ sheep or calves. Finally, whenever a national forest’s management plan is revised, the timber industry exerts much more influence than its small share of the region’s economy ought to allow.

At the turn of the 20th century, Americans feared that the end of the frontier experience meant the end of American exceptionalism. Coast-to-coast settlement was the beginning of a slow countdown until we eventually became indistinguishable from Europeans. Today, many Westerners fear that the region’s economic and cultural changes will lead the region to lose what has made it unique.

But it is time to face facts and relegate the celebration of the Old West to heritage days, parades and school textbooks. The 21st century West, though modernized, will not lose the wealth of natural resources that make it exceptional. And though extraction may once have defined the region, protecting our public lands— always vulnerable to excessive development—will best maintain the region’s unique character.

Michael Dax is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He writes about the American West in Missoula.

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[quirks]

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN – Two car thieves being chased by police holed up in a house in New Haven, Conn., while a dozen officers surrounded the building. When hostage negotiators threatened to unleash canine units, the suspects heard barking and surrendered. There were no dogs, however, only officers pretending to bark like dogs. “These cops were trained to do stuff like that,” witness Gideon Gurley said after Kwame Wells-Jordan, 20, and Norman Boone, 23, were taken into custody. (New Haven’s WFSB-TV) When a security guard at a supermarket in Sarasota, Fla., confronted Christopher Frazier Seiler, 45, after store employees spotted him putting 10 cans of deodorant in his pants, Seiler tried to escape on a bicycle. The bicycle chain broke, however, and Seiler fell to the ground, losing most of the deodorant. Police who arrested Seiler said he admitted taking the items. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

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CULTURE IN OTHER LANDS – Twenty percent of Norway’s population viewed a 12-hour television program by state broadcaster NRK, called “National Firewood Night.” It featured four hours of people chopping wood and talking about it, and then eight hours of a fireplace in a Bergen farmhouse. NRK photographer Ingrid Tangstad Hatlevoll added fresh wood throughout the night, aided by viewers who sent advice via Facebook on where to place it. “I couldn’t go to bed because I was so excited,” one viewer posted on the newspaper Dagbladet’s website. “When will they add new logs?” The program was not without controversy. “We received about 60 text messages from people complaining about the stacking in the program,” said Lars Mytting, whose best-selling book, Solid Wood: All About Chopping, Drying and Stacking Wood — and the Soul of Wood-Burning, inspired the program. “Fifty percent complained that the bark was facing up, and the rest complained that the bark was facing down. One thing that really divides Norway is bark.” (The New York Times) After news reports that a man attending a popular exhibit at Vienna’s Leopold Museum titled “Nude Men from 1800 to Today” stripped to view the paintings, photographs, drawings and sculptures, museum official Klaus Pokorny said other men contacted the museum asking if they could visit the exhibition naked. As a result, the museum held a special after-hours showing that attracted more than 60 art-loving men wearing only socks and sneakers. One woman, computer engineer Irina Wolf, joined the men, explaining, “I want to see how I relate to such a group.” (Associated Press) NO.1 NEWS – Peter Tomlinson spent 100,000 pounds ($154,570) to convert a Victorian-era men’s public toilet into a fashionable London café that serves gourmet sandwiches created by a Michelinstar chef. The Attendant Café retains the original cast-iron street entrance and porcelain urinals, which have been turned into booths for diners. Tomlinson told the BBC the entire facility was pressurewashed and “smells beautiful down here now.” (Britain’s Daily Mail) Target changed the name of some shoes advertised on the store’s website after learning that it could be misinterpreted. Target official Jessica DeeDe said the shoes were named “orina,” based on the Russian translation for the word, which means “peace” or “peaceful.” In Spanish, however, the word means “urine.” (The Huffington Post) DEFINE FREE – After a security guard stopped retiree Erwin Lingitz leaving a supermarket in White Bear Township, Minn., with two produce bags full of free samples, including 1.4 pounds of deli meat, Mike Siemienas of Supervalu Inc., which owns the store, acknowledged the unattended samples “were placed on a display case for customers to try.” But, he declared, Lingitz “violated societal norms and common customer understanding regarding free sample practices.” Lingitz explained in his subsequent lawsuit that he helped himself to the samples for himself and his wife, who was waiting in the car while he filled a prescription. The security guard who confronted Lingitz suspected him of shoplifting and found him “uncooperative,” Siemienas said, and sheriff’s deputies were summoned to improve his cooperation. Photos submitted with Lingitz’s suit taken before he was booked into jail show him with two black eyes, a laceration across the bridge of his nose and cuts and bruises. Misdemeanor shoplifting and disorderly conduct charges were later dismissed. Asked about Supervalu’s policy limiting how many free samples a customer can take, Siemienas replied, “We go with the common-sense rule.” Lingitz’s wife, Frankie Lingitz, stated her husband’s position: “Something is either free or it isn’t. You can’t be arrested for thievery if it’s free.” (St. Paul Pioneer Press) SILVER LINING – U.S. border inspectors announced that between February and April they seized some 500 fish bladders being smuggled into the country. The dried bladders, measuring up to 3 feet each, come from the endangered totoaba fish, which live exclusively in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. They sell for as much as $1,800 each. John Reed, a group supervisor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit, said investigators believe U.S. citizens are transporting the bladders to Los Angeles then to China, where they’re in demand to make fish maw soup.

Reed also pointed out that the increase in bladder smuggling suggests the totoaba fish population could be making a comeback. (Associated Press) SLIGHTEST PROVOCATIONS – A 15-year-old boy fired a gun at his parents in Columbus, Ga., because they insisted he do his chores instead of taking time to look up a Bible verse for a female friend seeking salvation. Police said the teenager took a 9 mm pistol from his parents’ nightstand and then shot his mother in the wrist and abdomen and his father in the hip. (Columbus’ Ledger-Enquirer) Pennsylvania State Police charged Robert D. Haberstumpf, 50, with threatening to shoot his neighbor and two workers in Lower Macungie Township after she knocked on his door to see if he wanted to move his car while she had their shared driveway sealed. She said he responded by waving a silver handgun and cursed at her from his second-floor window, then said, “I am going to plow all three of you. I am going to get my AK [AK-47] next.” (Allentown’s The Morning Call) TRADE-IN OF THE WEEK – After Jamie Jeanette Craft, 29, crashed her 2001 Pontiac Grand Am into a mobile home in Jonesboro, Ark., she hopped in a child’s battery-operated Power Wheels truck to flee the scene. A witness told sheriff’s deputies he observed the half-naked woman sitting in the toy truck “trying to drive it.” Craft was charged with DWI. (Jonesboro’s KAIT-TV)

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or more than a century, the Clark Fork has been a waterway divided. Anglers fished its upper reaches from the Deer Lodge Valley to Turah.

Whitewater fiends reveled in its lower course through the Alberton Gorge. But riding the seven miles from Turah through Milltown remained physically impossible. Even after Milltown Dam was breached in 2008—a feat that took 22 years of blood, sweat and lobbying on the part of conservationists and officials—a legal closure through the former reservoir persisted.

The river’s confluence with the Blackfoot has since gone from dam site to demolition site to industrial wasteland, no fit place for floaters and anglers. Mounting public attention to a $115 million cleanup and reclamation project built up a sense of expectation in western Montana that, someday soon, we’d see a once-nasty waterway reborn. But visibility remained largely limited to what passing motorists could glimpse from Interstate 90. This single seven-mile stretch of the Clark Fork has proven a constant reminder of western Montana’s mining legacy—or, more pointedly, the mess former barons of industry left in their wake.

All that goes a long way in explaining the bustle at

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the Turah boat ramp the morning of May 1. Four rigs are already waiting to put in when my group, including Montana Trout Unlimited Executive Director Bruce Farling and fishing-guide-turned-Indy-writer Jamie Rogers, rolls up.

Dozens of people mill about the parking lot in waders, stringing fly rods and counting cans of beer.

“Take a number,” Bruce jokes as we find our spot in the queue.

Bruce hops out of the truck to say hey to allies from the 25-year battle to reclaim this stretch to Milltown. We begin hearing mixed reviews on the condition of the river. Several individuals say we’ll have a smooth ride, but rumor circulates of a tricky logjam that will require rope-lining. Pat Saffel, region 2 fisheries manager for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, confirms the latter point. He scouted this stretch last week with FWP river ranger Chet Crowser, and while snow flurries have since caused the upper Clark Fork to rise, he doubts the logjam is any easier to navigate. Saffel adds a volunteer from the Whitewater Rescue Institute is stationed at the spot today to aid passing floaters.

The crowd calms just long enough for Lt. Gov. John

Walsh, Department of Environmental Quality Director Tracy Stone-Manning and a few others to rattle through some celebratory speechifying. As boats begin drifting away from shore, the pop of a champagne cork echos across the landing. Members of the Clark Fork Coalition loudly toast victory after a quarter century spent fighting to reverse the river’s unfortunate legacy.

The back-pats and bubbly aren’t the only reason everyone’s here, though. During the morning’s speeches, someone utters the phrase “rivers, like us, are at once fragile and resilient.” We’re here to see for ourselves how resilient.

About an hour into our float we get an early answer.

My strike indicator dives below a riffle. I set the hook and reel a beautifully speckled cutthroat-rainbow hybrid to the surface.

“First fish caught on the Clark Fork!” Jamie shouts.

“Well, legally anyway,” he adds by way of a disclaimer.

We laugh, knowing full well that this stretch has been fished illegally before. But today’s a day of firsts, and even a 10-inch cutbow is enough to elicit cheers from everyone in earshot.

wvw Half an hour later, I catch a disappointment. A footlong whitefish bites on my rubber legs. Whitefish, while native, are widely considered “trash fish” in the fly-fishing community. Jamie’s quick to toss it back, looking up and down the river like a child trying to bury the evidence before the watchful eyes of a parent catch the transgression. Above us, the mountains loom snowcapped and cold. I take another pull of Eddy Out to soothe the indignity.

Downstream of Turah and that tricky logjam, the Clark Fork peels off in occasional side channels. Farmhouses and outlying buildings dot the banks. Every so often the rush of a semi on the interstate drowns out the

rumble of the river. But the waterway itself remains wild here–steeply cut banks lined with reed canarygrass and interrupted at every bend by jumbled gravel bars.

I ask Bruce if he ever imagined that this stretch would open to public use.

“Never,” he answers, casting his line overhead to the other side of the skiff in one swift motion. “Removing the dam? Restoring the river? If you’d asked me 25 years ago, I’m not sure I would have said yes.”

Bruce first laid eyes on the Clark Fork when he came to Missoula as a teen. But the river has been a constant part of his professional life since the late ’80s, back when he was a member of the Clark Fork Coalition. He remembers the first conversations about what to do about the Milltown Dam. Montana Power Company lobbied heavily to keep the structure in place. Bruce and others couldn’t understand why.

“It only generated two megawatts,” he says. “It had no storage capacity.” According to the Clark Fork Coalition, the power generation alone wasn’t enough to cover the salaries of the two-person team that operated the dam.

If the dam had breached, it would have released 6.6 million cubic yards of toxic mine tailings into the lower Clark Fork, devastating the fishery downstream. It was a constant fear that nearly came true in 1996, when a massive ice jam moved down the Blackfoot past Milltown and spurred regulators to release more water to halt a catastrophe. The maneuver prevented a breach, but the added release carried sediment from the reservoir downstream.

The subsequent increase in copper deposits reduced the rainbow and brown trout populations below the dam by more than half.

“The thing just made no sense,” Bruce says.

If there’s one person Bruce credits for our trip today, it’s John Wardell, the former regional director for the Environmental Protection Agency. Up until the ice jam incident, Bruce explains, no one had really taken the subject of dam removal seriously. Wardell was one of the first officials who appeared sold on a more permanent fix for the Clark Fork. Alongside the Montana DEQ, Wardell’s office finally announced in 2003 that Milltown Dam would be removed completely.

Now the well-water in Milltown—once polluted by arsenic deposits—is clean again. Fish are able to travel upstream to the Blackfoot and upper Clark Fork. And we’re able to fish from a boat south of Turah. But part of the day is bittersweet for Bruce. Wardell died in a climb-

ing accident near Libby in August 2009, just over a year after Milltown Dam was breached but a month before the last trainload of toxic sediment had left the former reservoir.

With the dam already gone and the remediation well underway, what exactly does the opening of this stretch of river mean for folks around here?

“Closure,” Bruce says.

wvw Our skiff rounds another bend and the scenery changes abruptly. Cottonwoods thin out. The brush isn’t as robust. The very course of the river seems almost too clean and perfect. A sign comes into view: “Environmentally sensitive area ... Please keep out.”

The Clark Fork may be on the mend, but downstream of its meeting with Crystal Creek, where the wideopen plain of the old reservoir begins, evidence of the past is still abundant. From here to the confluence, the river is essentially manmade.

“There was actually a lot of discussion on how the river should look here,” Bruce says as Jamie steers us past a manmade logjam along the embankment. “No one really knew what it looked like before, whether it was a kind of wide marshland or a main channel.” The state’s Natural Resource Damage Program—funded by settlement money from a lawsuit against the Atlantic Richfield Company—wound up releasing a conceptual design for the restoration in 2005 that outlined a winding main channel and a floodplain full of fluvial backwaters. The

Top left: Lt. Gov. John Walsh stands on the Turah boat ramp after a speech crediting restoration of the Clark Fork to “government coming together.” Above: Wader-clad locals wait to hit the water during the reopening ceremony. Left: Signs alert floaters of a continued closure along the riverbanks, where vegetation still needs time to recover.

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plan called for extensive sculpturing of the riverbed and reintroduction of native vegetation throughout the old reservoir site.

All told, implementation of the restoration project alone cost around $13.5 million. The riverbank here remains closed this summer to give the vegetation time to stabilize. Cottonwood saplings in protective mesh cages and long rolls of coconut fiber packed with willow shoots now dominate an otherwise scrubby, rocky expanse just off the interstate. In time, it’s hoped the transition from Turah to here will become less dramatic.

“Hey, Bruce,” someone shouts from a nearby raft.

“We heard you caught a bull trout?” Word of our catches apparently spread downstream fast.

“Nope,” Bruce yells back. Not long after, with the confluence coming into view, he hauls in his own first catch of the day. It’s a good-sized rainbow, but the fight proves tough. Jamie laughs when it comes to the surface tail-first; Bruce’s hook caught somewhere in the fish’s rear end.

“Must not have liked the fly,” Jamie says while Bruce struggles to free the fish. “I think he was trying to smack it away.”

We pull our lines in as we approach the massive ripple marking the Blackfoot’s entrance into the channel. Several rafts are pulled up on the bank just below us, so we bail out to stretch our legs. The DEQ’s Tracy Stone-Manning strolls over, looking out across the floodplain.

“What a gorgeous stretch of river,” she says to Bruce. They’ve known each other for roughly 25 years, and as with everyone else on the river today, the Clark Fork is a powerful connecting thread. Stone-Manning used to be director of the Clark Fork Coalition; Bruce used to be the group’s conservation director.

I let my attention drift for a moment, staring across the river to the 500-acre plot of land where FWP hopes to open the Milltown State Park next year.

The site will include a boat landing, giving floaters the option to take out at the confluence and cut the last few miles to Sha-Ron in East Missoula. Now it’s just a huge storage barn sitting in a grassy field. “…Now if they could just get those damn things fixed,” Bruce says. I look back to see him pointing at the interstate bridge piers, hulking square slabs of concrete in the middle of the Blackfoot just a few dozen yards

Top and bottom: Riverbanks and rapids on the Clark Fork downstream of Crystal Creek were actually sculpted by engineers to steer the river’s course through its confluence with the Blackfoot. Right: Jamie Rogers holds the “first fish” legally caught on the reopened stretch of river.

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upstream. The lower Blackfoot remains closed this summer until a host of hazards can be removed or mitigated.

Local whitewater experts conducted a public safety test last year and lost a dummy beneath one of those piers.

“They’re working on mitigating that I believe,” Stone-Manning says. “It’s crazy that they never found that dummy.”

“You could get through it with a raft pretty easy,” Bruce adds. “But if you were on one of those rubber duckies, phew, you could get in a lot of trouble.”

Earlier in the day, back at Turah, there was considerable talk about all the work left to be done in the Clark Fork basin. Fixing the lowest reach of the Blackfoot is near the top of that list. People have marked today’s opening with plenty of champagne, beer and congratulations. But until the Blackfoot is whole once more as well, this project will continue to feel incomplete.

wvw “Set! Set, set, set! Alex, set!”

Jamie hasn’t stopped hollering that word all day.

Every time my strike indicator dips, he shifts into fishing guide mode and shouts for me to set the hook aggressively. I shouldn’t be surprised. He worked as a guide for six years. It must be hard to fight a reflex like that.

The sun came out again shortly after we left the confluence. So did the more disheartening signs of man’s presence. We passed a sunken bicycle before Milltown was even out of view. Now the banks are dotted with rusted car parts and garbage. It’s still great to be on the river, but the fish have even stopped biting. Bruce switches to dry flies and trades me the stern of the boat for the bow. Still no luck. We drift lazily passed a raft fishing a riffle below a small outcropping of rock.

Bruce continues to give us snippets of river lessons as we near Sha-Ron. He points to a slab of concrete on the north bank below Highway 200. “That’s the outlet for Marshall Creek right there,” he says. “It used to just be a culvert. But we fixed it to include the fish ladder.

See, the fish go up the left side there, then up the right where those pools are.”

The concrete is covered in graffiti. One portion says “happy floating.”

By the time we pull into the Sha-Ron access site, we’ve been on the river four and a half hours. There are houses right up to the riverbank now. I can hear a dog barking in the neighborhood. Pretty soon the landing will be crowded with tubers putting in to float the Clark Fork into town. They should stick to that stretch. What we just floated was long and pretty gnarly, certainly no place for a “rubber ducky,” as Bruce calls them.

It’s hard not to look back on the day without being impressed. At least for my nearly nine years in Missoula, I’ve always thought of the Blackfoot as our pristine neighborhood waterway. I’ve fished around Warm Springs, tromped over the vile turquoise-and-yellow soil at the EPA’s Superfund site near Opportunity, heard stories from locals about Silver Bow Creek and even the Clark Fork itself running red with toxins. Meriwether Lewis named the river for his famed counterpart, William Clark, on his return journey from the Pacific. It’ll never again be what it was when Lewis set eyes on it in 1806. But the legacy is changing with the riverbanks.

I shuttle Jamie and a Clark Fork Coalition board member named Jim Flynn back up to Turah to get their rigs, then stand around the Sha-Ron parking lot with Bruce. The bull trout rumor has spread. People keep asking him if it’s true he caught one.

“Nah,” he tells Peter Nielsen, another former director of the Clark Fork Coalition. “Just hooked a rainbow in the ass. Almost seems more poetic.”

Everyone else is beaming from the ride. Bruce seems comparatively mellow for a guy who just floated a previously unfloatable stretch of river that he’s spent years working to fix. The Clark Fork’s come a long way in two decades. Hell, some of the biggest strides occurred in the last five years. The dam’s gone. The EPA hauled away 2.2 million cubic yards of tainted sediment. Crews redirected the river along a new course. Nonprofits continue to raise funds and organize scores of volunteers to help the cleanup and recovery effort. I ask Bruce, who’s been on the frontlines of this for nearly a quarter century, for his most profound reflection on the day.

“My most profound thought, huh?” He hums for a minute, Past and present members of the Clark Fork Coalition—including Montana DEQ Director sliding out of his waders. “It’s about damn time.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

Tracy Stone-Manning, right—raise cups of champagne in celebration of the re-opening.

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Dry toast Eugene Mirman hits the road with a quirky brand of comedy by Erika Fredrickson [18] Missoula Independent • May 9 – May 16, 2013

tand-up comic Eugene Mirman does the voice of Gene on Fox’s animated series “Bob’s Burgers.” He played Eugene the landlord on “Flight of the Conchords.” On Cartoon Network’s “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” he’s Dr. Eugene Mirman, and on the same channel’s “Home Movies” he was Eugene, the Russian foreign exchange student. He also plays a comedian/mobster named Yvgeny Mirminsky (Russian for “Eugene”) on Adult Swim’s “Delocated.”

In other words, Mirman’s characters are easy to spot by name alone. Mirman keeps company with underground elite stand-ups such as Fred Armisen, Sarah Vowell and Kristen Schaal, and he has his own quirks, like performing while accompanied by a theremin and opening for bands like The Shins. His collection of Eugene characters, and his dry, casual delivery, are likely why he was named Best New York City Comedian by the Village Voice and one of the 10 best comedians of the last decade by Paste Magazine.

In one of Mirman’s funnier live shows—and what he admits is a “fantasy revenge” scenario—he reads aloud an email, titled “You Suck,” that he received from two guys. He responds with his own email that begins: “First of all, hello, and thank you for your opinion. I’m surprised more people don’t write mean emails to strangers. You are both timeless. It’s like you’re both from high school past, present and future. You are not douchebags but douchebag-ness.”

One of the guys is in the audience, and Mirman invites him on stage, where he proceeds to burn the haters with info he found out about them on the internet.

“Josh, that your email address is ‘mathisretarded’ speaks volumes.”

Mirman also recently posted a recorded conversation with an anti-gay phone company that called him, trying to get him to change services, but Mirman flipped the table on it. When the company suggests their intent is to cut funding from the ACLU, Mirman says, “The ACLU. Hmm. What’s that again?

The American Civil Liberties Union?

They sound a little sketchy.” It’s reminiscent of Jerky Boys, and the days before caller ID. Currently on tour with the Bob’s Burgers Live show, Mirman talked with us about his comedy background, the Second Amendment and opening for bands like Cake.

I was excited to see that you’re on Sub Pop records. What have been some of your favorite bands to open for?

EM: Yo La Tengo is always a super pleasure to do shows with. I just did “Delocated Live,” which is a show on Adult Swim. Yo La Tengo played, and

they had me and the guy who plays my brother cover the Soft Boys’ “I Want to Destroy You” with thick Russian accents, and that was super fun. I had a great time touring with Andrew Bird. I hosted a tour for Cake that was really fun. One of the most fun things that I do is Wesley Stace’s Cabinet of Wonders.

You majored in comedy. How did you get away with that?

EM: I went to [Hampshire], a college where you can design your own major. And what I wanted to major in was comedy, which is in certain ways a more specific form of English or writing.

But the way I did it is, I took classes in writing and film and history and sociology and then did a lot of side projects. I did a radio show and did a humor column for a weekly paper, and then for my thesis I did a one-hour stand-up act that I wrote and produced.

You do this prank phone call talking to an anti-gay marriage phone company where you go really over the top trying to show them how ridiculous they are.

EM: Well, because they were trying to sell me phone service and that superceded any desire to hang up on me.

I think that they were also shady and weird and funneled money to political action groups, possibly inappropriately.

So I don’t know if they still exist or not.

Maybe there’s something like it. I mean clearly it’s insane to call people and go, “Hey, we’re a homophobic phone company.” So I don’t know what happened to them, but I know I did my part in trying to hurt them.

You’re coming to a state where the Second Amendment is really hotly debated.

EM: It’s sad because 90 percent of Americans just really want better background checks. No one is talking about taking guns from people. They’re maybe talking about taking away high capacity clips and automatic weapons, but overall, in general, no one’s trying to prevent anyone from hunting or owning a gun to protect themselves. So it’s sort of depressing to see this debate kind of be ridiculous. I mean, I like shooting guns.

I’m not at all against shooting guns. I just think you should have background checks and you should make sure people don’t try to hurt each other easily.

That’s all.

Eugene Mirman performs at Stage 112 Wed., May 15, at 8 PM. $15 plus fees. Tickets available at inticketing.com. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[music]

Great expectations King Elephant: two songs, one big deal King Elephant is kind of a big deal. At shows, I’ve watched as young folks file forward to get close to the band—close enough to be spat upon by guitarist/vocalist Joey Running Crane, who spasms and convulses in a vain effort to make the microphone stand join him for a dance.

There are other clues that King Elephant is headed for a semblance of success: People make documentaries about the band (such as Tim Goessman’s We’re Going Home, now on YouTube), multiple photographers zip around while the guys perform, phones are held aloft by the crowd to document the fray and, most importantly, there are as many gals as dudes in attendance.

The toughest part of being “kind of a big deal” is that expectations are raised. The quartet’s latest two-song release on Bandcamp, which comes on the heels of a 7inch split with Shitty Weekend, meets those expectations.

“Dat Mean I Luv U More Den 4evr” opens with the tattoo of snare drum and big victory song chords, but quickly

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SCREENING AND RECEPTION turns angsty as Running Crane repeats the refrain, “You don’t have to do this alone.” At the song’s halfway point, the band employs a thing I’m calling the “opposites protocol” and switches the pronoun from “you” to “I.” Classic Rock Move 101. Bassist/vocalist Ryan Bilunka leads off “Can We Start a Riot at the Circus” with his signature lacerated vocals. But the song is made accessible by the hooky-as-heck chorus and Ethan Uhl’s octavator rhythm guitar work. There might only be two songs here, but that’s plenty to kick off a dance. (Jason McMackin) Wooden Indian Burial Ground, King Elephant, One F, Copilot Eyedrops and Confidence Man play the VFW Fri., May 10, at 9:30 PM. $5.

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Frodie, Petals of a Rose On his new album, Petals of a Rose, Frodie finds a million different adages and metaphors—including the rose—to tell us life’s too short. Here’s the thing: The rose as a metaphor has withered. It’s been plucked. It has faded. Let’s mulch it once and for all.

(Okay, I’m done.) The album also brims with sayings like “Never give up” and “Time is precious” that really belong framed on some depressed accountant’s office wall, not on a rap album.

That said, the Missoula rapper from Wapikiya Records is talented, without a doubt. Sifting through some of the tired phrases, you’ll find smart details about spring water journeying through the Rocky Mountains, milk and cookies, pot and Jesus. Instead of b.s.ing his way through stories about glocks and millionaire parties, Frodie embraces Montana, and that’s what makes him feel real. It helps that he can spit out

lyrics with speed and grace, too.

Petals of a Rose’s pep talks get rather cliché, but there are more than enough fresh gems on here to make up for it. “Sunshine’s Gonna Stay” is pop-errific with a soaring, catchy chorus, warm bass line, sweet piano riff and the brief but wonderful appearance of a trumpet solo. It’s so delightful it makes me want to put it on repeat and sit in the sunshine with a Pabst and lemonade.

On the second-to-last track, “A World of Wonders,” he raps, “It’s a world of wonders and I’m trapped inside.

Life’s too short but it’s a long long ride.” By the end of Petals, the metaphors don’t seem so bad, partly because Frodie has imprinted the album so heavily with them it starts to feel like a well-crafted meta-conversation. And when he does forgo metaphor for straightforward imagery, that’s when the album radiates. As Gertrude Stein wrote, “A rose is a rose is a rose.” (Erika Fredrickson)

Mike Bader Bearjam, Worldwide Blues For many, the blues is the music of suffering and lament, heartless women and midnight handshakes with Beelzebub. Judging by the syrupy notes that drip from Mike Bader’s guitar and the positivity in his gravel moan, the Montana bluesman’s tunes have more to do with the power of music and backyard barbecues. His new album, Worldwide Blues, arrives just in time for summer, providing a spirited batch of blue-sky delta jams for people who turn to this genre for release, not remorse.

The Mike Bader Bearjam puts his throaty singing and guitar leads front and center, reinforced with fat-

bottom bass lines, swinging drums and some tasty keys work, courtesy Josh Farmer, that really rounds out many of the songs. The acoustic-driven “Midnite Trane” features slick slide guitar melodies, “Peace Will Come Again” is an organ-heavy throwback to old-school R&B and the modal funk of “A Stranger to Love” is begging for a horn section. Sometimes the lyrics are less than inspiring; the cheese factor on “Bull Trout Blues,” for instance, threatens to bring the whole groove down.

But the blues has almost always been more about emotion than prose, and there’s plenty of the former on this upbeat release. ( Jed Nussbaum)

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, We the Common It’s a tough feat to collage multiple layers of instrumentation into something cohesive, let alone enjoyable, but Thao and the Get Down Stay Down manage it nicely on their new album, We the Common. It’s quirky pop, like their previous three releases, but the San Francisco-based band seems to get more adventurous with every step. Within a few minutes of the opening, banjos pluck in and out, horn sections appear and depart, and xylophones punctuate Thao Nguyen’s sweet, light vocals.

The album is effervescent even on the title track, with it’s “ooh-ooh-ooh” chorus, though the song is

dedicated to Valerie Bolden, a woman serving a life sentence in a California prison for stabbing an abusive husband. It’s a somber story, but Nguyen found Bolden’s positivity to be uplifting, telling NPR’s “All Songs Considered” that the song “is about people collecting their energy and taking care of one another, and all the joy and celebration inherent in such an act.”

The hooks on We the Common are instantly enjoyable, but the sonic textures make it an album you can return to again and again when you need a pickme-up. (Kate Whittle)

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Up and down Author Zan Bockes talks mental illness, creativity

by Kate Whittle

When Missoula author Zan Bockes was 22 years old and living in Nebraska, she stole the Omaha fire chief ’s squad car. While wandering around on foot, she walked into the fire station undetected, where she found the chief ’s squad car with the keys in it (and, she’d find out later, $10,000 worth of fire detection equipment in the back). She jumped in and drove off. “That was in a manic thing,” she says. “And then I had some fun with that, I drove around with the lights and the siren on. Thank God nobody chased me or anything, because it could have been really bad,” she says.

Bockes ended up driving to her apartment and parking the car. The next morning, cops were swarming outside. “They were going to put me in jail, but I was obviously out of my mind so they put me in a hospital,” she says. “And dropped the charges, which

often flowery, but subtly expressive. “Velocity of Love” calls up a tense moment with her father, beginning, “So still we sit / in chairs that mold our breathing, / frightened birds / with feathers slimed in oil / fish in nets, bodies pressed against the figure of their deaths. / We haven’t spoken / for an hour. Your last / word digs holes in the air and hangs.”

Reading Bockes’ poetry requires taking a breath, slowing down and enjoying the measured, mature voice and the big emotions captured in small phrases.

It’s born out of a stability that’s been a long time coming for Bockes. “Back in the ’80s, they were just starting to get medications that were more effective, but they totally sapped your personality,” she says. “They zombified you.”

Bockes is grateful for good medication that keeps her episodes under control, and for the support of

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Missoula author Zan Bockes has been forthright about her struggles with bipolar disorder. Her new poetry collection, Caught in Passing, was released this spring by Turning Point Books.

is fortunate, because that could have been like three to five years in prison.”

Bockes says she first noticed the symptoms of what’s now called bipolar disorder around age 19, but denied it for years. She experiences what psychologists call “mixed episodes,” which rapidly cycle through mania, psychosis and depression, and spent years of the ’80s in and out of psychiatric wards.

On a recent afternoon, Bockes, now 55, looks like the picture of calm while sitting in her cozy, 1920s-era Northside house, wearing tennis shoes, jeans and a button-up shirt, housecats sniffing around her legs.

She’s published fiction, non-fiction and poetry in magazines like Cutbank and Phantasmagoria, and has been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize, which honors small-press authors. She holds two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Nebraska, in English and creative writing, and earned an MFA from the University of Montana in 1990. She chose Missoula for grad school “because it seemed like the more interesting place,” and has stayed ever since.

Bockes’ latest poetry collection, Caught in Passing, released this spring by Turning Point Books, is a thoughtful, gentle work portraying a series of events around the death of her parents. Her phrasing isn’t

her partner, whom she met in 1990. “His support has just been life-changing, really. I don’t think I could have done it without him,” she says.

Many writers (and psychologists) have explored the link between creative output and mental illness, particularly bipolar disorder. The extensive list of authors known or suspected to have mood disorders includes Henrik Ibsen, Mark Twain, Leo Tolstoy and Mary Wollstonecraft.

Bockes pauses for a long time when asked about the link between mental illness and writing. “It seems like people who have maybe a diagnosed mental illness have a different perspective on things,” she says.

But she’s found that she can’t harness that creativity without being stable. “There’s no way to tell whether people like Sylvia Plath or Robert Lowell or Anne Sexton—no way to know if they’d been more productive if they’d been on good meds or not,” she says.

There’s nothing romantic or glamorous about mental illness, but there’s something to be said for how people with mental health issues have contributed so many great works to society. And after much deliberation, Bockes adds, “Mania is great for rough drafts.” kwhittle@missoulanews.com

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Comedy of Errors packs psychedelic punch

by Josh Wagner

A few years ago, I took a trip to Memphis to visit Beale Street and see the birthplace of the blues. I found a Beale that’s depressingly kitschy and sterile and commercialized, all shine and no soul. But the next day a snowstorm hit the city. Everyone ditched the tourist traps and ran out onto the sidewalks, throwing snowballs and laughing like kids, mocking a grown-up world that has forgotten how to relax and rebel. The true spirit of the blues was back for a moment, nudged awake for a whimsical riot that I was fortunate enough to catch.

The Comedy of Errors

If Beale covered the blues in a fine layer of dust, time has shoved Shakespeare six feet under. It takes a force of nature to rekindle the spirit of Elizabethan theater back to relevance, to the kind of genuine heart that I saw in that Memphis snowstorm. Luckily for Missoula, the University of Montana School of Theatre and Dance’s reimagining of The Comedy of Errors packs a hurricane of energy and revelry.

I won’t waste a lot of time talking about the plot.

Shakespeare’s comedies tend to rework a few tropes: mistaken identity, gender confusion, social meltdown and riotous romance. Two sets of twins, separated at an early age, grow up living separate lives until years later when fate brings them back together. It’s in that space of confusion when no one knows who’s who that gives rise to this classically tangled story. Hardly a scene goes by when someone isn’t mistaken for someone else to increasingly absurd consequences, until everyone is convinced they’ve either gone crazy or been enchanted by Lapland sorcerers.

Director Greg Johnson’s version of Comedy takes place on a tropical island where daily life is a nonstop disco dance party. I gotta admit, at first I was worried.

As a diehard Willophile, I didn’t want a random and gimmicky set that failed to inform the story. But as the play unfolds, the significance becomes clear: Comedy’s storyline is so outlandish that only in an environment like some isolated beachfront community where everyone spends their lives dancing until dawn, threesheets-to-the-mushroom-patch, can its events cling to any shred of believability.

Here’s a bit of what you’re in for: A mixture of ’70s and contemporary dance music, complete with groovy disco lights and an old-school DJ in a jumpsuit. Flashbacks played out by floppy and frenetic puppets. A set

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I remember the good old days when Shakespeare was boring.

For all its outlandish spin, this unabridged production stays ruthlessly true to the language. The actors’ enthusiasm is infectious. The lead roles, played

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simply soar, and the rest of the cast is not far behind.

The risqué elements are handled with a nice balance of class and sexiness, milking a lot of comedy gold out of the better-written scenes. Where the humor occasionally falls flat, you only need to wait a few beats for things to pick up again. Above all, the show is spirited and playful from start to finish, and it’s this very playfulness that evokes the kind of renaissance of vibrancy Shakespeare deserves.

The Comedy of Errors highlights the persistence of youth and how much childishness and simplicity linger on into adulthood, for good or bad. Johnson’s staging decisions compliment this emphasis nicely. (At one point I found myself thinking this is how things would’ve been if the characters in Lord of the Flies had grown up to create a semi-stable society on their island.)

The production deftly avoids the particularly Shakespearian temptation of taking itself too seriously. Its raw display of psychedelic cartoonery might offend more scholarly sensibilities, and who knows, maybe I’ll have my Globe card revoked for approving of these shenanigans. Any body of work great enough to survive popularity for four centuries is going to breed passionate, stubborn and perfectly valid opposing opinions about how it should be handled. But as Balthazar says, “In debating which was best, we shall part with neither.” If you want serious Shakespeare, I say stick to King Lear and let the comedies play out as absurdly as they are written.

The Comedy of Errors continues at the Masquer Theatre in the PAR/TV building on the UM campus Thu., May 9, through Sat., May 11, at 7:30 PM. Tickets $10-$16. arts@missoulanews.com

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[film]

Literary criticism Luhrmann lacks proper respect for Gatsby

by Scott Renshaw

What if Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby didn’t have to carry the burden of The Great Gatsby?

That’s not just some Zen koan-like riddle intended to inspire deep meditation. It’s a question about the way we look at a movie based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great American Novel. Because an adaptation of this kind, more than most others, faces assaults from two fronts: those who are ready to be outraged at any violation of the nigh-sacred text, and those whose sphincters involuntarily clench at the recollection of frustrating highschool English classes. Too literary, or not literary enough—that’s Luhrmann’s lose-lose scenario.

mishmash. He sends his characters barreling down the road in a vintage car chase. Then there’s the decision to make it 3D, which results in some unusual texture, yet keeps the focus on the visual cartwheels, rather than the compelling character at the center.

And it’s a tremendously compelling character as interpreted by DiCaprio, from the moment Luhrmann introduces him against a backdrop of bursting fireworks. This is not merely an abstract literary construct representing “the myth of American self-creation”—he’s a wonderfully human mix of boundless optimism and anxiety, wrapped up in his romanticized notions of

“Darling, you have garlic breath.”

If Luhrmann’s filmmaking career has demonstrated anything, it’s that he’s all too willing to put himself in lose-lose situations without seeming to give a crap. You think it’s a problem to turn William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet into a funkified teen-stravaganza? Not Baz. You think it’s weird to turn pop chestnuts by Madonna, Elton John and Kiss into the grand opera of Moulin Rouge? Not Baz. There’s something perversely admirable about an artist so willing to take some of our most familiar cultural content, blow it up and twist it into multi-colored balloon animals.

So what does Luhrmann do with The Great Gatsby? Well, he keeps the basics in place, as Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) becomes involved in the lives of wealthy Long Islanders in the summer of 1922. On one side of the bay is his cousin, Daisy (Carey Mulligan), and her old-money husband, Tom Buchanan ( Joel Edgerton). On the other side of the bay is the mysterious Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), whose lavish parties hide a secret past and a desire to recapture a love that once seemed possible years earlier.

But from there, he can’t help himself from getting all … well, all Baz Luhrmann-y. Nick’s narration is turned into a framing device wherein part of his therapy involves typing up the Gatsby story. Key phrases and passages literally appear on screen even as they’re also pronounced in voiceover, all while Maguire himself turns into a walking reaction shot. Luhrmann gleefully drops anachronistic hip-hop beats into Gatsby’s parties, yet also mixes in the obligatory period Gershwin and Cole Porter tunes to create an unkempt aural

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Daisy’s place in his imagined future. That’s a part of the story that Luhrmann understands how to nail visually, crafting lush montages of Gatsby and Daisy’s time together that capture a bliss existing outside of time. But it’s DiCaprio’s performance that grounds the movie in something jittery, vital and even explosive when Tom dares to chip away at the happy-ending narrative Gatsby has constructed around himself.

The problem with Luhrmann’s Gatsby, then, isn’t that he doesn’t show enough respect for The Great Gatsby, the acknowledged literary masterpiece. Rather, it’s that he doesn’t show enough respect for Jay Gatsby, the powerful character around whom this story is built.

Even if nobody had ever heard of this book by some guy named Fitzgerald, this would be the wrong way to interpret this text and this protagonist cinematically— full of distracting fillips like typeface letters tumbling across the 3D screen as though it were snowing alphabet soup. In a story that’s built on a man metaphorically grasping for the imagined happiness beyond that green light on the Buchanans’ dock, Luhrmann has Gatsby literally reach for it, like a 10th-grader straining to understand the symbolism.

So grumble if you must at a filmmaker who had the audacity not to maintain scrupulous fidelity to this sacred source material. It’s simpler to realize the potential for trouble any time a filmmaker buries his best material under a mountain of look-at-me.

The Great Gatsby opens at Carmike 12 Fri., May 10. arts@missoulanews.com

[film]

What’s eating Gilbert Grope? The Great Gatsby opens Friday at Carmike 12, Village 6 and Pharaohplex.

OPENING THIS WEEK THE GREAT GATSBY In this film adaptation of the greatest game of Red Light/Green Light in all of literature, our narrator bears witness to the glitz and glam of the Roaring Twenties, where people drive on toward death through the cooling twilight. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex.

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

THE BIG WEDDING A long-divorced couple have to pretend to be married in order to satisfy their adopted son’s

ultra-conservative birth mother, a woman who flies halfway around the world to attend his wedding. Quick question: why? Starring Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl and Diane Keaton.

Rated R. Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

his enemy, Mandarin, destroys Peter Stark’s world. Heads are gonna roll, y’all. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle.

Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex and Showboat.

THE COMPANY YOU KEEP A nosy ol’ journalist outs a former member of the Weather Underground (look it up), forcing the former activist to go on the run at his advanced age. In other words, Boomers vs. Millenials. Perhaps the young man learns a thing or two about Creedence. Based on Neil Gordon’s novel. Starring Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf and Susan Sarandon. Rated R. Wilma.

OBLIVION In 2077, Tom Cruise is one of the last humans left on Earth. With only two weeks to go until he can leave the war-ravaged planet and join other humans on a lunar colony, a mysterious woman arrives and everything he thinks he knows comes into question. Also starring Morgan Freeman and Olga Kurylenko.

Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex and Showboat.

THE CROODS Join the first prehistoric family for the very first family road trip and laugh for the very first time at Ryan Reynolds’ jokes. Starring the voices of Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Village 6 and Pharaohplex.

PAIN & GAIN I have three words for you: Zubaz, fanny packs and misogyny. If those things sound good to you, then check out a trio of bodybuilders who get caught up in a criminal caper. Directed by the Michael Bay. Starring Rebel Wilson, Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Kurt Angle. Rated R. Carmike 12, Village 6 and Pharaohplex.

IRON MAN 3 Iron Man proves that he doesn’t have an iron heart as he struggles to deliver retribution after

THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES A gorgeous motorcycle stuntman starts robbing banks to support his lady and their newborn; unfortunately, a less handsome rookie cop looks to take the handsome one down. Starring Ryan “Gos” Gosling, Eva Mendes and Ray Liotta.

Rated R. Wilma.

TRANCE This Danny Boyle-directed thriller follows a fine art auctioneer who gets in trouble with a gang, and then has to team with a hypnotherapist to find a lost painting. Starring James McAvoy, along with Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson. Rated R. Wilma.

Capsule reviews by Jason McMackin.

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

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Pull back the shrink wrap

by Ari LeVaux

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MONDAYS & THURSDAYS ALL DAY

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In February, Amy Meyer became the first person charged under a so-called ag-gag law. Six states currently have such laws, also called “Farm Protection” laws, which aim to stop video recording at slaughterhouses. The bills are largely industryfunded, and based on a template drawn up by the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council.

Another eight states have similar legislation in the works. The effort to clamp down on slaughterhouse recording has never been stronger or more organized, but cracks are appearing. Two such bills, in California and Indiana, recently failed. And the historic prosecution of Meyer failed as well, barely a week after it began.

Police in Draper, Utah, had responded to Dale T. Smith and Sons Meat Packing Company, where Meyer was using a cellphone to video the goings-on.

No arrest was made, and police noted that Meyer was recording the view from a public street. Meyer’s attorney told the Salt Lake Tribune she was “surprised” a few days later when she learned charges were pressed. In April the prosecution began. At a plea hearing, she rejected a deal. A week later charges were dropped.

The failed prosecution of Meyer, like the shelving of ag-gag bills in California and Indiana, is indicative of the uphill battle the meat industry faces.

Footage of sick or injured cows being dragged to slaughter, animal cruelty and other unsafe and illegal activities are just the tip of a meat industry PR problem that’s rooted in the inescapable fact that killing animals for food, under any circumstance, is disturbing to many people.

Most people who eat meat do so in spite of the uncomfortable realities, and probably, at some level, regret that an animal had to die. But evidently the hunger for meat overpowers any remorse the meat eaters might feel.

Some kinds of meat, like wild game and ethically farmed livestock, offers meat eaters a chance to rationalize that at least the animals lived happy lives.

But with industrially produced meat, we know it’s ugly. And thanks to videos like those that ag-gag laws seek to ban, we know in great detail how just how very ugly it can be.

The scary part for the meat industry is that even videos in which no laws are broken are stirring antimeat sentiment. For many people, even business as usual in the slaughterhouse is unpalatable.

The cat is out of the bag; we can’t forget what we have seen. Nor are we inclined, based on the industry’s track record, to believe it can or will self-police its way to salvation. It’s been more than 100 years since Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, a novel set in Chicago’s meatpacking district.

The Jungle focused on the working and living conditions endured by meatpackers and their fami-

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lies, and Sinclair was surprised when the public reaction was revulsion at the meat. Years later he famously said, “I aimed at the public’s heart and I hit it in the stomach.”

While Sinclair’s aspirations for effecting social change went unfulfilled, the book led to two important pieces of food safety legislation: the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, the latter establishing what became the Food and Drug Administration.

Thanks to these laws, there have been many advances in all aspects of the meat industry, but it’s nonetheless noteworthy how many ways in which little has changed. To this day, worker safety and slaughterhouse conditions remain contentious issues. Meat safety is still very much an issue. And animal-rights activists have introduced another dimension to the slaughterhouse debate: that the feelings of animals need be considered.

Some acknowledgement of the lives and deaths of the animals we eat does seem appropriate. I’m not suggesting that slaughterhouses conduct a sweat lodge ceremony every time an animal dies. But the industry as a whole, somehow, should acknowledge the need, felt by many, to atone for the tragedy at the foundation of eating meat. The industry also needs to acknowledge that meat processing is a topic people don’t want hidden anymore. For reasons ethical, environmental and health-related, a growing segment of the population wants to pull back the shrink wrap and see what’s behind the meat inside.

Perhaps the smart thing for the meat industry to do is precisely the opposite of pushing ag-gag legislation, and let people see inside. If the public were allowed to tour slaughterhouses, it would demonstrate that industry hears the concerns and wants to show it has nothing to hide. Letting people see would be an important step in winning back their trust.

It wouldn’t be an easy adjustment, given that much of what the public is offended by is perfectly legal. In this way, industry does have something to hide. And this is where the tragedy of meat is working against the meat industry. This is why this activity has always been done behind closed doors. But although the slaughterhouses can't change the fact that animals are killed, they can change the environment in which they are dispatched.

Whatever changes that might result from increasing transparency will probably not be easy. And they might not be cheap. But unlike how ag-gags are shaping up to be, pulling back the shrink wrap might be on the right side of history. Shining a light in this historically dark place could improve the well-being of the slaughterhouse workers as well as the animals.

And if the changes that result improve the quality of meat, then meat eaters will have some animal rights activists to thank.

[dish] Alcan Bar and Grill 16780 Beckwith St. Frenchtown 626-9930 Tantalize your taste buds with Angus beef burgers, chicken strips, shrimp, and biscuits and gravy from Alcan Bar & Grill.

With more than 20 years of experience and 10 years in the business, we have been offering fresh meals and beverages at the area's most competitive prices. Our friendly professionals offer personalized service and make sure you leave our restaurant as one of our friends. We offer have a variety of specials for ladies night and sports events featuring drink specials and free food. Contact us today and enjoy our incredible menu selection. 9 am – 2 am Mon-Sun. $ Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway 728-8900 (across from courthouse) Featuring over 25 sandwich selections, 20 bagel varieties, & 20 cream cheese spreads. Also a wide selection of homemade soups, salads and desserts. Gourmet coffee and espresso drinks, fruit smoothies, and frappes. Ample seating; free wi-fi. Free downtown delivery (weekdays) with $10.00 min. order. Call ahead to have your order ready for you! Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 It is the 5th year for Bernice's Cupcake Maynia! We are celebrating by bringing back the last four years favorite cupcakes! That's right....Pancakes and Bacon, Peanut Butter Cup, Caramel Popcorn, Whisky Sour, Cookie Monster, What The Bear's Eat, Spaghetti and Meatballs, Breakfast, Banana Split, White Russian, Just For Kids, Strawberry Shortcake and more!!!.

15 flavors to choose from and a Baker's Choice every day!

Cupcakes are great for Mother's Day, Graduation, other special occasions and a quick sugar fix. Follow Bernice's Facebook in May as we participate in Bike Walk Bus Week, kick out awesome cupcakes and continue to provide Missoula with a solid cup of joe & pastries for breakfast. We are having so much fun and bringing it directly to you. See you soon. xoxo bernice. $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 1515 Wyoming St., Suite 200 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Mon.–Fri., 7:30–4, Sat. 8-4. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice.

A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 This week at Brooks and Browns... THURSDAY is Trivia Night. (7:30-10 pm) FRIDAY: Steve Kalling 6-9 pm SUNDAY: Sunday Funday (Happy Hour all day). Martini MONDAY ($4 select martinis). TUESDAY (Burger + any draught beer $8). Have you discovered Brooks and Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 41 years of great coffees and teas.

Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $

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Ciao Mambo 541 S. Higgins Ave. 543-0377 ciaomambo.com The vibrant energy at Ciao Mambo is fantastically accompanied by steaming hot pizzas, delicious assortments of pastas and of course authentic Italian wine. We focus on making sure that whether it be date night, family night, or business dinners we accommodate whatever the need! And do not forget there are always leftovers! Open 5 to close every day, come make us your go to dinner destination! $-$$ Claim Jumper 3021 Brooks 728-0074 Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 7 days a week. Come in between 7-8 am for our Early Bird Breakfast Special: Get 50% off any breakfast menu item! Or Join us for Lunch and Dinner. We feature CJ’s Famous Fried Chicken, Delicious Steaks, and your Favorite Pub Classics. Breakfast from 7am-11am on Weekdays and 7am-2pm on Weekends.

Lunch and Dinner 11am-9pm Sun-Wed and 11am-10pm Thurs-Sat. Ask your Server about our Players Club! Happy Hour in our lounge M-F 4-6 PM. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc's is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you're heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc's is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Empanadas! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Mon-Thurs 10am-6pm. Fri+Sat 9am-7pm.

Downtown Missoula. $ Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. • 721-6033 Missoula's Original Coffehouse/Café located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch 7 days a week+dinner 5 nights a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and espresso bar. HUGE Portions and the Best BREAKFAST in town. M-TH 7am-8pm, Fri 7am4pm, Sat 8am-4pm, Sun 8am-8pm. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted cage free chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm $-$$ GoodieVille Paxson Plaza by Southgate Mall 406-728-0010 www.goodieville.com Missoula’s only Gluten-Free Bakery and Restaurant offers a full line of savories and sweets. We serve breakfast, lunch and dinner including Pancakes, Pizza, American and Indian fare. We also have extensive vegetarian and vegan options. Open Wed-Sat 7am-9pm and Sun 7am2pm. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St • 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Missoula's Tailgate Headquarters! We carry all of the spirits & accessories to make your tailgate party a success! Largest selection of spirits in Montana, including locally made whiskey, vodka, gin, rum and wine. We're located downtown with free customer parking. Grizzly Liquor was voted Missoula's #1 Liquor Store!

Open M-F 9-6:30, Sat 9-6. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula's best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$

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BrewFest winners HAPPIEST HOUR On May 4, roughly 6,000 people descended on Caras Park to mingle with neighbors and sample 68 different beers at the 21st Annual Garden City BrewFest. If you attended the celebration, you might have noticed clutches of ale connoisseurs scribbling notes while scrutinizing the aroma, appearance and flavor of lagers, IPAs and stouts. They were the Zoo City Zymurgists, members of Missoula’s homebrew club who every year take on the weighty responsibility of judging the festival’s best beers. This time, 15 Zymurgists judges spent more than two hours selecting winners in 13 different categories.

The big winner: The Zymurgists were so struck by Lone Peak Brewery’s Bourbon Barrel Stout that they granted it their top three accolades: Best of Show, Best of Montana and Top Specialty Beer.

“Everybody was really impressed with it,” says Zymurgists President Asa Hohman. “Winning three awards at BrewFest is relatively uncommon.”

It’s easy to see why the Big Sky-based beer was a favorite. The brewery ages its Bourbon Stout for three months in 18-year-old Elijah Craig bourbon barrels. At the taproom, the beer is served in 8-ounce snifters to enhance the aromatic experience.

Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We're the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Contemporary Asian cuisine featuring local, vegan, gluten free and organic options as well as wild caught seafood, Idaho trout and buffalo. Join us for lunch and dinner.

Happy Hour 3-6 weekdays with specials on food and drink.

Extensive sake, wine and tea menu. Closed Sundays. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close. $-$$

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Best of the rest (from Montana): Of the 10 other beers receiving Zymurgist awards, three are from Montana. Blackfoot River Brewing Company’s Cream Ale took top honors in the Blonde Ale category; Wildwood Brewery’s organic Loquacious Duck won in the Bock/Maibock category and Bitter Root Brewing Co.’s Red Dread Imperial Red Ale won best Strong Ale. —Jessica Mayrer Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We'll do our best to treat you right!

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

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

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May 9 – May 16, 2013

Rubber duckie, you’re the one. Primus plays a sold-out show at the Wilma Theatre Mon., May 13, at 7 PM. $43.

THURSDAYMAY09 Get your farce on, Shakespeare fans at the UM School of Theatre & Dance’s production of Comedy of Errors at the Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 seniors/$10 for those 12 and under.

You knew something was up when those dudes with the close-cropped cuts started singing something about a glade on the other side of the world. That something is Maggot Fest, which kicks off at Fort Missoula Rugby Park at 4 PM today.

Who has two green thumbs and likes learning about native plants? Potential Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden Volunteers, that’s who. Work beside botanists and gardeners and become an expert on local flora. Thursdays from 4–6 PM at the Fort Missoula Native Plant Gardens. Visit montananaturalist.org.

nightlife In appreciation for their life saving dedication, the Miracle of America Museum in Polson is giving free admission to all nurses, whether students, active or retired, the whole week through Sun., May 12, from 5–8 PM (although appointments can be made).

Owing his life to various nurses over the years, Gil will be happy to give a hug if needed or wanted. Too rad.

Party on, excellent, it’s the Soroptimist Spirit of Excellence Award’s Banquet & Bene-

fit. It takes place at Ruby’s Inn & Convention Center 4825 N. Reserve St. Awards are received, trips are given away and it all benefits the auctioned off Missoula Youth Homes’ Susan Talbot Home for Girls and The Girls Way. $25 per ticket for banquet, $10 per ticket for vacation drawing. 5–9 PM. For tickets call Michelle at 240-5991 or doterralove12@gmail.com.

The UM American Indian Student Services hosts an eight-week Insider/Outsider Film Series at the Payne Family Native American Center on the UM campus. It has a strict

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[calendar] “B.Y.O.F. (bring your own frybread)” policy, according to the group’s press release. This week’s film is The Exiles. 5–7 PM. Free.

Come on ride the train and join, choo-choo, the Mountain Breathers, choo-choo, at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., choo-choo, from 6–8 PM. Free.

Wind down your week when the Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Trio plays the Top Hat from 6-8 PM. Free.

Call Alex Jones, cuz the Captain Wilson Conspiracy is performing at Hamilton’s Bitter Root Brewery.

Something tells me there’s more to these guys than their name implies.

6–8:30 PM. Free.

DISH: Co-Creating the Best New Ideas on Food takes advantage of western Montana’s energy and enthusiasm around local food and farming. If you’re stoked on local kale, come by and share your latest ideas, talk with other people who are excited about food and celebrate the coming bounty. Flathead Lake Brewing Company, 424 N. Higgins Ave. 6 PM. Fifty cents of each beer supports the Community Food & Agriculture Coalition.

Treasure State Toastmasters invites you to get your locution on and become fixated oratorically at their weekly meeting. Community Medical Center meeting rooms,

2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free.

Three Eared Dog plays an eclectic blend of blues, soul, jazz and rock.

Come to Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., to see them play an intimate performance and enjoy great drinks. 6 PM. Free.

Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. The UM School of Theatre & Dance presents another edition of Dance in Concert, an evening of varying styles of choreography and

An indulgent package worth $120 for only

dance at the Montana Theatre, in the UM PAR/TV Center. 7:30 PM. $10-$20. Visit umtheatredance.org.

Everybody cut, everybody cut down to the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St., for the Missoula Community Theatre’s production of the song and dance classic, Footloose. 8 PM. For cost and more info visit mctinc.org.

During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, amazing musicians could play some great jams. Just don’t tell your cousin Rapping Timmy about it. That guy’s version of “Santeria” is terrible. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up.

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

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The Cold Hard Cash Show brings its stellar tribute powers to bear on the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. Question: Will Flea’s sister be there? 9 PM. Free.

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Burst your ear holes and bust an old time groove in your robot walkers at Archaic Revival, an evening of electronic music with Lil Sassy and DJs Rockstocki, HAuLi and Nic Jaymes, at the Palace. 9 PM. Free.

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

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

9 PM. Free.

Ask Dave Martens about his sweet record collection when the Best Westerns, along with Shane Hickey and His Magical Ukelele (and Jerry) play the Top Hat at 9:30 PM. Free.

After a tough day of stretching them wires tight join The Idle Ranch Hands at the VFW, 245 W. Main St. 9 PM. $5.

FRIDAYMAY10 According to the press release, “Jesse Warburton attempts to play the blues� at the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs. Saucy bunch, ain’t they? 8 PM. Free.

Uniquely Montana: The LGBT Experience is a presentation by D. Gregory Smith: A gay man, native Montanan, former Catholic priest, therapist, writer and activist who presents on a variety of LGBT issues.

Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St. 11–2:30 PM. Free. Visit pflaghamiltonbitterroot.org.

nightlife See the world though the eyes of one of Missoula’s raddest art gals during the ZACC’s Second Friday opening of Now And Then: A Retrospective by Courtney Blazon. 235 N. First St. 5:30–8:30 PM. Free.

Learn “The Art of Motherhood� during the Lotus Project Fundraiser at the Stensrud Building, 314 N. First, where moms new and not-sonew can share in an evening of art and camaraderie. The art show features work inspired by birth, breastfeeding, babies and more. 6–8 PM. $20 includes food and drink. Visit thelotusprojectmt.org.

The Acousticals, three Montucky bluegrass specialists, play Hamilton’s Bitter Root Brewery from 6 to 9:30 PM. Free.

View the genius of area filmmakers who participated in MCAT’s Do It In 72 contest. Filmakers are given three days to come up with an idea, film that and edit the piece. Judges decide on the winners. Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. Free. (See Spotlight.)

Love is more than creepy drawings of two nude cartoon chil-

dren, it’s also the name of the latest Missoula Community Chorus performance. Love Is features an 80-voice choir making the music of composers such as Lauridsen, Dickau, Hafso and locals Mike Rosbarsky and Sally Ethridge. Roxy Theater, 718 S. Higgins Ave. 7:30 PM. $8. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and missoulachorus.net.

Get your farce on, Shakespeare fans at the UM School of Theatre & Dance’s production of Comedy of Errors at the Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 seniors/$10 preteens.

Go off and see the wizard at the Stevensville Playhouse’s performance of The Wizard of Oz. 7:30 PM. $10/$8 for children 12 and under.

Visit stevensvilleplayhouse.org.

The UM School of Theatre & Dance presents another edition of Dance in Concert, an evening of varying styles of choreography and dance at the Montana Theatre, in the UM PAR/TV Center. 7:30 PM. $10-$20. Visit umtheatredance.org.

Everybody cut, everybody cut down to the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St., for the Missoula Community Theatre’s production of the song and dance classic, Footloose. 8 PM. For cost and more info visit mctinc.org.

Lean against that faux bois and take it easy when the Mark Duboise Band plays the Eagles Lounge, 2420 South Ave. W, at 8 PM. Free.

Call in a request to Trippin’ Balls Radio for psychedelic rockers Wooden Indian Burial Ground, who play the VFW, 245 W. Main St., with One F, Copilot Eyedrops and Confidence Man. Oh and it’s King Elephant’s 7-inch release show. 9 PM. $5. (See Music.)

itor, Outgoing Calendar Editor and Arts Editor do shots of Fireball when Cash for Junkers plays the Union Club starting at 9 PM. Free.

Zip on over to Frenchtown’s Alcan Bar & Grill for folkin’ ‘n’ grassin’ with The Hasslers and Without Annette.

9 PM. Free.

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.

SATURDAYMAY11 End the school year and start the summer with a College of Monarchs Drag Show. Dust off your dancing shoes, pull out your favorite evening attire and come enjoy fabulous drag performances. Dancing follows the show with music provided DJ Tygerlilly.

Broadway Sports Bar & Grill, 1609 W. Broadway. Doors at 9 PM. $5/$10 for ages 18-20.

Here ye, there ye, the Hellgate Knights of the Round Table Book Sale takes place in the Hellgate

High School cafeteria from 8 AM to 1 PM today, with proceeds from the sale benefitting Hellgate High School teachers and students, and the Missoula Robotics Team. Donations for the book sale may be dropped off now at Hellgate High School Gerald Avenue entrance.

Please alert HHS main office staff when dropping off donations, call 728-2402.

During your Day with Your Daughter, Mom can enjoy a special day of fun and pampering, just for her and her daughter, at the Women’s Club Health and Fitness Center. Join mother/daughter combo classes, including Zumba, Aquafit, and Bootcamp. Play in the luxurious pool or soak in our steam room, hot tub and sauna. Try a free mini-manicure or chair massages.

Free to moms, as well as daughters 8 and older.

You knew something was up when those dudes with the closecropped cuts started singing something about a glade on the other side of the world. That something is Maggot Fest, which takes place at Fort Missoula Rugby Park at 9 AM today.

Mothers’ Milk Bank of Montana is hosting a Milk and Cookies Fundraiser at A Carousel for Missoula from 9 to 11 AM. Mothers’

Milk Bank of Montana is a nonprofit that helps distribute breast milk to infants and children in medical need. Unlimited rides and milk and cookies are available for $5 a person or $20 for a family of four or more. In addition, attendees receive a free professional Mother’s Day portrait.

Veg out with your carrot out during the Hamilton Farmers Market, where folks can purchase all sorts of dee-lish local goodies from area farmers. This week features a Mother’s Day cake walk. Proceeds benefit Supporters of Abuse Free Environments (S.A.F.E.). Third and Bedford Sts. 9 AM to 12:30 PM. Don’t let a skunk run roughshod over your operation; instead, learn how to bring nature into the classroom during the Montana Natural History Center’s Project Learning Tree Educator Workshop. 120 Hickory St. 9–5 PM. $35/$30 MNHC members.

Visit montananaturalist.org.

Celebrate mothers at the Mother’s Day Tea and Luncheon, in The King’s Christian Church, 9830 Valley Grove Dr. Please bring a picture of your mom for a game of matching mothers and daughters. Keep the identity of your pictures a secret and see how many correct guesses you get. 10 AM. Free.

Stroke a little fur at the groovy house and techno Foxxy Friday night, with DJs Sassy, Myrth, Kettu and Chris Sage, starting at 9 PM at the Badlander. Free.

BYOSS (bring your own scrotum staples) when comedian Steve-O, of “Jackass� fame, who is now a sober vegan, performs at the Top Hat, first at 9 PM (18-plus) and again at 10:30 PM (21-plus). $28 in advance for all shows, VIP seating available.

Tickets at tophatlounge.com.

Rehearse your Y2K jokes and apply some Bonne Bell in the bathroom at Dead Hipster Dance Partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s I <3 the 90s night down in the Palace. 9 PM. $3, with $1 wells.

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Make eyes at that dorky-hot tech from the IT department when Julie Bug and the Northern Lights play the Sunrise Saloon, 1100 Strand, at 9 PM. Free.

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[calendar] For anyone facing illness or loss, Living Art of Montana presents Bits & Pieces, a words and color mosaic project with Odette Grassi. Living Art of Montana, 725 W. Alder St. #17. 10:30–12:30 PM. Free. Call 549-5329 or visit livingartofmontana.org.

Avast mothers, grandmothers and special ladies, avail yourself to the Mother’s Day Tea at The Daly Mansion, which presents the Victorian Ladies Tea Guild program: Dressing in the 1800s, Undergarments to Fully Dressed Fashion Show. Wowzers. Tea and food, to boot. The day also include live musical entertainment by classical guitarists Jan Jost and Barb Shumaker, gift basket raffles, party favors, self-guided tours and photos. It all starts at 10:30 AM. $25/$20 children.

RSVP by calling 363-6004.

Everybody cut, everybody cut down to the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St., for the Missoula Community Theatre’s production of the song and dance classic, Footloose. 2 PM. For cost and more info visit mctinc.org.

nightlife Feast upon the grub and support the Five Valleys Land trust by purchasing auction items at the group’s 19th annual banquet. UC Ballroom. 5:30 PM. $55/person; $550/table of 10. Visit fvlt.org.

Josh Farmer Band picks up its jazzy soul briefcase and takes it down to the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton, playing from 69:30 PM. Free.

Yo mamas! Take part in the Mother’s Day Eve Bash at Zootown Brew, 121 W. Broadway, a party for moms, by moms, where appetizers, dancing and prizes are the order of the day. 7–11 PM. If you funkasauruses gotta have that funk then give up some cash to attend Bands of the Big Sky: The Funk Session, featuring Kung Fu Kongress, Josh Farmer Band, Cure for the Common, Muzikata and In Walks Bud. Wilma. $12/$10 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and stonefly-productions.com.

It’s back y’all, so get to steppin’ at the Bitterroot Contra Dance which takes place at the Church of the Nazarene Gym, Victor (Fifth Ave & A St.). Janet Grove has the call and the Celtic Knots play the tunes. Leave the cologne and hairspray at home, hombres. Lessons at 6:30 PM, dance 7–9:30 PM. $5/$10 per family. Call 642-3601.

The Heart to Heart Duo plays the Missoula Senior Center’s Saturday Night Dance, so slide into those glad rags and show the youngsters how it’s done. 705 S. Higgins. 7–10 PM. $5.

Get your farce on, Shakespeare fans at the UM School of Theatre & Dance’s production of Comedy of Errors at the Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 seniors/$10 for those 12 and under.

The UM School of Theatre & Dance presents another edition of Dance in Concert, an evening of varying styles of choreography and dance at the Montana Theatre, in the UM PAR/TV Center. 7:30 PM. $10-$20. Visit umtheatredance.org.

At the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, John P. Williams plays folk “cuz narcissistic Poncho won’t answer his phone or even play.” ‘Nuff said. 8 PM. Free.

Don’t be shy, slip on them sliding shoes for Argentine Tango Night at the Brick Room at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Missoula. Lesson at 8 PM; milonga from 9 PM–Midnight. $10/$16 per couple. A portion of the proceeds go to Espiritu Flamenco. Visit ddcmontana.com Everybody cut, everybody cut down to the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St., for the Missoula Community Theatre’s production of the song and dance classic, Footloose. 8 PM. For cost and more info visit mctinc.org.

Lean against that faux bois and take it easy when the Mark Duboise Band plays the Eagles Lounge, 2420 South Ave. W, at 8 PM. Free.

You learned to two-step in junior high, now put it to good use when Russ Nasset and the Revelators play the Union Club, starting at 9 PM. Free.

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

Rock and roll hoochie-coo! Sean Kelly’s, 130 W. Pine St. 9 PM. Free.

Pop it, rawk it, and lock it cuz it’s time for freedom-loving Americans to get down to The Greatest Bands Alive Show, featuring the I Hate Your Girlfriend, the Total Combined Weight, the

Juveniles and brand new outfit the Finisher.

VFW, 245 W. Main St. 9 PM. $3.

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

BYOSS (bring your own scrotum staples) when comedian Steve-O, of “Jackass” fame, who is now a sober vegan, performs at the Top Hat, first at 9 PM (18-plus) and again at 10:30 PM (21-plus). $28 in advance for all shows, VIP seating available. Tickets at tophatlounge.com.

Boy, I see some bands are coming to town tonight, like Boise, Idaho’s Finn Riggins, the Dirty Moogs and Missoula’s Boys, who play the Palace at 9 PM. $7/$5 in advance.

SUNDAYMAY12 It’s gonna be a hot one (like 90 degrees, y’all, Facebook wouldn’t lie) when reggae rocker Richie Spice plays the Top Hat. Doors at 8 PM. $16, tickets available at tophatlounge.com.

No more excuses, Mr. Beergutsen, it’s time to pedal your patoot to work and win prizes for yourself and your company, not to mention you may just drop a few pounds

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2 bedrooms have carports, 1 1/2 baths & dishwashers and are twostory units. Bright. Heat paid.

1 bedrooms are $675 & $695.

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One year Costco gift of membership and $300 Costco gift card with each lease.

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A river runs through it. “Sounds of Rivers: Stone Drum,” a multimedia piece that “artistically translates how the sounds of the rivers influence waterway ecosystems,” is part of the annual UM “Dance in Concert.” Performances run Thu., May 9 through Sat., May 11, at 7:30 PM, in the PAR/TV center. Tickets $10-$16, available at the UMArts Box Office or by calling 406-243-4581.

during the Commuter Challenge. This year Missoula in Motion has made this event two weeks long, so you have a full two weeks to, uh, get ‘er done. Final day is Sat., May 25.

Visit missoulainmotion.com.

You knew something was up when those dudes with the close-cropped cuts started singing something about a glade on the other side of the world. That something is Maggot Fest, which takes place at Fort Missoula Rugby Park at 9 AM today.

Everybody cut, everybody cut down to the MCT Center for the Performing Arts, 200 N. Adams St., for the Missoula Community Theatre’s production of the song and dance classic, Footloose. 2 PM and 6:30 PM. For cost and more info visit mctinc.org.

Go off and see the wizard at the Stevensville Playhouse’s performance of The Wizard of Oz. 2 PM. $10/$8 for children 12 and under. Visit stevensvilleplayhouse.org.

Well-travelled poetry maker Prageeta Sharma celebrates her new book Undergloom, as well as the literary journal Pallaksch, which also features work by UM MFA grad Bridget Carson. Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 4 PM. Free.

nightlife The Ed Norton Big Band put some swing in the month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, from 6–8 PM. $5. Visit missoulawinery.com.

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

MONDAYMAY13 Sip some wine and ogle Tom Catmull's pectorals at the Red Bird, 111 N. Higgins inside the Florence Building, from 7-10 PM. Free.

Let’s talk pure energy a la Spock when City Club Missoula presents Montana’s Energy Future, featuring NorthWestern Energy’s Bob Rowe, CEO and John Hines, VP-Supply.

Doubletree Hotel, 100 Madison St. 11:30–1 PM. $15 includes lunch/$5 for forum only. To RSVP call 541-2489 or visit cityclubmissoula.org.

Missoula Area Cancer Resource Guide seeks cancer survivors. The Missoula Responds to Cancer Coalition is looking for volunteers to review the new Cancer Resource Guide which is scheduled to be released in June 2013. Get a free meal while you review and critique the guide over lunch. St. Patrick Hospital. Noon. RSVP by calling Diana at 258-3684.

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

nightlife Hey young ladies, as a part of National Women’s Health Week, The Girls Way is celebrating Our Week to Bloom with a free week of events and classes at the Crystal Theater, 515 S. Higgins Ave. The kick-off event is a screening of the film Girl Rising. Each night through Fri., May 17

there are events for girls 9-18. Visit thegirlsway.org.

Hop out the shower and start singing with Dolce Canto, a volunteer mixed-voice chorus.

Auditions take place from 6:30–8 PM by appointment only. Call 322-3547.

Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $12 buy-in.

Lo, tinkerers and makers, it is time to come forth for the Missoula Public Library’s Makerspace Information Session. Makerspace offers DIYers the chance to learn about 3D printing and scanning, electronics prototyping and soft-tech development. What can’t you do, friends? Missoula Public Library. 7 PM. Free.

Defy the laws of tradition cuz it’s pudding time, as longtime rock music makers Primus bring a 3D show to the Wilma. Just don’t get too frizzle fried beforehand or your name is mud. 8 PM. $43. Visit ticketweb.com.

Show the Man how big your gray matter can get at Super Trivia Freakout. Win a bar tab, shots, and other mystery prizes during the five rounds of trivia. Badlander. 8:30 PM. Free.

TUESDAYMAY14 Boogie to that sweet, sweet American music when Spirit Family Reunion plays the Top Hat, along with our own Lil’ Smokies, at 9 PM. Free.

Don’t get all knotted up, instead head to the opening of the Daly Mansion’s Bitterroot Quilt Guild’s Heritage Group Exhibit, where antique quilts from the 1800s are on display.

Tours are available every day of the week

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nightlife The Standing Up (Comfortably) as Allies interactive workshop gives people the skills to respond effectively to anti-gay and anti-trans remarks in school, church or workplace. Facilitated by the NCBI (National Coalition Building Institute). Daly-Leach Chapel, 1010 W. Main St., Hamilton. 5-5:30 PM light supper; 5:30-7 PM program. Free.

Join Brian Herbel and friends for an open picking session at Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St. All are welcome. Join at any time.

Bring your string instrument and enjoy a beverage. 5:30 PM. Free.

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.

Drink from the cup of knowledge during the Socrates Café at the Bitterroot Public Library West Meeting room in Hamilton. Questions are chosen, terms discussed and thoughts given. 7–9 PM. Free.

This month’s Missoula Patriots event at the Valley Christian School auditorium hosts guest presenter Joe Balyeat, former state senator and current director of Americans for Prosperity, as well as a screening of the video Frack Nation. 7 PM. Free.

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

8–11 PM. Free. 18–plus.

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia, which takes place every Tuesday at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with: What is the highest officially recorded number of children delivered by one mother?

(See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

Go on and dance like a bull with the china shop blues at Milkcrate Mondays’ Breaks Quarterly evening of breakbeat tunes, with DJs Spacebag, Beatloaf and the Milkcrate Mechanic. 9 PM. Free.

Meditate on the mysteries of experimental/psychedelic rock when Monks on Fire play the Badlander’s Live and Local Night, starting at 10 PM. Free.

WEDNESDAYMAY15 Be on the lookout for someone in a birthday suit at Shadow Palace May (Web’s Birthday Bash), with DJs Web, Logisticalone, Geeter and more. 9 PM. Free.

nightlife The Ride of Silence is an annual national event which commemorates bicyclists killed or injured in motor vehicle crashes.

This year, Missoula’s Ride of Silence includes a walking route to honor pedestrian victims. Gather at the Missoula County

A few years back, me and my crew decided we would take part in MCAT’s annual Do It In 72 film contest. We owned the gear: HD video cameras, Final Cut Pro, lights, boom mics and many cans of chili (more on that later). We had experienced people who cut their teeth on Super 8 cameras and old-timey video cameras from the ‘80s. We believed that the $500 first prize was ours. We were wrong.

Learn how that dirty old scrog Grendel gets his just deserts in Beowulf, with Dave Caserio, dramatic performance of ye Olde English poem. Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St. 6 PM. Free.

Treasure State Toastmasters invites you to get your locution on and become fixated oratorically at their weekly meeting. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free.

Each year the rules of the contest differ slightly. MCAT requests that competitors use three of the five elements which are listed just prior to the beginning of the contest. Examples: Someone must say “haste makes waste,” and the color red, a specific number and a Missoula landmark must appear in the film. The length of the movie must not exceed eight minutes. You must WHAT: MCAT’s Do It In 72 film screening WHERE: Roxy Theatre, 718 S. Higgins Ave. WHEN: Fri., May 10, at 7 PM HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO: www.mcat.org

film, edit and turn in the movie in a digital format within 72 hours.

For our film, we decided on creating an apocalyptic tale, one with an intrepid reporter, a beautiful woman destined for doom, and an evil chili baron of the CorCourthouse at 6 PM for a ceremony followed by a 6.5-mile ride or 1.6-mile walk.

Visit bikewalkmissoula.org. (See Agenda.) ¡Zut Alors! PDX’s French troubadour Eric John Kaiser brings his musical stylings to the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way. 7 PM. $8. 21-plus. Pub trivia answer: The first wife of Feodor Vassilyev (17071782) of Shuya, Russia gave birth to 69 children, 67 of which survived infancy.

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

Absurdist comedian and dashing gent Eugene Merman does some stand-up at Stage 112 in the Elk’s Lodge, 112 Pattee St. You may know him from HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords” but I know him from “Bob’s Burgers.” 7 PM. $18/$15 advance at stageonetwelve.com. (See Comedy.)

Kraptastic Karaoke welcomes Black Eyed Peas fanatics to belt out their fave jamz at the Badlander, beginning at 9 PM. Featuring $5 pitchers of Budweiser and PBR, plus $1 selected shots. Free.

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tana Natural History Center. Kick it off at the native plant sale at 5:30 PM. At 7 PM, there is a lecture by USFWS Bull Trout Biologist Wade Fredenberg titled Bull Trout Recovery in the Clark Fork: from Boundary to Butte. Free.

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.

John Floridis plays the Bitterroot Brewery in Hamilton from 6-9:30 PM. Free. mac McCarthy variety. The film’s name: Evil Con Carne: The Legend of Cyrus T. Boggs.

We had no less than 10 sets and 10 actors playing nearly 10 different parts. We filmed all day and evening. We filmed at Al’s & Vic’s, the Missoula Public Library, at an office, in alleys, in parks, at the courthouse.

We filmed a phone call 24 times. We moved lights. We shot the same scene at different angles. We ran out of time to edit the six hours of footage down to eight minutes. To her credit, though, our editor got the film down to 11 minutes, eventually.

But we lost. The winning film took place in the Mansfield Library and outside the library. There were two actors. It was less than four minutes long. Lesson learned.

—Jason McMackin

THURSDAYMAY16 Local songster Aran Buzzas gets to picking with an A-lister team for his CD release party, with a band made up of Travis “Big Money” Yost, Caroline “I’ve got the Mott’s” Keys, Sam “Chillmaster Flex” Nasset, Gibson “Deborah” Hartwell, and more. With Owen Mays & The 80 Proof Boys, Mickey & The Bonepickers and BanjerDan. Stage 112 at the Elk’s Lodge, 112 Pattee St. 9 PM. $5.

Who has two green thumbs and likes learning about native plants? Potential Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden Volunteers, that’s who. Work beside botanists and gardeners and become an expert on local flora. Thursdays from 4–6 PM at the Fort Missoula Native Plant Gardens. Visit montananaturalist.org.

nightlife We find stouts pair the most nicely with the tasty musical stylings of Tom Catmull, who plays Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., from 5-8 PM. Free.

Celebrate Endangered Species Day (maybe celebrate is the wrong word), with the Endangered Species Coalition and the Mon-

Nosh on hors d’oeuvres and sweets while preparing this year’s plants for sale at the Missoula Farmers Market with the Native Plant Society. Bring fingers and finger foods to share. 2 September Drive (left off Lincoln Hills Drive part way up the hill). 6:30 PM. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center is for all those ready to sing in honor of our connection to one another and the earth. 519 S. Higgins (Enter through back alley door.). 7:30 PM. Free will offering.

During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, amazing musicians could play some great jams. Just don’t tell your cousin Rapping Timmy about it. That guy’s version of “Santeria” is terrible. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up.

The Dead Hipster Dance Party is all kinds of sweaty, but ‘tis the droplets of the beautiful people. Get a taste in the place where love and funk is in the air (sometimes they are the same scent). Badlander, 208 Ryman St., $3, with $1 well drinks from 9 PM. Show up the rest of the room with your version of “Ninja Survive” when you hit the Dark Horse for Combat Karaoke hosted

by Aaron B. and accompanied with drink specials. 1805 Regent Street. 9 PM. Free.

Burst your ear holes and bust an old time groove in your robot walkers at Archaic Revival, an evening of electronic music with Lil Sassy and DJs Rockstocki, HAuLi and Nic Jaymes, at the Palace. 9 PM. Free. Also includes a 2-for-1 well drink special.

I must confess, that my loneliness is killing me now. Send your event info to me by 5 PM on Fri., Mar. 1 to calendar @missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to The Calemandar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff online at missoulanews.com

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bstacle-course-style races have been around for a few years now. As if running wasn’t hard enough, psychos have started adding stream crossings, stacks of hay to navigate and spectators showering participants with paint. But the Spartan Race takes the punishment a little further.

Here’s a short list: fire, large men pushing racers down, large men hitting participants with pugil sticks.

In short: This sounds awesome. Outside magazine voted the race series “Best Obstacle Race” of 2012.

The race is approximately four miles in length, with waves of 200 runners taking off every 15 min-

utes. Racers are expected to climb ropes, slog through mud, crawl on their backs and battle past other competitors with gladiatorial rage. It may not be the Battle of Thermopylae, but the course is bound to test even the most bellicose racer’s mettle.

—Jason McMackin The Reebok Spartan Race takes place on Sat., May 11, at Averill’s Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork. For cost and schedule visit spartanrace.com.

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

THURSDAY MAY 9 Whitewater guide school offers novice river runners an opportunity to learn how to safely lead whitewater trips and earn Swiftwater Rescue Technician certification over the course of five days on the Blackfoot and Clark Fork rivers. $485. Also offered is a Whitewater Rescue & River Safety Class, which is designed for novice river paddlers, professional whitewater guides and rescuers who want to be better prepared to prevent and respond to river accidents. The three-day course takes place in Alberton Gorge and costs $295. Call 214-0245 or go to montanariverguides.com.

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.

SATURDAY MAY 11 You may not be able to keep the hordes from passing through the gates of fire at Thermopylae, but you can go to war at the Montana Spartan Sprint in Bigfork. The race features 15 obstacles throughout a muddy 4-mile run. Check out “Montana” under events at spartanrace.com.

Check out the kind grind that is northwestern Montana via two-wheeled motion during the Scenic Tour of the Kootenai River, or STOKR. Day one features a choice between a 45- or 98-mile ride, while day two involves a 38-mile loop. Get stoked on the countryside, as well as the fact that you’re raising funds for Habitat for Humanity. Get the full lowdown at stokr.org.

Look up and you’ll find the sky is filled with the glory of flight as International Migratory Bird Day marks one of the largest bird migrations on the planet. The 19-mile Red Sleep Mountain Drive at the National Bison Range is opened for the summer season for viewing of lazuli buntings, redbreasted nuthatches and golden eagles. Call 406644-2211 ext 207.

Stretch out them legs and meet some other groovy gals at the Sierra Club’s Women-only Outing to Lake Como. The hike is chill and lunch at the waterfalls is always rad. Space is limited so if you want to take part email Janet at janetfiero77@gmail.com.

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

Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org.

Feast upon the grub and support the Five Valleys Land trust by purchasing auction items at the group’s 19th annual banquet. UC Ballroom. 5:30 PM. $55/person; $550/table of 10. Visit fvlt.org.

SUNDAY MAY 12 Head to the Scratchgravel Hills northwest of Helena and test your mettle during the Unravel the Scratchgravel cross-country mountain bike race. The course is a 5.8-mile loop that is 70 percent doubletrack and 30 percent single-track. All levels of riders welcome. Visit montanacycling.net.

MONDAY MAY 13 Walk, don’t run to Run Wild Missoula’s Missoula Marathon Seminar Series class, Nutrition for the Long Run: How to Eat & Drink to Fuel Properly. Take it from a fat kid: fill a water bottle with equal parts Coke and pancake syrup, drop in a half cup of peanut butter, win race. Good Food Store, 1600 S. 3rd St. W. 7 PM. Free.

No need for a passport to travel to Africa, as the Five Valleys Audubon Society hosts a meeting in which Kenyan and Tanzanian wildlife are the topics. Closer to home, student interns for Montana Audubon illustrate how Montana birds are responding to climate change. Gallagher Business Building, Rm. L14. 7:30 PM. Free.

WEDNESDAY MAY 15 Have a hike up a hill with the Sierra Club which plans to take a 6.5-mile tootle up Mount Sentinel, with merely 2,000 feet of elevation gain. Space is limited.

To sign up contact Mary at trekker320@aol.com.

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

The Ride of Silence is an annual national event which commemorates bicyclists killed or injured in motor vehicle crashes. This year, Missoula’s Ride of Silence includes a walking route to honor pedestrian victims. Gather at the Missoula County Courthouse at 6 PM for a ceremony followed by a 6.5-mile ride or 1.6-mile walk. Visit bikewalkmissoula.org. (See Agenda.) calendar@missoulanews.com

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I have a pal who often takes to Facebook and demands that we all wear our bicycle helmets whenever we ride our bikes. She calls people out when she sees others, sans helmet, tootling to the Food Farm or heading to the farmers markets.

She’s right, of course.

I should know better, too, as I have sustained three concussions while riding a bicycle (with a helmet on each time). But like seat belts in the ‘80s, some of us are in the habit of doing what is easiest, and continue an old habit.

Here’s a reason to ditch that habit: Helmet use reduces the risk of head injury by 85 percent, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

While we don’t have space to talk about all the reasons automobiles and bicycles get into accidents, the collisions end up causing 700800 deaths per year on average. The Ride of Si-

lence, which began in Dallas, Texas, in 2003, helps people around the country honor those who have died while riding bikes and hopes to bring greater visibility to the potential problems that arise between motorists and cyclists. Missoula’s Ride of Silence is organized by Bike Walk Missoula, which promotes bicycle and walking safety as well encourages people to regularly use non-motorized transportation.

—Jason McMackin The Ride of Silence begins Wed., May 15 with a ceremony at the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W. Broadway, at 6 PM. There is also a 6.5-mile bicycle ride and 1.6mile walk. Riders must be comfortable riding for one hour at 12 mph. All cycling participants must wear a helmet. Visit bikewalkmissoula.org.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY MAY 9 Let’s talk pure energy ala Spock when City Club Missoula presents Montana’s Energy Future, featuring NorthWestern Energy’s Bob Rowe, CEO and John Hines, VP-Supply. Doubletree Hotel, 100 Madison St. 11:30–1 PM. $15 includes lunch/$5 for forum only. To RSVP call 541-2489 or visit cityclubmissoula.org.

FRIDAY MAY 10 Uniquely Montana: The LGBT Experience is a presentation by D. Gregory Smith: a gay man, a native Montanan, a former Catholic priest, a therapist, writer and activist who presents and writes on a variety of LGBT issues. Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St. 11–2:30 PM. Free. Visit pflaghamiltonbitterroot.org.

The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. 6:30 PM. Learn “The Art of Motherhood” during the Lotus Project Fundraiser at the Stensrud Building, 314 N. First, where moms new and not-so-new can share in an evening of art and camaraderie.

The art show features work inspired by birth, breastfeeding, babies and more. 6–8 PM. $20 includes food and drink. Visit thelotusprojectmt.org.

SATURDAY MAY 11 Here ye, there ye, the Hellgate Knights of the Round Table Book Sale takes place in the Hellgate High School cafeteria from 8 AM to 1 PM For more information, call 728-2402.

Mothers’ Milk Bank of Montana is hosting a Milk and Cookies Fundraiser at A Carousel for Missoula from 9 to 11 AM. Mothers’ Milk Bank of Montana is a nonprofit that helps distribute breast milk to infants and children in medical need. Unlimited rides and milk and cookies are available for

$5 a person or $20 for a family of four or more. In addition, attendees receive a free professional Mother’s Day portrait.

You are invited to a Benefit Auction and Dinner for Travis James, the man who brought you Décor at Your Door and longtime Missoula flooring contractor. All proceeds from this auction will help Travis and his Family with expenses as he fights the battle against Stage IV Esophageal Cancer.

Ruby’s Inn, 4825 N. Reserve St. 4 PM. $10.

The Standing Up (Comfortably) as Allies interactive workshop gives people the skills to respond effectively to anti-gay and anti-trans remarks in school, church or workplace. Facilitated by the NCBI (National Coalition Building Institute). DalyLeach Chapel, 1010 W. Main St., Hamilton. 5-5:30 PM light supper; 5:30-7 PM program. Free.

Feast upon the grub and support the Five Valleys Land trust by purchasing auction items at the group’s 19th annual banquet. UC Ballroom. 5:30 PM. $55/person; $550/table of 10. Visit fvlt.org.

MONDAY MAY 13 Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a non-violent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Noon. Free.

THURSDAY MAY 16 The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. 6:30 PM. The regular monthly meeting of the Bonner Milltown Community Council includes a Milltown Park access update, possibilities for new pedestrian trails and mechanics for a community survey about economic development and services.

Bonner School Library, Hwy 200, Bonner. 7 PM.

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

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FRY, FRY AGAIN I walked into my apartment and, to my horror, thought my boyfriend had been electrocuted. He was sprawled on the kitchen floor by an open electrical outlet with wires sticking out. There was a screwdriver near him, and the skin on his arm and hand was discolored. I ran over and started crying and shaking him. He started laughing and yelled, "April fools!" It hadn't occurred to me that it was April Fools' Day, because I truly thought he was dead. He says he thought I'd freak for a moment and then bust out laughing. I'm finding myself unable to forgive him, despite the fact that he says he is sorry and meant it to be a joke. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;No Laughing Matter You, like a lot of women, probably love surprisesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just not the sort that leave you kneeling over your boyfriend's lifeless body, wondering whether to call EMS or the coroner. (What, was there no Saran wrap he could put across the toilet bowl?)

The power of laughter can get a little oversold. (If it truly were "the best medicine," hospitals would skip the morphine drip and hang a chimp in overalls from that metal pole by the patient's bed.) Laughter does seem to be pretty good medicine for relationshipsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;assuming a guy's attempt to make a woman laugh doesn't make her hold a grudge. Researchers have found that the ability to be funny is correlated with high intelligenceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a plus in a partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and with what cognitive psychologist Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman deems "the Woody Allen effect," the possibility for even geeky-looking guys to get and hang on to girlfriends.

(Woody Allen didn't attract the ladies because, in pitch darkness, he looks just like Clive Owen.)

As for why your boyfriend pulled this stunt, the phrase "Seemed like a good idea at the time" comes to mind. A guy can get so caught up in making authentically gruesome char marks on his arm that he never considers how hilarious you're likely to find it when the man you love appears to be lying dead on your kitchen floor. As for your inability to forgive him, it probably feels "safer" to cling to your grudge because it puts distance between you and the potential for future hurt. Unfortunately, it also distances you from the good stuffâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;love, affection, connection, and the continuation of your relationship.

To decide whether to break up with your grudge or your boyfriend, ask yourself a few questions: Does he now understand why you were so upset? Is this

number 3,024 in a long line of painful idiocies or just a one-time painfully stupid thing? And outside of when he's pretending to have died horribly, does he show you he cares about your feelings and well-being? Unless you have reason to believe Faked Death: The Sequel or other major insensitivities will pop up in your future, it's probably time to give that grudge you've been holding a pat on the butt and a bag lunch and send it on its way.

TO HALVE AND HALVE NOT I've been with two men for nearly 10 years. (Yes, they know about each other.) My BFF has been my boyfriend on and off, but he broke my trust long ago, and the sex isn't good. The other man's an amazing lover, but we just have a weekly fling because he's in a relationship. Friends say to drop both and start fresh, but that's not so easy!

Seeing the fling guy endears me more to the BFF, and seeing the BFF makes me long for the fling guy. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Stuck When they say that to find a prince you have to kiss a lot of toads, this isn't supposed to mean kissing the same two toads a lotâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;week after week, for 10 years. Now, Flotsam and Jetsam here aren't without their merits, such as how being with one endears you to the otherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;much in the way stomach flu must make you long for strep throat. And if, as a little girl, you lay awake imagining yourself being shuffled between an untrustworthy bad lover and a man with a girlfriend, well then, congratsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you're living your dream. Otherwise, perhaps you've forgotten something: You have freedom of choice and lots of men out there to choose from. Of course, for freedom of choice to work, you actually have to chooseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;have standards and not drop them and your panties every time a bad deal texts you that it wants to come over. No, it won't be "easy." It's just what you have to do if you want moreâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;like a guy who can't wait to see you, and not because his girlfriend's yoga class is only 45 minutes or he's hot to make up for violating your trust with some unsatisfying sex.

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

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You may have only a dim idea about how your smart phone and computer work, but that doesn't prevent you from using their many wonderful features. While you're swimming, you know almost nothing about the physiological processes that are active inside you, and yet you have no problem making all the necessary movements. In that spirit, I'm not worried about whether or not you will grasp the deep inner meaning of events that will be unfolding in the coming week. Complete understanding isn't absolutely necessary. All you need to do is trust your intuition to lead you in the direction of what's interesting and educational.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "I need not sell my soul to buy bliss," says a character in Charlotte Bronte's 19th-century novel Jane Eye. "I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give." This would be a great speech for you to memorize and periodically recite in the next two weeks. Do it in front of your mirror at least once a day to remind yourself of how amazingly resourceful you are. It will also help you resist the temptation to seek gifts from people who can't or won't give them to you.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): What is the big adventure you've been postponing forever because it hasn't been convenient? How about an intriguing possibility you have always wanted to experiment with but have consistently denied yourself? Or what about that nagging mystery you've been wishing you had the time and energy to solve? Wouldn't your life change for the better if you finally dived in and explored it? In the next two weeks, Cancerian, I urge you to consider giving yourself permission to pursue something that fits one of those descriptions.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Right now, Leo, you are a majestic and mysterious mess of raw power. You are a fresh, flaming fountain of pure charisma. Irresistible! That's you! Unstoppable! You! Impossible to fool and immune to the false charms of heartfelt mediocrity! You! You! You! In your current condition, no one can obstruct you from seeing the naked truth about the big picture. And that's why I am so sure that victory will soon be yours. You will overcome the fuzziness of your allies, the bad vibes of your adversaries, and your own inertia. Not all conquests are important and meaningful, but you will soon achieve the one that is.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Charles Ives was a renowned American composer who lived from 1874 to 1954. Because his music was experimental and idiosyncratic, it took a long time for him to get the appreciation he deserved. When he was 73 years old, he won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for a symphony he had written when he was 30. I expect that in the near future you might be the beneficiary of a similar kind of mojo, Libra. A good deed you did or a smart move you made in the past will finally get at least some of the recognition or response you've always wanted.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "There are no right answers to wrong questions," says science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin. And that's why you must be so conscientious about coming up with the very best questions. Right, Scorpio? All your efforts to hunt down solutions will be for naught unless you frame your problems elegantly and accurately. Now here's the very good news: Your skill at asking pertinent questions is at a peak. That's why I suggest you make this Focused Inquiry Week. Crisply define three questions that will be important for you to address in the next seven months.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Charlie Parker was a great jazz musician. As a saxophonist and composer, he was an influential innovator. Unfortunately, he also had an expensive heroin addiction. It interfered with his ability to achieve financial stability. There's a famous story about him showing a bystander two veins on his arm as he prepared to shoot up. "This one's my Cadillac," he confessed. "And this one's my house." I'm bringing this up, Sagittarius, in the hope that it will provide a healthy shock. Are you doing anything remotely like Charlie Parker? Are you pouring time and energy and money into an inferior form of pleasure or a trivial distraction that is undermining your ability to accomplish higher goals? If so, fix that glitch, please.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good," said iconic songwriter Woody Guthrie. "I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose.

Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim too ugly or too this or too that. Songs that run you down or poke fun at you. I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world." Amen, brother Woody! I have the same approach to writing horoscopes. And I'm happy to advise you, Capricorn, that you should have a similar attitude toward everything you put out and take in during the coming week. Just for now, reject all words, ideas, and actions that demoralize and destroy. Treat yourself to a phase of relentless positivity.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "I know not what my past still has in store for me," testified the Indian spiritual poet Tukaram. I believe most of us can say the same thing, and here's why: The events that happened to us once upon a time keep transforming as we ripen. They come to have different meanings in light of the ever-new experiences we have. What seemed like a setback when it first occurred may eventually reveal itself to have been the seed of a blessing. A wish fulfilled at a certain point in our history might come back to haunt us later on. I bring up these ideas, Aquarius, because I think you're primed to reinterpret your own past.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): According to legend, Jennifer Lopez's butt is insured for $300 million. Bruce Springsteen has supposedly insured his voice for $31 million and wine expert Angela Mount is said to have insured her taste buds for $16 million. In that spirit, Pisces, I encourage you to consider insuring your imagination. To be clear, I don't anticipate that you will have occasion to collect any settlement. Nothing bad will happen. But taking this step could be a fun ritual that might drive home to you just how important your imagination will be in the coming weeks. Your power to make pictures in your mind will either make you crazy with unfounded fantasies and fearful delusions, or else it will help you visualize in detail the precise nature of the situations you want to create for yourself in the future.

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[C4] Missoula Independent • May 9 – May 16, 2013

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montanaheadwall.commissoulanews.com • May 9 – May 16, 2013 [C5]

PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA City of Missoula Vehicle Maintenance Division Public Works Department 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana 59802 COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS (CSP) TO INSTALL AN AUTOMATIC GATE FOR THE CITY OF MISSOULA CENTRAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY The City of Missoula (City) is requesting Competitive Sealed Proposals (CSP) to install a 25 foot long automatic gate on the East side entrance to the 1305 Scott Street Central Maintenance Facility. Copies of the detailed Competitive Sealed Proposals including a description of the services to be provided by respondents, the minimum content of responses, and the factors to be used to evaluate the responses, may be obtained on the City’s website: http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids or at the Vehicle Maintenance Division during normal business hours at 1305 B Scott Street, Missoula, MT 59804, starting May 1st, 2013. For more information, contact: Jack Stucky, Vehicle Maintenance Superintendent at (406) 552-6387, or email jstucky@ci.missoula.mt.us.

Sealed proposals must be submitted to the Missoula City Clerk’s office by 5:00 p.m. MST, May 23rd, 2013 at 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT 598024297. A contractor will be selected at that time to install the automatic gate. /s/ Jack Stucky, Vehicle Maintenance Superintendent CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON STREET VACATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Missoula, Montana, passed Resolution Number 7774 at their regular meeting held on May 1, 2013. A resolution declaring it to be the intention of the City Council of the City of Missoula, Montana, to close and vacate the alley right-of-way in block 61Daly’s Addition (located in Section 29, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M). The City Council will hear all matters pertaining to the proposed street vacation at its regular meeting on May 20, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine St. The full resolution is on file and open for inspection in the City Clerk’s Office from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday at City Hall, 435 Ryman, Second Floor. For more information, contact Jessica Miller, Public Works at 552-6347. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC, City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on May 20, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to hear public comment on an ordinance to amend Chapter 12.12 Missoula Municipal Code entitled “Curbs, Sidewalks and Paving” to generally update and clarify the regulations for improvements in public rightsof-way and to establish and clarify certain fees. For further information contact Doug Harby, Development Services at

552-6091. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on May 20, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to hear public comment on an ordinance to amend Chapter 8.52 Missoula Municipal Code entitled “Fireworks,” sections 8.52.010, 8.52.040 and 8.52.050 permitting fireworks in the city limits for personal and nonpublic displays during specified hours from July 2-4 and on December 31st and providing that the fire or police chiefs, or their designees, may prohibit or limit fireworks any time due to fire danger, anticipated weather conditions or other circumstances that pose hazards to people and/or property. For further information contact Jason Diehl, Fire Department at 552-6210. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on May 20, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, on the following: A resolution fixing the annual appropriations and the capital improvement program for the City of Missoula as set forth in the fiscal year 2014 budget. The Tourism Business Improvement District work plan and budget for fiscal year 2014 The Business Improvement District work plan and budget for fiscal year 2014. The Park District Number 1 work plan and budget for fiscal year 2014. The Road District Number 1 work plan and budget for fiscal year 2014. The Council has completed the City’s preliminary annual

PUBLIC NOTICE The Missoula City Council will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Monday, May 20, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana:911 Charlo St – City Subdivision Exemption RequestRequest from Devin Khoury, represented by Hoffman Morgan and Eli & Associates, for approval of the entitlement to a boundary line relocation resulting in a rearrangement/redesign that reduces an existing fee simple access to a public roadway to less than five (5) feet, pursuant to Section 8.040.4E(2)(d) of the Missoula City Subdivision Regulations. (See Map N)

CLARK FORK STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 20, 203, 223, 247, 248 and 261 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 5/13/2013 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 5/16/2013 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged.

The request and case file are available for public inspection at the Development Services Office, 435 Ryman Street. Call 5526630 for further assistance.If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 5526630. The Development Serices Office will provide auxiliary aids and services.

budget for fiscal year 2014. A copy of the budget is on file and is open to inspection on the City website at: www.ci.missoula.mt.us or contact the Finance Office.

For further information, contact Brentt Ramharter, Finance Director at 5526108. The City Council will keep this public hearing on the agenda continue to take public comments at each City Council meeting until the final budget is approved (tentatively slated for June.) Any taxpayer or resident may appear at the meeting and be heard for or against any part of the proposed budget. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802 or e-mail City Council at council@ci.missoula.mt.us. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1. A request by Morgan and Rhianna Hirschenberger to allow a second story balcony to encroach 2.5 feet into the required side yard setback of 9.8 feet for a property located at 405 N Grove St in the RT10 zoning district. SEE MAP L.

2. A request by MMW Architects representing the Poverello Center for a variance to allow for a reduced parking requirement at their future location at 1112 W. Broadway, formerly the site of the Trail’s End tavern. SEE MAP K.

3. A request by Wade Hoyt for a residential development at 16 dwelling units per acre, a Special Use in the City Special District #2. The project is to be located on Lots 11, 12, 13 & 14 of Bennett Addition block 15, alley vacated, adjacent portion of S. 4th St. vacated and adjacent portion of Eaton St. vacated. SEE MAP M. 4. A request by Gene Mostad for a residential development at 16 dwelling units per acre, a Special Use in the City Special District #2. The project is to be located on Lot B of lots A & B of Bennett Addition block 15. SEE MAP M.

[C6] Missoula Independent • May 9 – May 16, 2013

CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO MODIFY A CERTAIN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT FOR CITY OF MISSOULA URBAN RENWAL DISTRICT II NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council (the “Council”) of the City of Missoula, Montana (the “City”), will hold a public hearing on the modification of a previously approved urban renewal project for the City of Missoula Urban Renewal District II (the “District”) on May 20, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., at the Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana. Pursuant Montana Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 15, Parts 42 and 43, as amended (“the Act”), Resolution No. 7688 adopted April 9, 2012 and Ordinance No. 3475 adopted April 23, 2012, the Council previously approved the private redevelopment of 9.29 acres of the former Intermountain Lumber Site located in the District on Russell Street, generally between Wyoming Street and South 2nd Street (the “Project Site”), as an urban renewal project for the District and modified the Plan accordingly. The redevelopment included the construction of a private mixed-use development consisting of 196 market-rate apartments within seven, three story, garden style buildings, including a clubhouse, swimming pools and landscaped lawn areas at an estimated cost of $17.9 million (the “Project”). The developer of the Project, Montana Apartment, L.P. (“Montana Apartment”), an affiliate of Farran Group, LLC, proposes to increase the scope of the Project to include a total of 224 market-rate apartments at an estimated cost of $19.95 million and a 28,000 square foot health and fitness facility at an estimated cost of $4.2 million to be developed by Lifestyle Fitness, Russell LLP (“Lifestyle”). The Project will be located in the District at 1580 Milwaukee Way, Missoula, Montana, generally along the west side of Russell Street on Lots 2A, 3A and 5A of the Garden District Homes Amended Plat. The City proposes to modify the Project as described herein and issue up to $1,800,000 of Tax Increment Urban Renewal Bonds (Intermountain Lumber Site) (the “Bonds”), to be used to pay the costs of eligible Project activities under Section 7-15-4288 of the Act, including: construction of Milwaukee Way, including new curbs, gutters and sidewalks; demolition and removal of concrete foundations and asphalt from the Project Site; improvements to Russell Street, including sidewalks, retaining walls, pedestrian lighting and other public improvements; extension and/or relocation of basic utilities to the Project Site, including water, storm water and wastewater main lines, power and communication lines, and gas mains; improvements to public access easements across the Project Site, the design, engineering, testing and survey work necessary to accomplish the foregoing; and amounts necessary to pay capitalized interest on the Bonds during construction of the Project and costs of the sale and issuance of the Bonds. The Bonds would be payable from the tax increment generated by the Project Site.

Any interested persons may appear and will be heard or may file written comments with the City Clerk prior to such hearing. Dated: May 6, 2013. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein City Clerk MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE OF PROPOSED LEVY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN RURAL SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 8489 MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 10, 2013, the Board of County Commissioners of Missoula County, Montana (the “County”), adopted a resolution regarding special assessments against benefited property in Rural Special Improvement District No. 8489 in the County (the “District”) for the purpose of financing the costs of certain local improvements and paying costs incidental thereto. A complete copy of the resolution, which includes the proposed assessment roll and the amount of each special assessment, is on file with the County Clerk and Recorder/Treasurer and is available for public inspection. On May 22, 2013, at 1:30 p.m., in the Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 West Broadway, 2nd Floor, Room 201, in Missoula, Montana, the Board of County Commissioners will

conduct a public hearing and pass upon all objections, whether made orally or in writing, to the proposed levy of the special assessments. Further information regarding the special assessments or other matters in respect thereof may be obtained from Amy Rose, Missoula County RSID Office, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, Montana or by telephone at (406) 258-3723. Dated: April 10, 2013. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA /s/ Vickie Zeier County Clerk and Recorder/Treasurer MISSOULA COUNTY CALL FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Missoula County Department of Public Works until 10:00 A.M., Thursday, May 23rd, at which time bids will be opened and read for the purpose of purchasing one (1) Track Type Excavator. Specifications and bid procedures can be obtained at the Office of Public Works at 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT. Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract and in the form specified in MCA 18-1-203, for example: Cash, cashier’s check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft, any of which must be drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the state of Montana or a banking association incorporated under the Laws of Montana; or a bid bond or bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the state of Montana. THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE lowest responsible qualified bidder whose bid proposal complies with all the requirements. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “Proposal for Track Type Excavator Purchase” and addressed to: Missoula County Department of Public Works 6089 Training Drive Missoula, Montana, 59808 MISSOULA COUNTY Missoula County Invitation to Bid Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Missoula County Public Works Department until 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, May 22nd, at which time bids will be opened and read in the conference room, for the purpose of providing 10,000 tons of 3/4” minus crushed gravel. All work is to be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications on file in the Office of the Public Works Department and shall be performed under the supervision of the Director of Public Works or his designated representative. Specifications and bid procedures can be obtained at the Public Works Department at 6089 Training Drive, Missoula Montana, 59808.

Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract and in the form specified in MCA 18-1-203, for example: cash, cashier’s check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft, any of which must be drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the state of Montana or a banking association incorporated under the Laws of Montana; or a bid bond or bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the state of Montana. THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE lowest responsible qualified bidder whose bid proposal complies with the BID REQUIREMENTS and is in the best interest of the county. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “2013 Bid for 3/4” minus crushed gravel” and addressed to: Missoula County Public Works Department 6089 Training Drive Missoula, Montana, 59808 MISSOULA COUNTY Missoula County Request for Proposals Missoula County is seeking proposals from qualified newspapers for a printing contract for legal advertising. A one (1) year contract is contemplated, with an optional one (1) year renewal period. The contract shall be awarded in accordance with MCA §§18-7-411-413. The full text of the Request for Proposals is available on Missoula County’s website: http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/bidsandproposals/bidandproposals.htm. Questions should be directed to Barbara

Berens, Missoula County Auditor, 406258-3227, or bberens@ co.missoula.mt.us. Proposers must submit three (3) printed, double-sided copies of their proposal to the County Auditor’s Office by 3:00PM, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Proposals may be hand delivered to to the County Auditor’s Office, Missoula County Administration Building, 199 W Pine St, Room 136 or mailed to the Missoula County Auditor, 200 W Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. Envelopes must be sealed and marked “Proposal for Printing Contract for Legal Advertising.” No late proposals will be accepted. Missoula County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

MISSOULA COUNTY Notice of Close of Regular Voter Registration Notice is hereby given that regular* registration for the Woodman Elementary School District Elections to be held on June 11th, 2013 will close at 5:00 p.m., on May 13th, 2013. Ballots will be automatically mailed to Active Electors only. If you are a registered voter and do not receive a ballot, contact the county election office to update your information as necessary and receive a ballot. Persons who wish to register and who are not presently registered may do so by requesting a form for registration by mail or by appearing before the County Election Administrator. If you have moved, please update your registration information by filling out a new voter registration card and submitting it to the county election office before 5:00 p.m. on May 13th. DATED this 8th day of April 2013. /s/ Vickie M. Zeier Missoula County Election Administrator MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST A RELEASE OF FUNDS May 9, 2013 Missoula County 200 West Broadway Missoula, MT 59802 406-258-4657. These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by Missoula County and Missoula Youth Homes, Inc. REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF FUNDS On or before May 28, 2013, the above-named Missoula County will request the Montana Department of Commerce (DOC) to release Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds provided under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (PL 93-383), for the project Youth Homes, Inc., Tom Roy Youth Home. The Tom Roy Youth Home will be rebuilt on the site of the current Tom Roy Youth Home, 2824 West Central, Missoula, as a 10-bedroom residence for troubled youths. The Home will be designed to resemble, as much as possible, a residential home, including areas for the kitchen, dining room, snacking area, living room, television/recreation room and studying areas; as currently, up to eight youths will be in residence at any time. FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT Missoula County has determined that such request for release of funds will not constitute an action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment and accordingly the above-named Missoula County has decided not to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The reasons for the decision not to prepare such statement are as follows: (1) the project replaces an existing structure at the same location, dedicated to the same purpose, and of roughly the same size; (2) discussion with relevant authorities indicates no impact on flora, fauna, water quality, air quality, historic resources, or other aspects of the human environment. An Environmental Review Record documenting review of all project activities in respect to impacts on the environment has been made by the above-named Missoula County. This Environmental Review Record is on file at the above address and is available for public examination and copying upon request between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. or by appointment. No further environmental review of such project is proposed to be conducted prior to the request for release of CDBG project funds.

PUBLIC COMMENTS All interested agencies, groups and persons disagreeing with this decision are invited to submit written comments for consideration by

Missoula County to the Department of Grants and Community Programs, 200 West Broadway, Missoula MT 59802, on or before May 24, 2013. All such comments so received will be considered and Missoula County will not request release of funds or take any administrative action on the project prior to the date specified in the preceding sentence. RELEASE OF FUNDS Missoula County will undertake the project described above with CDBG funds provided by DOC under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. Missoula County is certifying to DOC that John Adams, in his official capacity as Environmental Review Grants Administrator, consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to environmental reviews, decision-making, and action; and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The legal effect on the certification is that upon its approval, Missoula County may use the CDBG funds and DOC will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

OBJECTIONS TO STATE RELEASE OF FUNDS The Department of Commerce will accept an objection to its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the certification only if it is on one of the following bases: (a) that the certification was not in fact executed by the chief executive officer or other officer approved by the Department of Commerce; (b) that the applicant’s environmental review record for the project indicates omission of a required decision, finding, or step applicable to the project in the environmental review process; (c) the grant recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by DOC; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental design. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58) and may be addressed to: Department of Commerce, Community Development Division, 301 S. Park Avenue, P.O. Box 200523, Helena, Montana 59620. Objections to the release of funds on bases other than those stated above will not be considered by DOC. No objection received after June 13, 2013 will be considered by DOC. /s/ John Adams Environmental Review Grants Administrator March 7, 2013 200 West Broadway City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana 59802 MISSOULA COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALE FRANK MILLER, A STORAGE SITUATION, LLC, Claimants Against GORDON SANTOS, Owner To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks. On the 23rd day of May A.D., 2013, at Ten (10:00) o’clock A.M., at 11835 Lewis and Clark Drive, Lolo, County of Missoula, State of Montana, that certain personal property situated in said Missoula County, and particularly described as follows, to-wit: 1997 DUTCHMEN 5W TL. VIN/47CF20P28V1077727 1990 CHEVROLET C35 TK. VIN/1GCGK34N6LE191530 Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining. No warranty is made as to the condition or title of the vehicles. Dated this 9th day of May A.D., 2013. /s/ CARL C. IBSEN Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana By /s/ John R. Hinckley, III, Deputy MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY. Cause No. DV-13-138. Dept. No. 3. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION. THAO MOUA, Plaintiff, v. TOM MOUA, Defendant. TO: TOM MOUA, 10210 Waldo Rd, Missoula, MT 59808. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear and answer the Complaint in this action. which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy herewith served upon you. You are directed to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiffs attorneys within twenty-one (21) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to appear and answer as above required, judgement will be taken against you by default according to the Complaint filed herein for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court this 18th day of

PUBLIC NOTICES April, 2013. Clerk of District Court /s/ By: Casie Kragh, Deputy Clerk.

Clerk of the District Court By: /s/ Jeremy Scott, Deputy Clerk

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY PROBATE NO. DP-12-11 DEPT. NO. 3 HON. JOHN W. LARSON NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ANDREW TROTCHIE, 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 Jackie Trotchie, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Morales Law Office, P.C. at 422 West Spruce S., PO Box 9311, Missoula, MT 59807, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 15th day of April. 2013. /s/ Jackie Trotchie, Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-13-399 Dept. No.: 1 Ed McLean Notice of Hearing On Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Andrea Montee, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Andrea Christine Montee to Andrea Christine Knight. the hearing will be on 05/29/2013 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: April 9, 2013. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: Cady Sowre, Deputy Clerk of Court

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-92 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DANIEL JOSEPH TRENKLE, SR., 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 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 Daniel Joseph Trenkle, Jr., Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court.

GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 18th day of April, 2013, in Missoula, Montana. /s/ Daniel Joseph Trenkle, Jr., Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-13-404 Dept. No. 1 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of May Riggs Adams, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Mary Adams Riggs to Mary Jean Adams Riggs. The hearing will be on 05/29/2013 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: April 9, 2013. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Cady Sowre, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DR-13-166 Department No.: 3 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION In re the Marriage of: JAMES K. LEWIS, Petitioner, And DANA LEE LEWIS, Respondent.

THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT, DANA LEE LEWIS: YOU, THE RESPONDENT, ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons, and to file your answer and serve a copy of your answer upon the Petitioner within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Petition. This action is brought to obtain a dissolution of marriage. TO PETITIONER §40-4-121(3), the Petitioner and Respondent are hereby restrained from transferring, encumbering, pawning, pledging, hiding, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether jointly or separately held, without either the consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. Each party must notify the other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days before incurring the expenditures and must account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after the service of the summons. This restraining order does not prevent either party from using any property to pay reasonable attorney fees in order to retain counsel in the proceeding. Petitioner and Respondent are further restrained from cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile and disability coverage held for the benefit of a party or a child of a party for whom support may be ordered. This temporary restraining order shall continue until another order of the Court is issued either amending or vacating this temporary restraining order. VIOLATION OF THE ORDER IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER MCA §45-5-626. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court, the 16th day of April, 2013. /s/ Shirley E. Faust,

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-13-449 Dept. No.: 3 Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of Nathan Robert Turner, Christa Ritter Bigley, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Nathan Robert Turner to Noah Benjamin Bigley. The hearing will be on 06/04/2013 at 3:00 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: April 22, 2013 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Jeremy Scott, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-13-449 Dept. No.: 4 Karen S. Townsend Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of Noah Benjamin Turner, Christa Ritter Bigley, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Noah Benjamin Turner to Noah Benjamin Bigley. The hearing will be on 06/04/2013 at 3:00 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: April 22, 2013 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Jeremy Scott, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-13-452 Dept. No.: 3 John W. Larson. NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION TO CHANGE NAME OF MINOR CHILD. IN THE MATTER OF THE NAME CHANGE OF: A.R.R.V. Edgar B Morales, PETITIONER, on behalf of, A.R.R.V., MINOR CHILD. PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT Petitioner Edgar B. Morales has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name for minor child from Aalyiah Raelynn Ruth VanHaele to Aaliyah Raelynn Ruth Morales, and the Petition to Change Name of Minor Child will be heard by the District Court on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in the Missoula County Courthouse, Courtroom located at 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name.

Dated April 22, 2013. Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court. /s/ By: Jeremy Scott, Deputy Clerk of Court.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALLYSON J. BALDWIN, Deceased. Dept.

No. 2 Probate No. DP-13-84 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jake O. Ziegler, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 19th day of April, 2013, at Helena, Montana.

Jake O. Ziegler APPLICANT’S ATTORNEY: BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: Cynthia K. Thiel P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate Case No. DP-13-90 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Margaret J. Gadbow, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, DARYL J. GADBOW, return receipt requested, at 618 Brooks Street, Missoula, MT 59801 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 26th day of April, 2013. /s/ Daryl J. Gadbow, Personal Representative, 618 Brooks Street, Missoula, MT 59801

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEES SALE on June 25, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NE1/4 OF SECTION 29 AND W1/2NW1/4NW1/4 OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT B OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 4367 Jeffrey S. Malek, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on August 14, 2003 and recorded on August 19, 2003 in Bk 715, Page 419 under Document No. 200330670. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CSFB MORTGAGE BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-8. 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 $1,486.89, beginning April 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 11, 2013 is $224,518.46 principal, interest at the rate of 6.0% now totaling $40,819.22, late charges in the amount of $247.44, escrow advances of $17,460.52, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,756.15, plus accruing interest at the rate of $36.91 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 19, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 19th day of February, 2013, 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 acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Chase V. Malek 41916.657 Published on 5/9, 5/16 and 5/23/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY Gregory G. Schultz, P.C., Attorney at Law, 210 East Pine Street, Suite 200, Missoula, Montana 59802, as Successor Trustee, that the Successor

Trustee under the terms of the Deed of Trust described herein, and pursuant to §§ 71-1301, et seq., MCA, will sell the property described in the Deed of Trust by public sale to satisfy the obligations secured thereby. A. PARTIES TO THE DEED OF TRUST: Grantor: Lee E. Burrington Successor Trustee: Gregory G. Schultz, P.C. Beneficiaries: Thomas Nadeau and Patricia Nadeau B. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY COVERED BY THE DEED OF TRUST: Lot 80 of Drew Creek Addition Phase VII to the Double Arrow Ranch, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. C. DEED OF TRUST RECORDING DATA: The Deed of Trust under which this sale is to be conducted was recorded October 23, 2008, as Instrument No. 200824148, at Book 828 of Micro Records at Page 534, Records of Missoula County, Montana. D. DEFAULT: The Grantor’s default for which this foreclosure is made consists of the failure by Grantor to pay the following amounts on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust: E. SUMS OWING: The following are now due and owing to the Beneficiary on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust: Principal balance: $44,000.00 Accrued Interest to the date of this Notice: $11,440.00 Late fees : $550.00 Interest at the rate of 10% per annum from and after the date of this Notice which will continue to accrue to the date of the Trustee’s Sale at a per diem of $14.46 Beneficiaries are also entitled to the costs and expenses of sale, the cost of a title report, filing and recording fees, reasonable trustee’s and attorney’s fees, and any expenditures for taxes and assessments, all incurred up to and including the date of the Trustee’s Sale, with interest thereon at the obligation rate. F. ELECTION TO SELL: The Beneficiaries have elected and have directed in writing that the Successor Trustee sell the real property above-described for the satisfaction of the aforesaid obligations. G. TIME AND PLACE OF SALE: Time: May 29, 2013, at 12:30 p.m.

Place: The sale will be held at the main entrance to the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59801. H.TERMS OF SALE: This sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiaries (excepting only the undersigned Successor Trustee), may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash (except for any credit-bid by the Beneficiaries) and the conveyance shall be by Trustee’s Deed, without warranty or covenant, express or implied, as to title or possession of the subject real property. The real property may be subject to prior liens and bidders are advised to determine the status of same as of the date of sale. By Montana statute, the sale purchaser is entitled to possession of the property on the tenth (10th) day following the sale. Dated this 27th day of December, 2012. /s/ Gregory G. Schultz Gregory G. Schultz, Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA) : ss. County of Missoula) On this 27th day of December, 2012, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Gregory G. Schultz, known to me to be the individual that executed the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal the day and year first above written. /s/ Roxie Hausauer (SEAL) Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Lolo, Montana My commission expires: 1/6/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 02/03/11, recorded as Instrument No. 201102369 Bk: 873 Pg: 784, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Nancy K. Coleman, a married woman was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Sterling Savings Bank, a Washington Corporation, its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 6227, located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, Principle Meridian, Montana. More accurately described as: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 6227, located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201118745 Bk: 885 Pg: 372, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow re-

serves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 07/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 7, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $324,720.91. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $293,547.41, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on July 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7021.15903) 1002.244289-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/19/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200822003, Bk: 826 Pg: 1187, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which John H. Simon Jr and Candy L. Lundgren was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for WCS Lending, its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and Commonwealth Land Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Commonwealth Land Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 4 of Lolo Heights, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

More accurately described as Lot 4 of Lolo View Heights, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

Plat recorded in Book 16 of Plats at Page 68.

By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201112998, Bk: 881 Pg: 213, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 02/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 7, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $187,279.51. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $167,479.60, 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 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person hav-

ing an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7021.14772) 1002.244011-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 03/16/10, recorded as Instrument No. 201005413 B: 857 P: 98, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Kevin J. Thomas and Danielle T. Thomas, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 68 of 44 Ranch, Phase 5, a Platted Subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 6, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $310,424.63. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $301,109.90, 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 16, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.104863) 1002.244508-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/24/09, recorded as Instrument No. 200910705, Bk 838, Pg 1342, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Jeffrey McCaffree and Megan McCaffree was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for American Bank was Beneficiary and Madison Settlement Services was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Madison Settlement Services as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 419 of Pleasant View Homes No. 4, Phase 2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201210741, Bk. 895, Pg. 418, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. 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 05/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 13, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $261,668.11. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $245,000.83, 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 22, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.102808) 1002.230120-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/25/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200710841 Bk 796 Pg 883, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which James M. Watt and Barbara J. Watt, husband and wife, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Equity One, Inc. was Beneficiary and First American Title Insurance Company of Montana was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Insurance Company of Montana as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 31 in Block 5 of Elms Addition No. 4, in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 05/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 14, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $299,916.48. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $242,389.93, 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 25, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time.

The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses ac-

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PUBLIC NOTICES tually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7069.25824) 1002.245298-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/25/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200430650 Bk-742, Pg -663, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michael V. McGee and Karen L. McGee, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 48 of Skyview Addition No 1, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 22, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $122,300.08. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $116,935.42, 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 August 1, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.105144) 1002.245755-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/22/10, recorded as Instrument No. 2010020992 Bk. 868 of Micro Records Pg. 285, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Joyann Powell and Guy Powell, wife and husband was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Network Funding, L.P. was Beneficiary and First American Title Co. of Montana, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Co. of Montana, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lots 4, 5, and the East one-half of Lot 6, in Block 52 of Car Line Addition, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. Recording Reference: Book 548 of Micro Records at Page 593 By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201211716 Bk. 895 of Micro Records, Pg. 1393, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. 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 re-

serves 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 11/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 22, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $203,202.39. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $194,838.14, 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 August 1, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.105059) 1002.245897-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/11/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200701747, Bk 790, Pg 1285, and Modified February 24, 2011 as Instrument No. 201103461, Bk 874, Pg 476, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Randie M. Pringle was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp was Trustee.

First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: A tract of land located in the SE1/4 of Section 7, Township 15 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract D of Certificate of Survey No. 1816.

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 02/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 21, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $401,667.05. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $381,526.84, 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 August 1, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-

monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.93790) 1002.236945-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/26/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200702634, Book 791, Page 655, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Mark W. Knight and Laura A. Knight, husband and wife was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Home123 Corporation was Beneficiary and First American Title Insurance Company was Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 55-B of Snider Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200807848, Bk. 816, Pg. 1024, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-AR3. 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 01/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 21, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $950,938.77. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $599,322.54, 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 August 1, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7777.26264) 1002.97599-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/30/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200631097, Bk. 788, Pg. 366, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Matthew M. Miller and Rebecca L. Miller was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 1 of Kalberg Estates, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201200002, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-WF1. 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

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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 04/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 17, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $571,416.16. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $365,584.06, 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 29, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time.

The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.17612) 1002.99556-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 1, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 1 OF LINCOLNWOOD ADDITION NO. 7, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. APN: 2200-11-2-10-13-0000 John K. Donald and Adrianne B. Donald, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Co of Montana, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated August 13, 2009 and Recorded August 28, 2009 under Document No. 200921272 in Book 846, on Page 717.

The beneficial interest is currently held by Federal National Mortgage Association. 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 $1,076.41, beginning October 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 8, 2013 is $193,725.92 principal, interest at the rate of 4.88% now totaling $4,116.18, escrow advances of $532.28, suspense balance of $-602.19 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,424.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $25.90 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to

all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 20, 2013 /s/ Shandale Gordon Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 20th day of February, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Shandale Gordon, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Seterus Vs. Donald 42008.238 Published on 5/9, 5/16 and 5/23/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 1, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 35 of Shelby Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Benjamin D. Krantz and Jenna K. Krantz, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 6, 2007 and recorded April 11, 2007 in Book 795, Page 152 as Document No. 200708457. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH Mortgage Corporation aka PHH Mortgage Services. 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 $778.96, beginning October 1, 2012 and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 22, 2013 is $155,792.51 principal, interest at the rate of 6.000% now totaling $3,653.65, late charges in the amount of $155.76, escrow advances of $3.70, and other fees and expenses advanced of $53.25, plus accruing interest at the rate of $25.61 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 amount 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, whereis basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses

actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 20, 2013 /s/ Shandale Gordon Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 20th day of February, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Shandale Gordon, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Phh Vs. Krantz 41392.943 Published on 5/9, 5/16 and 5/23/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 17, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 2 IN BLOCK 1 OF GARY HOMESITES, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Don O. Holst, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 8, 2004 and recorded September 13, 2004 in book 739, page 1148, under document number 200426170. The beneficial interest is currently held by Federal National Mortgage Association. 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 $1,027.91, beginning September 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of February 15, 2013 is $194,724.10 principal, interest at the rate of 3.25% now totaling $3,325.87, escrow advances of $1,163.46, suspense balance of $180.37 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,289.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $17.34 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 7, 2013 Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham) On this 7th day of February, 2013, 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 acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov. 6, 2018 Seterus Vs. Holst 42008.226 Published on 4/25, 5/2 and 5/9/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 21, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main door of the First American Title Company located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 16 and the West One-Half of lot 17 in block 3 of residence addition, a platted subdivision in the city of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Rebekah A Dubois, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. A Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated July 12, 2012 recorded July 16, 2012 under Document No 201213099, Book 896, Page: 1376. The beneficial interest is currently held

by Guild Mortgage Company. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,524.38, beginning September 1, 2012 and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of March 1, 2013 is $230,648.45 principal, interest at the rate of 3.5% now totaling $4,020.14, late charges in the amount of $182.94, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,616.38, plus accruing interest at the rate of $22.12 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced.

The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 15, 2013 Shandale Gordon Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho))ss. County of Bingham) On this 15th day of February, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Shandale Gordon, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of

PUBLIC NOTICES First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov. 6, 2018 Guild Vs. Dubois 41291.880 Published on 4/25, 5/2 and 5/9/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 24, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 51 of Cornerstone Phase II, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Susan Catherine Butler, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to American Title & Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated July 25, 2002 and recorded August 15, 2002 in Book 686, Page 1469 under Document No. 200223098. The beneficial interest is currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association S/B/M Chase Home Finance LLC, S/B/M to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $537.37, beginning September 1, 2012, and each month subsequent which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 06, 2013 is $69,942.08 principal, interest at the rate: of 6.875% now totaling $1,681.88, late charges in the amount of $64.47, escrow advances of $200.65, and other fees and expenses advanced of $63.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $13.17 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 15, 2013 Shandale Gordon Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 15th day of February, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Shandale Gordon, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov. 6, 2018 Chase Vs. Butler 41954.307 Published on 4/25, 5/2 and 5/9/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 28, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THE NORTH ONEHALF OF LOT 1 AND THE NORTH ONEHALF OF LOT 2 IN BLOCK 14 OF BUTTE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF Joe Long, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on October 11, 2006 and recorded on October 16, 2006 in Book 785, Page 371 under Document No. 200626757. The beneficial interest is currently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP. 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 $469.23, beginning April 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of March 4, 2013 is $153,441.43 principal, interest at the rate of 2.000% now totaling $5,651.52, late charges in the amount of $182.10, escrow advances of $3,050.89, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,254.90, plus accruing interest at the rate of $8.41 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any

person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the Sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 19, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 19th day of February, 2013, 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 acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 BACVs. Long 42019.517 Published on 5/9, 5/16 and 5/23/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 28, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 1 OF BECK’S HOME ADDITION, IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. E. Martin Hyland and Nur Nora Hyland, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Western Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated October 01, 2009 and recorded on October 6, 2009 in Book 848, Page 925, under Document No. 200924278. The beneficial interest is currently held by Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. 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 $1,233.50, beginning January 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of

March 12, 2013 is $216,338.85 principal, interest at the rate of 5.25000% now totaling $15,143.68, late charges in the amount of $395.64, escrow advances of $5,046.25, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,062.76, plus accruing interest at the rate of $31.12 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 19, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 19th day of February, 2013, 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 acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 BAC Vs. Hyland 42048.315 Published on 5/9, 5/16 and 5/23/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEES SALE on June 24, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 1 IN BLOCK 38 OF EAST MISSOULA ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. David O. Larson, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation

owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 8, 2008 and recorded April 9, 2008 under Document No. 200807824 in Book 816, on Page 1000. The beneficial interest is currently held by Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. 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 $1,250.79, beginning December 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of February 22, 2013 is $180,898.85 principal, interest at the rate of 6.87500% now totaling $16,261.72, escrow advances of $2,930.75, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,130.67, plus accruing interest at the rate of $34.07 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 14, 2013 Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho))ss. County of Bingham) On this 14th day of February, 2013, 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 acknowledged to me that he ex-

ecuted the same. Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov. 6, 2018 Bana Vs. Larson 42048.354 Published on 4/25, 5/2 and 5/9/2013 O. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEES SALE on June 24, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated In Missoula County, Montana: LOT A-82 OF CANYON CREEK VILLAGE, PHASES 9 AND 10, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY. MONTANA ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Ja’ton L. Simpson, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to National City Bank, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated December 17, 2008 and recorded December 30, 2008 in book 831, page 328, under document number 200828139. The beneficial interest is currently held by PNC Bank, National Association successor by merger to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank. 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 $1,019.03, beginning August 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 1, 2013 is $179,380.67 principal, interest at the rate of 5.000% now totaling $5,979.36, late charges in the amount of $262.80, escrow advances of $1,358.54 and other fees and expenses advanced of $411.12, plus accruing interest at the rate of $24.57 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 dose 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 ail 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 15, 2013 Shandale Gordon Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho))ss.

County of Bingham ) On this 15th day of February, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Shandale Gordon, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov. 6, 2018 Pnc Vs. Simpson 41230.886 Published on 4/25, 5/2 and 5/9/2013

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RENTALS APARTMENTS 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom $515 across from Public Library, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No pets, no smoking.

GATEWEST 728-7333 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom. (2 Weeks Free to Qualified Applicant) $675 (62+ Complex) elevator, microwave, deck, coin-op laundry, off street parking, H/W/S/G paid, No pets, no smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 101 Turner Court: 1 Bedroom, Near park, Breakfast bar, Parking, Shared yard, Cat ok, $525. Garden City Property Management 549-6106. 1-Year Costco membership!

1024 Stephens #2. 2bed/1bath ground level apartment, shared yard, coin-ops, cat? $675. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1301 Montana: Newer studio, Pergo floors, Full kitchen & bath, Dishwasher, Laundry, Hear & cable paid, $595. Garden City Property Management 549-6106. 1-Year Costco membership!

1304 S. 1st Street W.: 1 Bedroom, Second floor, By Trail System, Storage, FREE CABLE, Small pet ok! $575. Garden City Property Management 549-6106. 1-Year Costco membership!

2 bedroom, 1 bathroom $695 quiet cul-de-sac, coin-op laundry, off street parking, H/W/S/G paid, No pets, no smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 446 Washington Street. RENT INCENTIVE. 1bed/1bath, downtown location, coin-ops onsite, cat? $700 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 Garden District. 1 bedroom. $369, tenant pays electricity.

Washer/dryer in unit. Missoula Housing Authority. Contact Jordan Lyons 549-4113 ext. 112 Gold Dust Apartments. 2 bed: $691 all utilities paid. Application fees are $40. Comes with Mountain LIne E-Z Pass. Missoula Housing Authority. Contact Jordan 5494113 ext. 127.

New Complex, 1 bedroom unit, $625. DW, A/C, deck, storage, coin-op laundry, limited off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No pets.

No smoking. GATEWEST 7287333 Palace Apartments. 2 beds from $527-$799. 1 beds $550-$666.

Studio(s) $510. Application fee $30. W/S/G and Heat paid, coinop laundry. Missoula Housing Authority Contact Matty or Connie 549-4113 ext. 130 or ext. 131.

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Solstice Apartments. 1 bed: $500.

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Contact Colin 549-4113 ext. 112

1708 Scott St. “B” 1 bed/1 bath, shared yard, W/D hookups, all utilities paid. $625. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

RENTALS OUT OF TOWN

Studio $450, true studio layout, coin-op laundry, off-street parking.

ALL utilities paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 Studio $495. Near St. Patrick’s Hospital, separate room for bedroom, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, H/W/S/G paid. No pets, no smoking. GATEWEST 7287333

MOBILE HOMES Lolo RV Park Spaces available to rent w/s/g/elec included $425/month 406-273-6034

DUPLEXES 1016 Charlo St. #1. 2bed/1bath, W/D hookups, shared yard, cat?

1801 Howell #3. 2 bed/1 bath, W/D hookups, storage, shared yard, pet okay. RENT INCENTIVE $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2 bedroom, 1 bath $795 W/S/G paid, newly renovated, Southside location, DW, W/D hookups, carport.

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GATEWEST 728-7333 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom $595 coin-op laundry, off street parking, storage, H/W/S/G paid, No pets, no smoking. GATEWEST 7287333

524 South 5th Street East “B”.

2bed/1bath near University. All utilities included. $900. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

HOUSES 1314 Linnea Lane. 3 bed/1.5 bath, newer home, 2X garage, W/D hookups, pet? $1250. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

3901 O’LEARY: 2 BEDROOM, 1 1/2 BATH, 2 STORY, PRIVATE DECK, HOOK-UPS + LAUNDRY, CARPORT & STORAGE, HEAT & CABLE PAID, $810. GARDEN CITY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 549-6106. 1-YEAR COSTCO MEMBERSHIP AND $300 GIFT CARD.

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Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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The Missoula Housing Authority complies with the Fair Housing Act and offers Reasonable Accommodations to persons with Disabilities.

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE

yard, deck & 2 car garage. $240,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com

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

880-4749. montpref@bigsky.net

141 Burlington. Charming 4 bed, 1 bath with 2 car garage in Rose Park neighborhood. Wood floors under carpet, original hardware. $225,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com

120 Grandview Way. South Hills 3 bed, 3 bath with deck, double garage and great views. $245,900. Properties 2000. Pat McCormick 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 128 Meadowlark. 3 bed, 2 bath at end of quiet street. Fenced

2 Bdr, 1 Bath single-level Windsor Park home. $168,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

2 Bdr, 2 Bath Northside home. $160,000. Prudential Montana.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 2 Kasota Court. 4 bed, 2 bath with basement on cul-de-sac near Wapikiya Park. Wood, tile, lots of natural light and wonderful upgrades. $230,000.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com 210 Burlington. 4 bed, 2 bath well-maintained home with wood floors, fenced yard & single garage. $267,000.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential

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217 North Avenue E. 3 bed, 2 bath U District home with wood & tile flooring, arched doorways & basement. $239,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com 2365 Village Square. 2 bed, 1 bath with fenced yard, patio & single garage. $164.000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 2405 W. Kent $199,900. Very well-maintained and updated 3 bed/2 bath home in central Mis-

soula. Full basement w/ family room, bedroom, bath & unfinished storage area. Properties 2000. Call Pat Dauenhauer 240-2442.

253 Strand. 2 bed, 1.5 bath with hardwood floors, coved ceilings, updated bath. Charming house close to UM. $247,000. Go to MoveMontana.com for more information. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 2607 Deer Canyon Court. 6 bed, 3 bath on Prospect Meadows cul-de-sac. Fenced yard, deck, hot tub and sweeping views. $475,000. Properties

2000. Pat McCormick 2407653. pat@properties2000.com 2961 Mary Jane Boulevard. 3 bed, 2 bath with cathedral ceilings, private backyard, patio & 2 car garage. $205,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath Pleasant View home. $205,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr. 2 Bath Windsor Park home. $215,000. Prudential

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

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

REAL ESTATE 4039 Yorkshire Place. Immaculate 3 bed, 2 bath Pleasantview home on large corner lot with covered front porch, deck & 2 car garage. $235,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com 4315 Melrose. 3 bed, 2 bath with vaulted ceilings, covered front porch and 2 car garage. $247,500. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties, 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com 4433A Bordeaux. 2 bed, 2 bath with 2 car garage, fenced yard with pergola. Many upgrades including new flooring. $177,900.

Rochelle Glasgow, Missoula Prudential, 728, 8270. glasgow@montana.com 514 W. Spruce $244,900. Fully remodeled 3 bed/1 bath home with newer furnace, roof, wiring, plumbing, etc. Zoning allows for numerous uses including office or retail. Low maintenance yard w/ UG sprinklers. This is a must see property. Properties 2000. Call Patrick McCormick 240-7653.

6301 Hillview. 5 bed, 3.5 bath with 360 degree South Hills views. Game room, 2 gas fireplaces & 3 car garage. $399,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmailcom 6544 McArthur. 3 bed, 2.5 bath with gas fireplace and 2 car garage. $240,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net Call me, Jon Freeland, for a free comparative market analysis.

360-8234 Fantastic Home With View 6305 St. Thomas. 4 bed, 3 bath, updated and gorgeous setting with large private lot, double garage, landscaped and ready to move into! $310,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Farm House On 1/2 Lot In Town 203 N Curtis. 4 bed, 2 bath home so conveniently located near bike trails and Good Food Store. Great lot, great home, great big shop! $217,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Location Location Location! 1289 River Street: 4 bed, 2 bath newer home near the river, bike trails, Good Food Store, Home Resource and more!

This location rocks! $219,000.

KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Lot 16B MacArthur. 3 bed, 2 bath to be built with fantastic views. $189,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net

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

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

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

Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com 6614 MacArthur. 2 bed, 2.5 bath townhome with amazing views. $194,500. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properites.

240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net 6632 MacArthur. 3 bed, 2 bath with gas fireplace, Jacuzzi and wonderful views. $273,000.

Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties.

240-6503, riceteam@bigsky.net 803A Pattee Creek. 2. bed, 1.5 bath condo with garage in 55+ community. $129,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000, 2407653. pat@properties2000.com Townhome On The River Land Stewardship Program buyers must qualify. Call KD to find out more about this 2 bedroom 1.5 bath condo with the balcony facing the river and right next to the river trail and close to downtown. $135,000. 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. From $149,900.

Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, car port, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablon-

ski, Portico Real Estate 5465816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com

town. $499,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com

Why Rent? Own Your Own 1400 Burns. Designed with energy efficiency, comfort and affordability in mind. Next to Bistro cafe and Missoula Food Co-op. Starting at $79,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

38487 Dandelion Lane, Polson, $485,000. 129’ of Flathead Lake Frontage. 2.94 acres w/views across the lake of the Mission Mountains. Property is split into 2 separate parcels.

Great spot to build your dream

cabin on Flathead Lake. Visit: www.FlatheadLakeLot.uCanBuyMe.com. Properties 2000.

Call Kris Hawkins 396-6542.

531 Minnesota. Building Lot 9. $55,000. Robin Rice Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net

East Missoula Building Lot Sweet lot with mature trees and a great middle of town location. $55,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Near Riverfront Park. 1265 Dakota #B. To-be-built, 3 bed, 2 bath with 2 car garage. Lot: $55,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com

MANUFACTURED HOMES

NHN Bear Creek Road $225,000. Beautiful views from this desired west side property.

20.53 acre property w great access just off of a paved road.

Fenced, septic, and irrigation water rights. Properties 2000.

Call Kristin Larson (406)6727030

RICE TEAM

1825 Burlington. Two central Missoula lots with 3 bed, 2 bath mobile. Great investment or first time buy. $83,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com

Robin Rice 240-6503

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PRICE REDUCED! 11082 Cherokee Lane, Lolo. $245,000.

LAND FOR SALE 1225 Rodgers $2,000,000.

8.69 Acres in a good area. Near downtown, easy access from interstate. Excellent land for a housing project or project of any nature. Properties 2000. Please call Don Sokoloski with questions or to set up a showing.

(406)544-7830.

3.2 Acres in the Wye area. Gorgeous mountain and valley views. $65,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. Nearly 5 acres in Target Range with 3 bed, 1 bath home. Rural living in

210 Burlington $267,000 MLS #20131400

3 bed, 3 bath, well-maintained. Pergo floors throughout the upstairs. Large kitchen/dining area for entertaining. Large deck with great view of the Lolo Valley. Fenced yard with amazing landscaping & mature trees.

PRICE REDUCED! 13465 Crystal Creek $247,000 Mullan Heights Riverfront Condos $144,900 - $249,900 Under new ownership! 1 and 2 bedrooms. Large units, nice finishes, secure entry, secure U/G parking, riverfront, affordable HOA dues and much more. Owner financing comparable to FHA terms available with as little as 3.5% down!

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

6455 Linda Vista MLS# 2012616 $285,000

4433A Bordeaux Blvd $177,900 MLS# 20123402

4920 Christian Dr. MLS# 20130290 $289,900

Beautiful, one-owner home in Linda Vista!

Stunning, warm cedar sided home situated on a large (19,000sq/ft.) flat lot. One-level living!! 3 bedrooms, vaulted ceiling, dining area w/ access to beautiful Trex deck w/ pergola, and large laundry/mud room. Basement offers huge family room with 2 large bonus rooms, tons of storage and an additional entrance from backyard.

Lots of living and storage space with great views of Missoula. Main level living with W/D off the kitchen. Three bedrooms & two baths on the main level.

Lower level has a large bonus area for you to create your own space. Three car garage for extra storage and/or to get your toys out of the weather.

2500 Larch Camp Rd. MLS# 20132135 $689,000

2607 Deer Canyon Ct. MLS#20132688 $475,000

Call Pat Dauenhauer 240-2442.

4 bed 2 bath well-maintained home with basement, garage and fenced yard. New energy-efficient furnace and wood floors.

3 bed, 2 bath well-maintained with mature landscaping. Two wood stoves, large deck & bonus room for small shop. Near Turah fishing access

Two Great East Missoula Building Sites 531 Minnesota Lots 8 & 9 $55,000 each

Enjoy the peace and quiet of a rural setting but still be within 5 minutes of town. The kitchen is a cook’s delight with tons of storage; great cabinetry and beautiful granite counter tops.

The dining room and living room share a two sided fireplace to create a wonderful entertaining area. With over 2,000 sq. ft. of finished living space on each level there is plenty of room for everyone and everything. Oversized 3 car garage.

Call Steve Schultz for details 240-1075.

Call Paula Crews for detail 360-8655.

Stellar 6 bedroom home w/ a large “flat” backyard on a Cul de Sac in Prospect Meadows. Enjoy the mountain views from the hot tub on the trex deck that faces east and is pleasantly shaded for BBQ’ing on summer evenings.

The home features many updates including hardwood & tile flooring, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances in the spacious kitchen, The property is fenced, has UG sprinklers and includes the swing set!

Call Pat McCormick for details 240-7653

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

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

www.rochelleglasgow.com

Rochelle

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

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

NHN Derby $150,000. Great commercial opportunity. Level 1.127 acres in Missoula Industrial Park. Easy access to utilities.

Property features a security fence. Properties 2000. Call Deana Ross 239-4726.

Rattlesnake Lot-Ready To Build 1110 Spring Place.

Base of Mt. Jumbo building lot ready to go with all utilities on site and ready to build that dream home! $160,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

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

COMMERCIAL

OUT OF TOWN

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

102 Boardwalk, Stevensville. 3 bed, 2 bath on almost 3 acres with large 48’x30’ heated shop. $285,000. Robin Rice, Montana

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PORTICO REAL ESTATE

Preferred Properties, 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 11082 Cherokee Lane, Lolo. 3 bed, 3 bath with basement, deck, 2 car garage & fantastic views. $245,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503, riceteam@bigsky.net 13475 Crystal Creek, Clinton. 3 bed, 2 bath with large deck, 2 wood stoves & 2 car garage. $247,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 15305 Spring Hill Road, Frenchtown. Beautiful cedar 4 bed, 2.5 bath with 3 car garage & deck on acreage bordering Forest Service. $470,000. Robin Rice @ 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

244 7th Street, Clinton. 3 bed, 1 bath well-maintained home only a short walk to the river. $135,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties. 240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area home on 6+ acres. $325,000.

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

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

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

780 N. Burnt Fork Rd in Stevensville $240,000. Take a look at this very nice home built to take advantage of the incredible views. This multilevel home has 2 bedrooms and a shared bath on the upper floor. This home sits on 3.3 acres of very productive land. There are 3 separate water rights that go w/the property. Properties 2000. Call Steve Schultz 240-1075.

Clark Fork River 20525 Schwartz Creek Road.

$250,000 3 bed, 2 bath, 1 acre. Single level, country living only 20 minutes to Missoula.

Walk to the fishing access and Clark Fork River. KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

UMEM

Spring Thaw The University of Montana Entertainment Management Program (UMEM) presents Spring Thaw 2013!

Includes a festival on the Oval that provides students the opportunity to win money for their student groups in a fun, competitive atmosphere.

Students will design and build their own chariots, and then race against their peers for cash prizes of $500, $250, and $100 to benefit their group.

Friday, May 10, 2013 On the Oval at the University of Montana For more info: facebook.com/umspringthaw