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OPINION

RECENT SHOOTING FOOLISHLY TESTS THE LIMITS OF MONTANA’S CASTLE DOCTRINE

ZOOTOWN IMPROV INVADES COUNTY ATTORNEY HONEY PUTS PUPPETS THEATER ARTS BAT NEWS NEW STENSRUD PLAYHOUSE RACE TURNS TESTY BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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OPINION

RECENT SHOOTING FOOLISHLY TESTS THE LIMITS OF MONTANA’S CASTLE DOCTRINE

ZOOTOWN IMPROV INVADES COUNTY ATTORNEY HONEY PUTS PUPPETS THEATER ARTS BAT NEWS NEW STENSRUD PLAYHOUSE RACE TURNS TESTY BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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cover photo courtesy of Nicolas Hudak

News Voices/Letters Advice, candidates and college...............................................................4 The Week in Review Jordan Tripp, flooding and burning books .................................6 Briefs Sean Kelly’s, ALEC and water...............................................................................6 Etc. Montana: home to hippies? .....................................................................................7 News House candidate comes under fire from Dems and GOP ....................................8 News County attorney race turns testy in final weeks....................................................9 Opinion Recent shooting reveals a flawed exchange system.......................................10 Opinion Foolishly testing the limits of the state’s castle doctrine...............................11 Feature Susan Cahill lost everything when her clinic was vandalized.........................14

Arts & Entertainment Arts Bat Honey seeks to bring an age-old form of entertainment back to life.............18 Music Wormwood, The Dodos and Mesozoic Mafia ....................................................19 Theater Irreverence mixes with class at the Stensrud improv.....................................20 Art Native Alaskan exhibit plays on modern assumptions ...........................................21 Film Godzilla’s mythical monster shows unexpected style.........................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................23 What’s Good Here River Wok’s special ingredient......................................................24 Happiest Hour 1806 Pale Stout ...................................................................................26 8 Days a Week We’ll be crying into our Wiz at Philly West..........................................27 Mountain High “Circus Under the Moon” ..................................................................33 Agenda Montana Corrupt Practices Act........................................................................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-7 Camp Sleepover ...............................................................................................C-11 This Modern World...........................................................................................C-12

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Additional advice

STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Tuesday, May 13, on N. Higgins Ave. Primary season is starting to heat up. What race(s), if any, on the June ballot are you following?

Follow-up: What issue are you looking to hear candidates address in their campaign?

Alex Wolfe: I follow politics purely for entertainment. I love the pandering and selfimportance. The sheriff's race I find most entertaining because their job is law and order, to serve and protect. There really can’t be much difference between the candidate’s platforms. Playing fair: A hot issue is equalities. Financially and socially, women’s rights and the LGBT community, and just more acceptance for these groups.

Then we can slowly build examples for the rest of the nation.

Colleen Mathisen: I do absentee voting and haven’t looked at everyone yet, but probably the county commissioners race. It’s an important position to deal with planning in Missoula County. Book worm: On a state level, education. Locally, I am interested in environmental issues.

I would like to comment on what you asked in “Street Talk” for your May 8 edition.

Your question was “What advice do you have for the Class of 2014 graduates?”

The best advice that I can give to university students is to do as many internships as possible during their college years. Since I moved here three years ago from Southern California I have given scholastic internships to three students every semester. They put in 150 hours of their time and build up impressive resumes that are far above and beyond of just what their GPA is. Business owners are interested in finding out what they did during their four years to be fully prepared for the job that they are seeking the day they graduate.

There are hundreds of businesses in Missoula that can use the help of college students who “want to learn more about their chosen field.” So, I encourage all of your collegiate readers to start looking into internships. The university will also help them find what they are looking for.

Oh, by the way, when I lived in Los Angeles and San Diego I used interns for over 40 years and am proud to say many of my students have moved on to great careers in their chosen fields.

David Mirisch Missoula

Cheers for Clark Elizabeth Vigeland: Nate McConnell’s race (for House District 89). I know him personally and I am really excited he’s running because he’s really passionate about what he wants to do for the community. Water wheel: It’s a city issue but the big thing for me right now is Mountain Water. The case stands for how we are going to be treating water rights in this state.

Aaron Gardes: The county attorney race. I’m not really happy with the way things are now and trying to go after the Department of Justice. It’s a big waste of money. Escape plan: How they’re going to handle the DOJ investigation and what the exit strategy will be.

David Wilson: The Senate and House races because I’ve been hearing most about that and have been shocked by the ads I’ve seen. The guy shooting the drone out of the sky? That’s pretty aggressive. Group hug: More care of the environment and what we are going to do collectively about it.

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I have served my country and my community for most of my adult life. I enlisted in the Marine Corps at 18. I have been fortunate to observe many excellent examples of leadership. With that in mind, I offer my opinion regarding Josh Clark as a candidate for sheriff.

One of the most important traits as a leader is to set the example. Josh Clark has set a good example by taking on many additional duties. He has worked as a patrol officer, a motorcycle officer, a detective, a coroner, a chemical agents instructor, a firearms instructor, a member of the civil disturbance unit, target enforcement unit and honor guard.

Josh Clark possesses incredible integrity. I have seen him perform his duty as captain of professional standards and undersheriff. His actions during the internal investigation of a deputy demonstrated that he puts the truth above all else. He did not attempt to minimize or hide the facts when the investigation indicated criminal activity on the part of one of our own. Josh held the individual accountable.

During my time working with Josh Clark, he has served the people of Missoula County with honor and commitment. In law enforcement, we take an oath of ethics that includes a promise to “serve the community, safeguard lives and property, protect the innocent, keep the peace, and ensure the constitutional rights of all are not abridged.” Josh Clark’s actions during his 21 years of service to Missoula clearly demonstrates his fulfillment of that oath.

It is for the above listed reasons and countless more that I write this letter to show my support for Josh Clark as the next sheriff of Missoula County. I hope that you will afford him the honor of serving the people of this county in that capacity.

Garrett Van Hoose Missoula

The right guy As the elections come closer it’s becoming more evident that Champ Edmunds is what Montana needs. I am currently a sophomore at the University of Montana. Campus is full of opinions and campaigns for just about everything. And if there is one thing I can say for sure, it’s that there is always more to the story. We know Champ, a humble man who went into the race knowing he was the

“Unless this trend is dramatically reversed, the academic programs will only be footnotes to the activities in our football stadiums.”

underdog. But the truth is in the facts. He is the only proven conservative in this race. He votes and stands his ground on the issues he cares about. This only proves that reelection and power are not of any concern to him. He wants what’s best for us. He knows Montana and he understands our values.

When I graduate I would like to look out onto a glorious Montanan future, but I fear student loans will leave me trapped. How can I move forward when I have so much holding me back? How can my generation ever possibly reach their fullest potential when we carry around the burden of our debts? Steve Daines has gone to Washington for us before.

While there he raised the debt ceiling and voted for CISPA, a direct act of violence towards our privacy. If there is one thing we learned it’s this: he’s a moderate. He wasn’t there to fight. My fellow students and I need someone to fight for us. We Montanans need someone we can believe in. Champ will stand for us. When it comes to jobs, when it comes to our families, and when it comes to our privacy. Champ believes in the individuals and he believes in Montana.

Mariah Miller Missoula

Out of balance The American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, released their 2013-2014 statistical report on the economic status of higher education in the U.S. in the March-April issue of Academe.

The implication of the report is that higher education is being transformed away from its role as an academic institution into one for sports entertainment managed by well paid non-faculty executives who administer increasing amounts of funding for athletic programs but less and less for academic instruction. A few statistics from the AAUP report clarify this identity shift in our universities. Between 1975-2011: — the number of non-faculty professional employees increased by 369 percent while full time academic academic tenured faculty increased by only 23 percent.

— wages for university presidents (now referred to as CEOs) increased by 175 percent while that of professors increased 23 percent or less In public, four-year institutions between 2005-2011: — funding per academic student increased 1 percent — funding per student athlete increased 25 percent Between 2005-2012: — median wages and benefits for head coaches in NCAA Division I-A football and basketball increased between 93 percent and 102 percent while full professors only received a 4 percent increase.

As a side note, I might mention another imbalance reported by AAUP: There is a $7,000 annual difference between the wages of full professors at UM and MSU— the difference favoring MSU. However, it is a mistake to blame this situation principally on university management, though it appears to have done remarkably little to alter these trends.

Many of Montana’s higher education financial problems began in the early 1970s with the increasing reluctance of our state legislature to adequately fund our institutions of higher learning for our children.

Unless this trend is dramatically reversed, matters will only grow worse and the academic programs will only be footnotes to the activities in our football stadiums and basketball courts. If readers disagree with my interpretation of the AAUP statistics, I would suggest they read the entire AAUP article titled “Losing Focus.”

James Todd Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities University of Montana Missoula Correction: Last week’s cover photo was not properly credited on our table of contents page. The image came courtesy of Mike Malament of Montana River Photography. The Indy regrets the error.

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, May 7 Howard Matthew Wease III is arraigned in Marcus Daly Hospital on multiple felonies, including operation of a clandestine laboratory and criminal endangerment. Wease ended up in the hospital after an explosion the day before, when he and others used butane to make hash oil from marijuana.

Thursday, May 8 After Missoula Police Officer Scott Hoffman leaves a burn pile unattended outside his Miller Creek home, the fire spreads to a detached garage and camper trailer. Crews from the Missoula City and Rural Fire Departments extinguish the blaze before it spreads further.

Friday, May 9 Paul McCartney fans, some of whom lined up at the Adams Center starting at 3 p.m. the day before, snatch up nearly all of the 25,218 tickets available for the former Beatle’s Aug. 5 concert at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. A small number of tickets remain available for $100 plus fees.

Saturday, May 10 The Miami Dolphins select former Griz linebacker Jordan Tripp in the fifth round of the NFL draft. Tripp is the draft’s 171st pick, and the only University of Montana player selected.

Sunday, May 11 Missoula police arrest Ellwood Aaron Friedrich, 23, after he is allegedly spotted lighting garbage on fire inside a Barnes and Noble restroom. Officers find Friedrich has a blood alcohol content of .248, and charge him with arson and resisting arrest.

Monday, May 12 Deputy Missoula County Attorney Andrew Paul files amended documents charging Markus Kaarma with deliberate homicide for the April 27 shooting death of exchange student Diren Dede. According to the amended affidavit, Dede was not involved in two previous burglaries of Kaarma’s garage, which reportedly motivated Kaarma to plan to catch and shoot future intruders.

Tuesday, May 13 Ravalli County officials warn county residents to prepare for flooding. Those who feel they are in danger of rising waters are advised to contact their fire department for sandbags and sand.

Andy Micah Young of Boise’s 43rd State Crimson Lions plows through the Bozeman Cutthroats during the 38th annual Maggotfest rugby tournament at Fort Missoula on May 11.

Water

Another bait and switch?

The city of Missoula isn’t the first to allege the Carlyle Group hasn’t fulfilled commitments it made in 2011 when it sought authorization to purchase Mountain Water.

On May 5, the city provided additional insight into its attempt to forcibly acquire the local water system from Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity companies. The information came in an amended complaint filed one month after the city originally petitioned the Missoula District Court to approve an eminent domain proceeding.

Among the most eye-catching details is an account of verbal commitments allegedly made by Carlyle Group Infrastructure Fund Manager Robert Dove to municipal officials as he attempted to persuade them to support Carlyle’s bid to purchase Mountain Water. According to the legal filing, Dove promised on multiple occasions to sell the utility to Missoula in 2013. Dove’s pledge prompted Missoula Mayor John Engen to support the deal. However, when the time came, the city alleges in legal filings, “Mr. Dove reneged on the promises.” Dove’s failure to fulfill the commitment constituted, according to the city, “a classic bait and switch.’”

Similar, albeit quieter, claims are coming from the Montana Consumer Counsel. In a January court filing, the watchdog MCC argues that the Carlyle Group’s pledge to use its deep pockets as an asset to local water users haven’t come to fruition.

“There should be some benefit for the Missoula ratepayers,” says attorney Monica J. Tranel, who’s representing the MCC. As noted in MCC’s legal filings, Carlyle’s access to low-interest rates, which run roughly half what Mountain Water paid prior to being purchased by the global equity firm, decreases the cost of infrastructure investments.

MCC unsuccessfully argued those savings should be passed down to water consumers when the Public Service Commission late last year deliberated a rate request from Mountain Water.

Despite MCC’s argument, the PSC approved an increase of about $1.50 per month for the average residential metered water user.

MCC now alleges in its petition for judicial review that the increase is unlawful and the District Court should mandate the PSC recalculate how much locals pay for water.

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alize via the acquisition by Carlyle and therefore overpay...,” the filing alleges.

Tranel hopes for a decision from the court by the end of the year.

Jessica Mayrer

Snowbowl

Expansion gets green light Ten years after Montana Snowbowl’s owners formally submitted a plan to almost double in size, improve amenities and add lifts and runs, the ski area has finally received formal approval to proceed. The U.S. Forest Service, which leases land to Snowbowl through a special use permit, signed a Record of Decision on May 1 and announced the news May 7.

“It’s good,” says co-owner Brad Morris. “We’ve spent a lot of time and money on it. It’s kind of the official signoff, so it’s not a huge surprise.”

With the sign-off, Morris can now turn his attention to doubling Snowbowl’s number of lifts from four to eight, increasing its ski runs from 52 to 80, expanding its footprint from 1,138 acres to 2,243, and improving the resort’s infrastructure to accommodate all the expected new visitors. Doing so will take, he estimates, another 10

[news] years. The first step, though, is simple.

“The first thing we’d do,” Morris says, “is start surveying for a lift. ... Hopefully we’re gonna do that this summer. That would get us all set to go.”

After surveying, Morris will purchase a lift to climb the west side of TV Mountain, which lies just west of the existing ski area and is named for a host of broadcasting and microwave facilities on its peak. With that one lift, skiers will be able to access all of TV Mountain’s terrain.

Over time, however, three more lifts will be built on the mountain and increase the resort’s beginner and intermediate skiing options. One lift will allow access from the resort’s base. A second will allow skiers to move between TV Mountain’s north side and the existing ski area. A third lift will be built on the relatively flat top of the mountain to allow for beginner skiing. Morris also expects to build a new lodge on TV Mountain.

Even with the Forest Service’s approval of the expansion plan, Snowbowl will have to meet substantial regulatory obligations as it proceeds. Before any new runs can be cleared, for example, the trees will have to be appraised by the Forest Service and sold. That’s just another step in a process that Morris cautions will continue to take some time.

Asked if skiers will see anything new when ski season opens this fall, Morris isn’t optimistic.

“Given the amount of lead time that the Forest Service needs and we need,” he says, “it would be unlikely.”

Ted McDermott

Nightlife

Sean Kelly’s sold Sean Kelly’s, an Irish-themed bar that first opened at 130 W. Pine St. in downtown Missoula in 1998, has been sold to a trio of Billings investors who plan to remodel the space this summer and reopen with a new name.

“Two out of three of us are Griz alumni,” says Sean Graves, one of the buyers, “so that was always a dream, to come back.”

After graduation in 2005, Graves moved to Billings and became part owner of Hooligan’s F.C., a downtown sports bar. A year later he purchased ownership in the Montana Brewing Company, a downtown brewpub, and in 2011 he helped launch the Vig Alehouse & Casino, a new bar and restaurant in Billings Heights. For his first Missoula venture, Graves is partnering with Christine Schmechel and John Woods Jr. Before they can move forward, however, Graves, Schmechel and Woods have to wait for the Department of Revenue’s Liquor Control Division to approve the transfer of Sean Kelly’s liquor license. According to Liquor Control Division administrator Shauna Helfert, that

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process takes between 60 and 90 days. The buyers submitted an application for the transfer on April 14, meaning the process should be complete sometime in June or July. Once the transfer is official, the bar will close temporarily for remodeling. What exactly that remodel will entail is not yet decided.

“We’re still in the concept phase of figuring out what we can do with the space,” Graves says.

Tom Hilley, the current owner of Sean Kelly’s downtown and Sean Kelly’s Stone of Accord on Reserve Street,

declined to comment for this article.

Graves says he and his partners will draw from their experience in Billings as they flesh out their vision for the new bar. The Indian food options currently available on Sean Kelly’s menu will be discontinued, but he says the new bar will continue to serve food, maintain an Irish theme, host trivia and have beer bingo. As for live music, Graves says it is “something that’s not been ruled in or out.”

“We think we have some of the best bars in Montana,” Graves says, “and we just want to showcase that in other avenues.”

Ted McDermott

Politics

AFP shows its hand The Montana chapter of nonprofit Americans for Prosperity this week offered a small peek at how this year’s election cycle could shape policy discussions in the 2015 state legislature. Results from a 16-question survey the group sent to some 300 legislative candidates reveal that dozens of conservative hopefuls—and even Republican incumbents—are willing to line up in support of measures establishing public charter schools, reducing property taxes and transferring federal lands to state con-

BY THE NUMBERS Groups, including tribal governments, wildlife agencies and conservation organizations, that applied to the state to take 135 Yellowstone National Park bison. The applications are part of an experimental program seeking to establish new “conservation herds.”

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trol. And for former Republican state legislator turned AFP state director Joe Balyeat, bills addressing these topics seem almost an inevitability next year.

“I would be surprised if there were many of these issues that didn’t have a bill requested on them,” says Balyeat, who served 12 years in the state House and Senate. “Virtually every session I was there, these issues were subject matter for bill draft requests.”

A total of 62 legislative candidates opted to respond to AFP’s survey in advance of the primaries, including Republican incumbents Sen. Mark Blasdel of Kalispell and Rep. Nick Schwaderer of Superior.

Most of the respondents were supportive of controversial measures like reducing regulations on energy development; three Missoula-area candidates—Brad Tschida in House District 97, Mike Hopkins in Senate District 49 and former city councilwoman Lyn Hellegaard in HD 96—said they’d back a federal lands transfer proposal if elected.

Balyeat adds that AFP will send the survey to all legislative candidates again in a few months, between the primary election and the general.

The survey hints not only at issues that will likely pop up on the conservative agenda in 2015, but also who might drive those efforts. Numerous respondents indicated they’d also be willing to cosponsor or even sponsor bills to establish tuition tax credits, oppose Medicaid expansion and cut the state’s income tax. In fact, several incumbents on AFP’s list have already done so; Blasdel carried a charter school measure in 2011.

Any respondents who do wind up in Helena next year won’t have to look far for examples of legislation on these issues. The nonprofit American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, has developed a model bill that addresses nearly every one of the questions posed in AFP’s survey. Several of the listed candidates are already ALEC members, like 2013 Senate Majority Leader Jeff Essmann. Balyeat says any similarity between AFP’s questions and ALEC model policy is purely coincidental. He and his state chapter have had “no contact” with ALEC. “If you see similarities,” Balyeat says, “ALEC may have gotten some of their ideas from me. I don’t know.”

Alex Sakariassen

ETC. Few things make Montanans puff out their chests and hold up their chins like a little dose of local pride. It’s why we’re quick to raise a glass when our craft brews earn prestigious awards, why we loyally follow our athletes and artists as they reach bigger stages, and why we always find a way to humblebrag when our region tops some national best-of list. But one of those recent lists prompted more double-takes than raised glasses.

Something called Estately, a national real estate blog, ranked the 10 best states for hippies.

Montana came in sixth. That’s good enough to put us right behind expected granola mainstays like Colorado (5) and Oregon (4), and ahead of Washington (9), where cannabis is legal, and California (32), home of Haight Ashbury.

How in the name of the Hi-Line did we rank so high? All those pickup-driving bros with HippieHater stickers would like an explanation. So would the entire eastern part of the state.

Estately considered four factors when determining its list: number of communes, number of food co-ops, number of Etsy stores selling crunchy products like hemp and patchouli, and percentage of Facebook users who expressed an interest in the Dead, Phish, Bob Dylan, cannabis, LSD and so on. Montana did really well when it came to making hippie crafts and liking jam bands on social media.

It’s tough to surmise what this means or how the news should be received. Sure, Missoula has always embraced its bohemian vibes. We have a liberal arts university. There’s the giant peace sign on Waterworks Hill. Heck, a friend just referred to this weekend as Hippie Hanukkah because of all the abandoned free stuff left behind by departing college students for true locals to scavenge. But the root of that Missoula identity has always been strengthened by the fact that our little city is surrounded by a much larger, decidedly un-hippie rest of the state.

Perhaps the take-away from this surprising Estately acknowledgement is Missoula’s growing influence over Big Sky Country. Or maybe it’s just that the state’s evolving, finding its softer side as more Baby Boomers buy up land from hardened ranchers and the hardened ranchers move to Nevada (45) or Texas (49). Change can be good, of course. But it also raises new challenges and new questions.

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Zinke zinged House candidate comes under fire from Dems and GOP

by Alex Sakariassen

in contributions—the most any House candidate has raised so far. His congressional bid has also been supported by more than $110,000 in independent expenditures by Special Operations for America, the super PAC Zinke founded in 2012. And just last week, Zinke won an endorsement from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Concerns over Zinke’s candidacy aren’t confined to the left. On May 7, two days be-

“At the end of the day,” he says, “I understand the tragedy of modern-day politics is people make up whatever they want to and some people listen.”

Conservatives appear wildly split going into the four-way Republican primary. Even Miller, Hill and Brenden differ on the best choice; Hill has endorsed state Sen. Elsie Arntzen while Brenden has thrown his weight behind state Sen. Matt Rosendale.

Miller continues to support “any candidate but Zinke.”

The super PAC is proving one of the primary sources of criticism with Zinke’s bid. Zinke founded Special Operations for America in 2012 to oppose President Barack Obama’s reelection and served as the super PAC’s chairman until Sept. 30, 2013. After he stepped down SOFA launched a “Draft Zinke for U.S. Congress” effort, and on Oct. 21, Zinke’s campaign committee officially filed with the Federal Election Commission.

The campaign and the super PAC are legally barred from coordinating with one another. Yet Miller and other Zinke critics feel the relationship between the two is extremely suspicious. In fact, two photo by Alex Sakariassen liberal watchdog groups from WashingRecent allegations by GOP members that Republican U.S. House candidate Ryan Zinke is flip-flopping on issues like abortion prompted pro-choice advo- ton, D.C., filed a formal complaint with the FEC in early March alleging that cates in Missoula last week to press Zinke for answers in person.

Zinke’s campaign was coordinating with tagline “Zinke U.S. Congress.” A sign on The fore Zinke’s Missoula fundraiser, three for- SOFA. The Campaign Legal Center and Depot room door read Private Party; the mer state GOP chairmen made the Democracy 21 pointed to two pro-Zinke event listing on Zinke’s campaign website unprecedented move of issuing a joint SOFA ads aired this January that contained underscored for potential attendees that press statement highlighting why they feel images similar to photos posted on the Zinke’s views “are not right for Montana.” Zinke campaign’s Facebook page. The “contributions are greatly appreciated.”

Outside, a trio of pro-choice advocates The reasons ranged from perceptions of groups believe the images are “from photo stood across the street from Zinke’s RV flip-flopping to Zinke’s close ties to the very shoots arranged and paid for by Ryan Zinke and/or the Zinke for Congress committee.” holding signs asking that the candidate super PAC spending heavy on his behalf.

“It was an accumulation of stuff,” says The complaint goes on to state that the phoclearly state his stance on abortion. Zinke, also a former state senator, had come under former state Sen. Ken Miller, who authored tos contained in the SOFA ads do not apfire just days earlier for allegedly flip-flop- the statement alongside former U.S. Rep. pear to be in the public domain, suggesting ping on the issue. After the 2009 legislative Rick Hill and current state Sen. John Bren- that Zinke or his campaign “directly prosession, NARAL Pro-Choice Montana gave den. “Had there been just one issue, I vided these photos to SOFA.” Zinke takes issue with that accusation him a score of 65 percent for his voting wouldn’t have gone to this measure. But it’s record on abortion-related bills. Since de- an accumulation of issues and statements as well. He says his campaign has been “abclaring for U.S. House last fall, Zinke has de- that piled up … Finally I said, ‘I’ve got to solutely above the law” in regards to SOFA, let people know what I know.’” and he insists the photos must have been fended his “100-percent pro-life” record.

Rachel Pauli’s sign was simple and diMiller, Hill and Brenden were careful to taken from the public domain. He’s trying rect: “Mr. Zinke, where do you stand on note that they commend Zinke on his mili- to run “a positive, truthful campaign,” he choice?” Pauli and her cohorts had arrived tary service. Miller says he just felt “an obli- says, and wishes others would do likewise. shortly before Zinke, and as the candidate gation” to alert conservative voters to his When asked if, on that note, he’s concerned entered The Depot, Pauli said she pressed belief that Zinke is “back and forth on all the about SOFA’s recent $30,000 ad buy attacking Rosendale, Zinke says he isn’t. him directly. major issues,” from abortion to gun rights.

“It’s really not a concern because I “I said, ‘Mr. Zinke, I have a question for In an interview with the Indy, Zinke you,’” she recalled. “He didn’t acknowledge counters that he’s always been pro-life— don’t control it,” he says. “But I’ve asked me. Then I asked, ‘Where do you stand on “but I also support education and preven- that any group that would play on my bechoice?’ And he went inside.” tion.” He’s also always been pro-gun—“but half remains positive. I’ve done my duty Zinke’s campaign has picked up steam I don’t think we need guns in airports or and my best.” in recent months, bolstered by television federal courthouses.” As for the attacks, asakariassen@missoulanews.com and radio ad-buys and more than $900,000 Zinke expected them.

On a recent Friday night, retired Navy SEAL and 2014 Republican congressional candidate Ryan Zinke chatted up potential campaign donors in a side room just off The Depot’s deck in downtown Missoula. He’d spent the afternoon hosting similar meetand-greets in Hamilton and Stevensville as part of his statewide Leadership Tour, a twoweek trek in a flashy blue campaign RV adorned with the Navy SEAL logo and the

[8] Missoula Independent • May 15–May 22, 2014

[news]

Closing arguments County attorney race turns testy in final weeks

by Jessica Mayrer

Missoula County Attorney candidate private practice. While working as a defense there’s a way to move past the lawsuit and Josh Van de Wetering recently stood in front attorney, she successfully represented Uni- improve sex crime prosecutions without of a group of Republicans inside a Double- versity of Montana quarterback Jordan handing over control to the federal govtree Hotel meeting room and heard a vari- Johnson against rape charges. Van de We- ernment. For instance, in addition to hiration of the question he’s been asked on tering, meanwhile, worked with prosecu- ing new staff, she says a new policy manual to guide attorneys working on nearly every stop of the campaign trail: How tors representing Johnson’s accuser.

Missoula County Chief Deputy Crimi- sexual assault cases would go a long way would he handle the U.S. Department of Justice’s claims that local prosecutors nal Prosecutor Jen Clark, who has endorsed toward clarifying expectations for proseVan de Wetering, questions Pabst’s record cutors and the public. botched sex crime cases?

While the DOJ situation has domiVan de Wetering told the group he’d since leaving Van Valkenburg’s office. In a prefer to negotiate a solution rather than pursue litigation. “I don’t see anything wrong with at least hearing what they have to say,” he added.

It comes as little surprise that the sexual assault issue is at the top of voters minds heading into the June 3 primary election.

Since 2012, the Missoula County Attorney’s Office has been embroiled in a bitter feud with the DOJ over its handling of sexual assault prosecutions. Outgoing County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg, who has held the position for 15 years, upped the stakes photos by Cathrine L. Walters when he filed a lawsuit against the feds earlier this year, potenKirsten Pabst and Josh Van de Wetering will face off in the June Democratic Party. tially leaving the mess for his suc- The winner will serve as the next Missoula County Attorney. cessor. And with no Republican candidate running for office, that mess will letter published last week in the Missou- nated the race, both Pabst and Van de Wefall to either Van de Wetering or his Demo- lian, Clark said Pabst’s recent work makes tering have tried to speak to other aspects cratic opponent, former Missoula County her too much of a lightning rod to steer the of the county attorney position. Van de Wetering aims to crack down on prescripChief Criminal Deputy Attorney Kirsten office forward.

Pabst.

“As a defense attorney, Pabst unneces- tion drug abuse and victimization of the When arguing his qualifications, Van de sarily harmed relationships essential for a elderly, who he says are especially vulnerWetering touts his 10 years of experience county attorney to be effective, particularly able to Internet scams.

Pabst has spoken about ending the working as an assistant U.S. attorney general in the area of sexual assault,” Clark wrote. and in private practice defending clients “She engaged in concerning tactics and per- county’s tendency to bully business ownagainst federal charges. He says his time rep- sonal attacks on individuals and agencies.” ers with overzealous regulation. Her resenting and facing off against the DOJ Van de Wetering notes further that stance earned an endorsement from Dunleaves him especially well equipped to steer Pabst led the attorney’s office criminal divi- rovin Ranch owners Sterling and SuzAnne the county out of Van Valkenburg’s lawsuit. sion during the period that the DOJ is alleg- Miller, who were caught in a high-profile battle with the county that threatened to Van de Wetering, who currently runs a ing problems occurred.

Pabst addresses the implications and shut them down. Last month, District private practice in Missoula and teaches at the University of Montana School of Law, says he accusations directly, saying she tried to ad- Court Judge Ed McLean sided with the agrees with Van Valkenburg’s argument that dress prosecutorial failings. She says she Millers in a lawsuit filed by the attorney’s the DOJ doesn’t have authority to investigate specifically lobbied Van Valkenburg to hire office, saying he found the county “haa county prosecutor’s office. But his knowl- additional staff capable of bolstering com- rassed this business.”

Pabst says she’s heard too many stories edge of the deep-pocketed DOJ leaves him munication with victims and an investigator to build stronger cases, but was told there like the Millers’ and they typify the ongoing inclined to find an alternative to litigation. problems that, if elected, she’d aim to fix.

“We’re looking at millions of dollars,” wasn’t enough money.

“Under the current administration, In fact, Pabst says her desire to fix those Van de Wetering explained to the group at problems prompted her to assist in the there seems to be this win-at-all-costs apthe Doubletree.

Pabst has first-hand experience with the DOJ’s investigation of the attorney’s office proach to solving problems,” Pabst says.

DOJ situation, which has led to both criti- shortly after leaving her post. She says the “(County attorneys) then tend to dump uncism from her opponent and praise from DOJ incorporated several of her suggestions limited resources into not solving the problem, but proving a point, or proving that supporters. She worked for the Missoula into its findings.

“I was the only prosecutor that coop- we’re right. And that needs to change.”

County Attorney’s Office for 14 years, serving as chief deputy criminal attorney be- erated,” Pabst says. jmayrer@missoulanews.com Like her opponent, Pabst believes tween 2006 and 2012, before going into

missoulanews.com • May 15–May 22, 2014 [9]

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[10] Missoula Independent • May 15–May 22, 2014

On April 27, Markus Kaarma shot and killed German exchange student Diren Dede in his Grant Creek garage. Kaarma’s lawyer, Paul Ryan, has told the press that his client will plead not guilty to charges of deliberate homicide, citing Montana’s castle doctrine.

Maybe you heard about it. On first blush, Kaarma’s actions seem lamentable but reasonable. Dede broke into his home during the night and Kaarma shot him, fearing for his life. That it happened is unfortunate, even tragic, but a man’s home is his castle.

Like that old saw, though, the Kaarma case gets dumber the longer you think about it. And so does HB 228, the so-called castle doctrine law that Gary Marbut and the Montana Shooting Sports Association pushed through the state legislature in 2009.

Before he shot Dede, Kaarma’s garage had been robbed twice. He and his wife often left the door open to smoke, he told police, and he had lost credit cards and a cellphone. According to Ryan, Kaarma “felt his family was being targeted by burglars who had become more sophisticated and bolder with every new invasion.”

A reasonable person might have fought this bold sophistication by closing his garage door. But Kaarma did not. He installed motion detectors and a video monitor and left the door open with his wife’s purse inside.

He told his hairdresser that he was “waiting up nights to shoot some [fudging] kid.” A few days later, he saw Dede on the monitor and raked the darkened garage with shotgun fire, killing the teenager.

It was an act of premeditated self-defense, somehow. Kaarma said he feared for his family and property, but it seems his fear was outweighed by his desire for revenge.

It’s not so much that he didn’t want to suffer any more burglaries. It’s that he wanted to suffer one more burglary, so he could kill the person who did it.

Kaarma is in trouble. He seems to have

taken every conceivable step to undermine his own case, and to highlight the practical absurdity of the law that protects him.

The castle doctrine is a principle of common law, and it’s one most people agree with. It holds that the occupants of a structure have a right to defend that structure with force, including deadly force when they are reasonably afraid of death or serious bodily harm. If someone breaks into your house and attacks you, you can shoot him. It’s ugly, but it’s also common sense.

“Kaarma got what he wanted out of our new and improved castle doctrine, but have we?”

In 2009, Marbut convinced the legislature the castle doctrine needed to be explicit.

The result was HB 228, which states “a person who is lawfully in a place or location and who is threatened with bodily injury or loss of life has no duty to retreat from a threat or summon law enforcement assistance prior to using force.”

Previously, the castle doctrine was understood to require people to try to escape threats or call police before they used deadly force. This principle is known as “duty to retreat,” and the 2009 law removed it. Now, you can legally shoot an intruder in your home even if you could have gone next door and called the police.

And why not? Why should you have to leave your house or lock yourself in the bathroom while a burglar goes through your stuff?

One possible reason is that you would rather not shoot someone. From a personal standpoint, I would rather lose my laptop and rare copy of a comic book in which Glenn Danzig and Henry Rollins are in love than live with the knowledge that I had killed another human being. And from a societal standpoint, maybe we don’t want the punishment for trespassing to be death.

The castle doctrine makes sense in theory, but in practice it empowers men like Kaarma while doing little to improve the rights of sensible people. It is a legal excuse that only a fool or a fiend would take.

The duty to retreat is not just a legal obligation; it’s a tactical one. Decent people who fear for their lives are advised not to engage in firefights indoors. In theory HB 228 protects decent people, but in practice it protects people like Kaarma.

Absolved of his duty to retreat, he did what he could to court trouble and then shot an unarmed teenager. If you believe his hairdresser, it’s what he wanted all along.

Kaarma got what he wanted out of our new and improved castle doctrine, but have we?

If we think of ourselves not as homeowners or garage-hopping kids but as Montanans trying to run a good society, do we want more trespassers and burglars to get shot? In theory, HB 228 protects homeowners from bad situations. In practice, though, it encourages them to make bad situations worse. A foolish young man is dead and another, even more foolish man has probably ruined his life. At least no one told him he had to retreat.

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

His column appears every other week in the Independent.

[opinion]

Stop feeding the beast Recent shooting reveals a flawed exchange system

by Henriette Löwisch

A few weeks ago, I received an email from a German cousin I hadn’t heard from in years. Did I know someone interested in hosting her teenage daughter as an exchange student? I’ve fielded numerous such inquiries since moving to Missoula. Until the day a German kid was shot in a garage near his host family’s home.

Diren Dede’s death has hurt Missoulians in more ways than he could have imagined.

It traumatized his classmates. It provoked spats about gun laws. It also scratched our mirror, where we like to see a hospitable, global-minded community.

In the future, will Germans shun Missoula when they are sending their sons and daughters to high school in the U.S.?

As matters stand, it would only make sense if they did.

The truth is, Missoula isn’t all that great a destination for foreign high school students in the first place. I can tell, because I hosted one myself last fall.

Up until a year ago, when German parents asked me about Missoula, I’d describe a vibrant city with little traffic and intimate schools. Teenagers could be safely independent here, I argued, instead of having to rely on a mom shuttling them around the suburbs. Thus the typical delusion of an adult without kids.

Simone, my 16-year-old host daughter from Berlin, rode her bike to school, quickly improved her English and never got into trouble.

She was also bored out of her mind.

She loved music—she joined the Hellgate High wind ensemble—but outside of school, she wasn’t allowed to enjoy the city’s music scene. In Berlin, she’d go clubbing with her friends on weekends. In Missoula, she could choose between hanging out at someone’s house or a shopping trip to the mall.

Lucky for her and me, she met a lovely boy. But that only meant she was starting to trespass. Exchange organizations impose strict rules. No driving. No alcohol. No sex.

No tattoos. Apart from sports, most aspects of American youth culture are off-limits to exchange students. In some respects, this didn’t bother Simone; she simply isn’t the type who likes to get drunk.

Through her boyfriend, she met a lovely American family. They liked Simone and became interested in hosting an exchange student themselves. With this, they joined a tiny group of Missoulans, among them Diren Dede’s gracious host parents. They are the exception, not the rule.

Across the U.S., and that includes Missoula, host families are ever more difficult to come by—in part because we increasingly value our comfort zones, but also because of the mad inequity of a system mandated by the State Department.

“The truth is, Missoula isn’t all that great a destination for foreign high school students in the first place.”

Germany sends more kids to the U.S. under the J-1 visa program than any other country. It’s a coming-of-age ritual for the middle class as well as a way to become fluent in English, a prerequisite for a successful European career. Look at the stats, however, and you’ll see the number of German participants curve down.

Simone’s parents forked over a fee of $8,300 for her semester in Missoula, not counting travel, insurance or spending allowance. In case you’ve wondered, the host family doesn’t see a penny. Oddly, the local schools don’t, either.

With their fees, Germans subsidize an industry of nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic that use the bulk of the money for remote supervision, administration and glossy brochures distributed at study-abroad fairs.

The exchange program industry is a beast that feeds itself.

Locally, dedicated mentors and scantly paid coordinators make sure students enjoy the experience they came—and paid—for.

To the public high schools, the foreign students sometimes prove to be assets, not least when they’re gifted athletes. Other times, they irritate teachers who resent that they neglect their homework. The kids don’t get credit for it back home.

It’s a haphazard, half-hearted and antiquated approach. School districts around the country are pioneering an alternative system, using the F-1 visa administered through the Department of Homeland Security.

“They embrace international students in ways to supplement and increase the diversity in their communities,” says Chris Page, executive director of CSIET, an organization that evaluates exchange programs.

The F-1 visa not only allows schools to tailor their own program—think foreign students in Montana learning about gun laws, rather than being informed by a leaflet that “appearance, in general, is important to the individual American.” More importantly, under the F-1 system, public schools get to charge tuition—anything between what they ask of out-of-district students (in Missoula: $1,311 per school year) and an amount calculated by dividing public expenditure by the number of K-12 students (Montana: $10,536 per year). To participate, a school district needs to get certified with Homeland Security. Missoula Public Schools, however, has let its certification lapse.

At last count, Montana hosted 257 foreign high school students, a nine-year low. A pitiful 20 Montana high school students spent a year abroad.

My cousin has yet to follow up on her inquiry.

If Missoulians want to prove themselves open to international exchanges, donning ribbons with German colors might not be good enough.

Henriette Löwisch is a professor at the University of Montana’s School of Journalism. She hails from Berlin and has been covering the Dede case for German media organizations.

missoulanews.com • May 15–May 22, 2014 [11]

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - British police arrested a 30-year-old man they said broke into a hotel in Gloucester but fell off the roof while making his getaway. He tumbled 40 feet and had to call emergency services to rescue him. He had a broken pelvis, leg and nose, a police official said, adding, “Suspected stolen lead piping and music equipment were discovered nearby.” (Gloucester Citizen) When a man pulled a gun on a bank teller in Pompano Beach, Fla., she rejected his demand for money and simply walked away from her bulletproof window. The robber fled empty-handed but left behind his holdup note, written on the back of an online job application with a user name and password belonging to Felipe Cruz, 39. “The robber has given us a clue,” FBI agent Michael Leverock said after investigators matched fingerprints on the note with Cruz’s. “He probably should have continued looking for honest work.”

(South Florida Sun Sentinel)

UNBROKEN RECORD - Before his resignation in February, Rep. Robert E. Andrews, D-N.J., had introduced 646 bills during 23 years in Congress, the most of any lawmaker in that stretch. None became law, however.

Andrews, 56, insisted his record actually demonstrates his success at working the system. “You should ask yourself how many of the ideas that were a seed planted in the bill that germinated in a larger bill,” he said, estimating that about 110 of his ideas became law in somebody else’s bills. (The Washington Post) SHIRKING-CLASS HERO - Sheriff’s deputies responding to a Monday morning call from Dwayne A. Yeagar, 31, saying his home in Brandon, Fla., had been broken into and ransacked, became suspicious because they found no signs of forced entry. Deputies noted other discrepancies and confronted Yeagar, who admitted staging the home burglary to avoid going to work. “He stated his wife was adamant that he go to work,” the arrest report said, “and he didn’t want to.” (Tampa Bay Times)

DUTCH IN DUTCH - Dutch prisons face an under-crowding crisis, with prison staff already outnumbering inmates. Justice Ministry official Jochgem van Opstal offered no explanation for the convict shortage but reassured, “We’re studying what the reason for the decline is.” Meanwhile, a British report called prison overcrowding in England and Wales “far worse than anyone imagined,” noting that a quarter of the prisoners share cells designed for one person. (The Huffington Post) HIGH ON THE HOG - Overrun by wild hogs that threaten native wildlife and vegetation and “breed prolifically,” Harris County, Texas, officials voted to trap, slaughter and cook them to supply local food banks, then signed a year’s contract with a processor for $217,600. Each hog in the horde, which numbers “as many as 8,000 to 10,000,” produces 40 pounds of meat, prompting County Commissioner Steve Radack to declare the plan, which he himself proposed, a “gift from God.” Texas Parks and Wildlife responded by posting a recipe for feral hog tacos on its website. Food bank officials said they were excited to receive the hog meat. The USDA warned that “unlike domesticated pigs, wild hogs are more prone to trichinella and toxoplasma parasite infections.” (Houston’s KTRK-TV)

LET IT GO, BRO - Responding to reports of a man calling for help under a manhole cover in Lawton, Okla., police found a man who said he’d been trapped in the sewer for two days. He told them he dropped a $20 bill down a storm drain and had no choice but to go in after it. Once he got underground, however, he lost his way and had to crawl through the wet, dark 42-inch-diameter pipe until he found a spot where someone heard his cries for help. Police Sgt. John Chelenza pointed out, “That’s the first time in going on 28 years that we have found somebody down in a storm drain.” (Lawton’s KSWO-TV) THE MOMENT WAS WRONG - J.D. Winteregg, a tea party challenger to House Speaker John A. Boehner in Ohio’s 8th Congressional District, lost his teaching job at Cedarville University, a small Christian school outside Dayton, for airing a campaign ad accusing Boehner of suffering from “electile dysfunction.”

The ad parodies Cialis’s commercial “When the Moment Is Right” for erectile dysfunction. “Signs of electile dysfunction include extreme skin discoloration, the inability to punch oneself out of a wet paper bag, or maintain a spine in the face of liberal opposition … smoking and golf,” the narrator says, concluding, “If you have a Boehner lasting longer than 23 years, seek immediate medical attention.” School official Mark D. Weinstein said the candidate’s commercial “did not represent the views or values of Cedarville University.”

(The Washington Times) CELEBRITY SECOND-AMENDMENT FOLLIES - Tourist Judith Fleissig drove around southern Florida for two days before she happened to look in the trunk of her rental car and found an AR-15 assault rifle the previous renter had left behind. Hillsboro Beach police traced the weapon to model Lauren Tannehill, 26, the wife of Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill. Broward sheriff’s official Keyla Concepción explained that Tannehill owned the gun legally and “simply forgot it.” (South Florida Sun Sentinel) DRINKING-CLASS HERO - Police who stopped Michael Moore, 61, for drunk driving in Stuart, Fla., said he told them he left home after arguing with his wife because she accused him of drinking too much, “so he decided to go out and ‘drive it off,’” according to the arrest report. (Miami’s WPLG-TV) EWE BE THE JUDGE - Customs veterinarians examining a flock of a thousand rams being shipped from Sudan to Saudi Arabia to be sold noticed one of the sheep assume a female position for urination. They investigated and found more than 70 of them were ewes, whose export is restricted. “The smugglers used fine thread to sew male organs onto the female sheep,” the report said, noting that Sudanese officials seized the entire flock. (BBC News)

STRIKING SHAPE - The U.S. Mint in San Francisco is producing a curved coin to commemorate the 75th anniversary of baseball’s Hall of Fame. The bowl-shaped coin, available in half-dollar, $1 and $5 denominations, depicts a baseball on the convex side and a glove on the concave side. (Associated Press) MORE WOES - Restaurant menus can have bacteria counts as high as 185,000 per square centimeter, far more than a toilet seat, according to studies cited by Kaivac, an Ohio-based developer of “science-based cleaning systems.” It urged restaurant patrons to “wash their hands or use a hand sanitizer after handling the menu.” (Kaivac press release)

[12] Missoula Independent • May 15–May 22, 2014

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usan Cahill sweeps a small pile of broken glass and two Band-Aids from the floor of her former treatment room into a dustpan. The room is otherwise empty. Gone are the ultrasound machine and the electric suction machine once used to perform abortions.

“It was smashed,” Cahill says of the suction machine.

Also absent are the cabinets and the exam tables and the antibiotics and syringes. On the one-month anniversary of the night that Zachary Klundt allegedly destroyed the place, little remains of Cahill’s All Families Healthcare.

“We lost everything,” she says.

Moving men carry a small white refrigerator into a truck parked outside, then return for a large plastic bin full of forceps and speculums. The equipment will re-

dent, she still sounds shaken. “It’s hard for me to be in here for very long,” she says.

Cahill is a physician’s assistant who for 37 years has practiced medicine in the Flathead Valley, curing sore throats and stomachaches, performing Pap smears and delivering babies. She believes that it’s her work providing abortions that made her a target—and it wouldn’t be the first time.

Cahill has weathered a lot of abuse from the anti-abortion contingent in this small conservative community of 20,000 people. She’s been called a “baby killer” in the comment sections of local news websites, and been compared to Stalin and Hitler. In 1994, a pro-life extremist firebombed her Kalispell office. But Cahill says the past several months have been the most difficult of her career.

In February, she was evicted from the Meridian Road office she worked in for

more than six years after the executive director of the local pro-life crisis pregnancy center, Hope Ministries, purchased the building. Hope’s director, Michelle Reimer, discussed the transaction in a written statement released to Democracy Now after the sale. “We made a stand for the prolife position in a legal, peaceful and non-confrontational way,” Reimer said, “purchasing the building in order to advance the cause of life.”

Cahill believes the attack on her new office also aimed “to advance the cause of life.” She had only moved in three weeks before Klundt allegedly broke in. Zachary is the son of Twyla Klundt, a longtime Hope Ministries board member who resigned from her post the day after Zachary was arrested. Cahill says it doesn’t take much sleuthing to connect the dots.

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

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main in storage until Cahill decides whether to use them again. Following the break-in and the calculated dismantling of her professional equipment and personal items, Cahill, 64, has yet to decide if she’ll ever return to the Flathead Valley practice she’s built up over the course of her career.

Prosecutors say the 24-year-old Klundt broke into All Families Healthcare late on March 3 or early the next morning and proceeded to douse the office with iodine and, as if to ensure that nothing could ever be used again, spray a fire extinguisher that left a yellow coat of powder everywhere. Most horrifyingly for Cahill, the perpetrator used what appeared to be a claw hammer to gouge faces out of family photos.

This was no random attack, Cahill says. This was personal. As she takes stock of the empty office weeks after the inci-

Susan Cahill says she’s not sure if she’ll reopen her medical clinic after an early March attack destroyed her Kalispell office.

[14] Missoula Independent • May 15–May 22, 2014

“We know how to fight anti-choice legislation,” Moran says. “But fighting this intimidation and violence is a whole other ball game.”

Cahill knew the picketers were coming March 5. The anti-choice group, 40 Days for Life, announced it would protest in front of her new office on First Avenue East in Kalispell that day. The contractor Cahill hired to install an alarm system was slated to finish March 4.

At first, Cahill thought it was bad luck the alarm wasn’t ready when the break-in happened. Hindsight, however, along with the knowledge that Klundt was carrying a fully loaded handgun with a spare magazine in his holster when he was arrested, provides a different perspective.

“I thought, ‘You know what? I think that it was damn good luck,’” she says, considering what would’ve happened if

“There was so much destruction and so much bad feeling in there,” she says.

“You just want to try and get rid of it.”

Among the pieces she’ll miss most is a painting by Norman Rockwell titled “Golden Rule,” which features dozens of portraits of people of different ethnicities and reads, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Cahill purchased the piece with her former business partner, Dr. James Armstrong, while attending a National Abortion Federation conference in Philadelphia. Because it was out being framed in 1994, when her old office was firebombed, it survived that attack. This time it didn’t.

The losses hit Cahill harder now. She says she contemplated retirement after being evicted from her Meridian Road office earlier this year. The thought of starting over again was daunting, especially because Cahill knew from experience how tough it would be to find a new location. It had taken her two months to find the Meridian

care experts attribute largely to increasing access to contraception—current data indicates that one in three women will terminate a pregnancy before the age of 45.

Even with ongoing demand for the procedure, fewer professionals offer it.

Between 1996 and 2011, the number of abortion providers in the United States declined from 2,042 to 1,720, according to data compiled by the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit committed to advancing reproductive health and abortion rights.

Bloomberg news reported that between 2011 and 2013 an additional 73 clinics across the country closed.

In Montana, the drop in providers has been even more extreme. According to Guttmacher, there were 23 abortion providers in the state in 1978. There are roughly five today. Most women go to clinics to terminate pregnancies, rather than to independent physicians or hospitals. In Montana, only three clinics now

the opening of the cervix and poke around with it until they interrupted the pregnancy enough that the woman would go ahead and miscarry.”

Armstrong is now 84 and hard of hearing, but he’s still able to rattle off abortion statistics with ease. Referencing data compiled by the Guttmacher Institute, he notes that history proves women will always find ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, regardless of legal prohibitions.

Before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973, women received— or performed on themselves—between 200,000 and 1.2 million abortions annually, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

While it’s tough to discern how many of those women got sick or died from the procedure, smaller snapshots provide some insight. In 1962, for instance, Harlem Hospital Center in New York admitted nearly 1,600 women for abortion-related ailments, such as infection, hemorrhage

Susan Cahill takes stock of her office in early March, shortly after Zachary Klundt allegedly destroyed the place.

“I wander around and I look at all these young girls and I think, ‘Where are they going to go?’” Cahill says. “Or, ‘How are they going to get there?’”

The battle between pro-life and prochoice supporters is nothing new. Legal and legislative debates garner most of the regular headlines, such as when Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis staged an 11-hour filibuster last year to protect abortion rights. But pro-choice advocates say the destruction of Cahill’s office highlights a far more terrifying trend of increased violence and intimidation.

“It’s an awful thing for me to admit, that these tactics really are working,” says NARAL Pro-Choice Montana Executive Director Maggie Moran.

Since 1993, pro-life extremists have killed eight clinic staffers and volunteers.

Forty-one abortion facilities were bombed between 1977 and 2009, and 175 set on fire. According to data compiled by NARAL, clinics reported more than 600 bomb threats during that same period.

the alarm had thwarted his effort. “He would have destroyed me.”

Cahill shares her thoughts while sipping tea and sitting on a cream-colored leather couch inside her Kalispell residence. She’s spending more time at home lately. For the past four decades, she woke up most days at 6 a.m., drank coffee, read the news and then went to work. She still gets up early. But rather than treating patients, she’s left to contemplate the fact that her practice is gone.

“That is a death to me,” she says.

Cahill misses the work and the interaction with patients, but she also sounds like someone still coming to grips with a violation of her professional space and the systematic destruction of so many personal items. She mentions the art on the walls and how she specifically selected a wall paint to match. She wonders if, in the rush to push past the fear, anger and sadness stirred by the attack, she and her volunteer helpers, including patients and friends, rashly threw away keepsakes that could have been preserved.

photo courtesy of Nicolas Hudak

photo courtesy of Nicolas Hudak

“I think, in a way, that Zachary did something that his parents should be proud of him,” Cahill says. “I think his parents believe that, too.”

Since Cahill’s practice was destroyed, there’s been an outpouring of support from members of the pro-choice community. They say the attack constitutes a loss not only to Cahill, but to women throughout the region. There are no abortion providers in Idaho, Cahill says, nor any on the Blackfeet Reservation. She says her patients drove from as far away as Sandpoint, Idaho—more than 350 miles roundtrip—to terminate pregnancies.

With Cahill’s practice closed, women from Browning seeking an abortion will have to travel some 200 miles to Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula. The absence of local care prompted the Daily Beast to dub a 1,200mile stretch of the northwest—from Idaho, across Montana east to the Dakotas, and south into Wyoming—an “abortion desert.”

Cahill says the vandal gouged faces out of her family photos.

Road office. She says Flathead building owners aren’t exactly eager to rent to a well-known abortion provider who draws picketers carrying graphic signs, or worse.

But as Cahill considered the decision, she realized she wasn’t ready to retire.

Plus, the prospect of leaving women for hundreds of miles without access to abortion kept her up at night.

In recent years, Cahill terminated roughly 230 pregnancies annually. She also offered free services to women who couldn’t afford health care and solicited community donations to help pay for gas and hotels for patients traveling long distances.

For all of the controversy surrounding her practice, Cahill provided one of the most common medical procedures in this country. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, half of all pregnancies are unplanned. In 2011, health care professionals administered 1.06 million abortions. Even with an overall decline in the number of abortions performed between 1980 and 2011—a decrease health

offer surgical abortion: Blue Mountain Clinic and Planned Parenthood in Billings and Helena.

Cahill understands the situation, but she’s still not sure about her future. She’s committed to taking the summer off as she considers whether or not to open another clinic. As Montana loses providers, Cahill says she’s simply unwilling to serve any longer as a high-profile holdout with a target on her back.

“I can’t do this alone anymore,” she says.

“I just can’t. I won’t do it alone anymore.”

Cahill’s former colleague and partner, Dr. James Armstrong, remembers when abortion was illegal. He says he can’t forget the women he treated while attending New York Medical College in the 1950s who attempted to terminate their own pregnancies.

“They could get a heavy piece of wire,” Armstrong recalls. “And they’d, examining themselves, try to put the wire in

and damage to the uterus or reproductive organs. In 1968, the University of Southern California Los Angeles County Medical Center reported admitting 701 women sick from abortion-related sepsis.

“The numbers of women having complications from illegal abortion, sometimes self-induced trauma and things like that,” Armstrong says, “was really epidemic mass proportions.”

It was with that backdrop that the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 legalized abortion. The lawsuit before the court was filed under a pseudonym of Jane Roe on behalf of a 22-year-old Texas woman named Norma McCorvey, who was pregnant with her third child. She argued, in the lawsuit filed against Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade, that Texas’ law banning the procedure unless the mother’s life was in jeopardy violated constitutional assurances to privacy.

The court agreed with McCorvey. In one of the most controversial cases ever decided by the court, justices agreed that as-

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One month after the attack, Cahill finished moving out of her office. “It’s hard for me to be in here very long,” she said.

surances to privacy entitle women to make their own reproductive choices. In the majority opinion written by Justice Harry Blackmun, the court noted further that, while some argue life begins at conception, that belief is not universal. Judaism, for instance, holds that the first breath marks life’s beginning. Christian theology, meanwhile, held that a male fetus can be considered alive 40 days after conception. That number was 80 days for a female. Prior to the 19th century, before a fetus showed signs of movement, it was, as Blackmun noted, “regarded as part of the mother, and its destruction, therefore, was not homicide.”

By the time of the Roe v. Wade decision, Armstrong had moved to Kalispell and opened a medical practice. Because of his experience treating women who had received botched abortions, he felt compelled to offer the procedure.

Armstrong’s practice thrived in the 1970s, prompting him to seek additional assistance to meet demand. The timing was good for Cahill, who was looking to move west after graduation from the State University of New York at Stony Brook’s physician assistant program. Once in Montana, she found that she had a lot in common with Armstrong. They shared Long Island upbringings, New York City medical school educations and, as they would learn in the years to come, the fortitude to withstand legal and extralegal attacks.

tants to perform abortion. Because Cahill was the only PA in the state at the time providing the procedure, the legislation became known as “the Cahill law.”

Cahill, along with Armstrong and three other plaintiffs, including Blue Mountain Clinic, fought the legislation all the way to the Montana Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. Two years later, they won.

As the Right to Life Association lobbied to shut down Armstrong and Cahill’s clinic through legislative action, anti-choice extremists across the country took a more deadly approach. In 1993, David Gunn became the first abortion clinic staffer assassinated. Michael F. Griffin reportedly yelled, “Don’t kill any more babies,” as he shot Gunn in the back as the doctor walked through an anti-abortion protest at Pensacola Women’s Medical Services in Florida.

In 1994, the director of an anti-abortion group called Defensive Action used a 12-gauge shotgun to kill 69-year-old abortion provider John Britton and his 74-yearold clinic escort, James Barrett, outside a Pensacola, Fla., reproductive health clinic.

Barrett’s 68-year-old wife, June, was also wounded. When law enforcement arrested the shooter, Rev. Paul Hill, he said, “I know one thing, no innocent babies are going to be killed in that clinic today.”

Between 1994 and 2009, pro-life activists killed two clinic receptionists in Brookline, Mass., a security guard in Birm-

“We know how to fight anti-choice legislation. But fighting this intimidation and violence is a whole other ball game.”

photo by Chad Harder

—Maggie Moran, NARAL Pro-Choice Montana

Missoula’s Blue Mountain Clinic is one of only three clinics in the state that still offer abortions.

Protesters regularly picket outside the facility.

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Cahill recalls waking up at about 3 in the morning on Oct. 11, 1994, to the sound of her neighbor, the local fire chief, pulling out of his driveway. Three hours later, Armstrong called Cahill to deliver the news: Their clinic had been firebombed.

The attack resulted in $200,000 worth of damage and prompted Armstrong to invest an additional $50,000 in security upgrades, including a fire and bulletproof door and a thick Plexiglass window between the reception area and the clinic’s office.

The perpetrator, Richard Andrews, also admitted to torching six other abortion facilities in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and California, including Blue Mountain Clinic.

In February 1998, Andrews, who was the former leader of a group called the Christian Coalition for Public Policy, pleaded guilty in federal court to eight counts of arson. (He torched one clinic twice). A judge sentenced him to 81 months in prison.

“For some reason,” Cahill says, “I thought that would be the end of it.”

That wasn’t the end of it. In the 1990s, the pro-life movement began morphing into a powerful political force.

Cahill was threatened with arrest in 1995 after state lawmakers, at the urging of the Montana Right to Life Association, passed a bill making it illegal for physician assis-

ingham, Ala., and a gynecologist in Amherst, N.Y. The last provider to die, physician George Tiller, was killed while attending church in Wichita, Kan. Tiller had survived two earlier assassination attempts, including a 1993 shooting and a pipe bomb explosion seven years earlier.

Cahill says the deaths illustrate the dangers of the pro-life movement’s rhetoric and how it’s interpreted by extremists.

Language that prioritizes a fetus over a woman is inherently damaging.

“When you slowly insinuate that people who provide abortion services are murderers,” Cahill says, “you are setting the stage for somebody like Zachary Klundt to do damage.”

Twyla Klundt says since her son’s arrest, she stopped reading the newspaper.

Even with the blackout, it’s tough to avoid the coverage. National publications including Democracy Now, the Daily Beast, and the Associated Press reported on the crime, quoting Cahill and reproductive rights advocates who have publicly decried the attack as a hate crime.

“I find it so interesting that it has turned into this whole political thing,” Twyla Klundt says.

On March 27, Zachary Klundt pleaded not guilty in Flathead District

In 2013, Samantha Campbell was earning a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry at the University of Montana and contemplating medical school. When she met Cahill, she envisioned for herself a career as a physician’s assistant.

The 27-year-old Campbell shadowed Cahill for four months, studying the PA’s bedside manner and the thoroughness with which she went about her work. She

gists, only one-third of Amerirespected Cahill’s expertise can medical schools in 2005 and sense of community reprovided a formal lecture on sponsibility. Despite enjoying abortion. Although 45 percent the job itself, Campbell had a of schools offer clinical training tough time going to work some in abortion care, students fredays. The judgmental stares of quently opt out. Reproductive pro-life picketers in front of rights advocates predict if the Cahill’s office left Campbell trend continues, and abortion feeling uncomfortable. becomes even less accessible, Cahill had been searching women will revert to tactics for someone to take over her used in the years before Roe v. practice after she eventually reWade. tired. In Campbell, she saw “It’s a huge fear of ours,” someone she could groom, says Moran of NARAL Prosomeone who would continue Choice Montana. “We know to care for patients and provide that this is what’s going to hapsafe access to reproductive pen, because history has alcare. But even before the latest ready told us that when you attack, Campbell worried she limit access to abortion, couldn’t take the pressure. women are going to take it into “I didn’t think I was up for their own hands.” the challenge, because (Cahill) Zachary Klundt is being charged with burglary, If more providers offered gets so much abuse from peocriminal mischief and theft for allegedly destroythe procedure, Campbell beple in the community,” Camping Cahill’s All Families Healthcare office. He faces 60 years in prison. lieves it would be tougher for bell says. “It takes a very special pro-life activists to target just person to want to do that, esone. And while she’s worried pecially here in Kalispell.”

“They’re not stepping up to the Cahill’s not the only one facing the plate,” Cahill says, “and I understand about future abortion access, she’s not willing to carry the torch alone. challenge of finding a willing successor. As that.”

“I wish I could be the one to say, an older generation of doctors and physiMedical schools once taught abortion cian assistants reach retirement—those as part of their integrated curriculum, but ‘Well, I’m going to make a change,’” who remember the pre-Roe years—young that’s changed. According to the American Campbell says. “But I don’t know that I health care providers aren’t filling the void. Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecolo- want that to be my life.” photo courtesy of You Tube

Court to burglary, criminal mischief and theft, charges directly related to the vandalism of Cahill’s clinic. Prosecutors also charged him with attempted burglary for allegedly breaking into a nearby bail bonds office. He faces 60 years in prison.

Twyla Klundt says her son has been unjustly characterized and there’s more to the story than what’s been reported. Her attorney advised her not to speak with the press, but she wants to set the record straight.

Klundt says her son is struggling with chemical dependency and, on March 4, he “wasn’t in a good place. …We’re hoping to get him the help that he needs, and get him healthy.”

Zachary wasn’t raised in an environment of intolerance or hate, she says. And she certainly doesn’t condone the destruction of Cahill’s office. “I feel terribly,” Klundt says. “I want Susan to be well.”

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In the wake of the attack, Cahill says she’s received significant support from reproductive rights advocates. The Montana Human Rights Network and its affiliate Love Lives Here held an online fundraiser that raised more than $75,000 to cover Cahill’s financial losses.

The reaction from local health care professionals has been less encouraging. Cahill says she’s troubled by the fact that none took a public stand against the break-in.

Back in 1994, after Cahill and Armstrong’s office was firebombed, local community members, including members of the health care community, took out a full-page ad in the Daily Inter Lake condemning the arson.

This time, Cahill says, her professional peers remained largely silent.

“People need to be up in arms,” she says. “This cannot happen to a colleague of ours in the community. It’s wrong. And they’re too chicken shit, frankly.”

Cahill’s voice cracks when she says, again, that she can’t continue fighting the extremists and rhetoric alone. If she decides to retire now it would constitute a devastating end to her long career. But her family is worried. They don’t want her to be hurt any more than she already has.

“I have to honor that,” Cahill says. “I told my son that I will not be a martyr.” jmayrer@missoulanews.com

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[arts]

Puppet masters Bat Honey’s quest to bring an age-old entertainment back to the stage

by Erika Fredrickson Photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Bat Honey puppeteers Britt Juchem, left, and Ariel Gregory have created over 100 puppets for shows like their upcoming Iron Will Tate.

W

hen Britt Juchem and Ariel Gregory arrive at Le Petit Outre on a recent weekday morning, they look as though they’ve just stepped out of a time machine from a romantic Wes Anderson-styled era. Juchem has long dark hair and wears a billowy black and white top that would be perfect for a Shakespearian gala. Gregory sports a mustard blazer, powder-blue vest and silky tie to go along with an impressive old-style beard and mustache. They are sparkly eyed and smile brightly, like two people who’ve already had their morning coffee and don’t have to go spend their day in an office—which is true on both counts. Instead, they have bought two artisan bread loaves for their weekend camping expedition where they will spend their time, rain or shine, sitting by a river writing stories for puppet shows.

From a long cloth sack they pull out several puppets they’ve created over the years—each one crafted with vintage fabrics and fantastic accessories. One is a wizard with a dark and twisted face and a body covered in black beads meant to look like ticks; he holds a tiny old-fashioned telephone to his ear. Another puppet is a man wearing a dark yellow sweater that was an old favorite of Gregory’s, which he shrunk down to puppet-size. There are flat puppets made of wood with flaps for mouths and more realistic 3D rod puppets whose limbs move easily. As the puppeteers lay out the colorful characters across the table, several coffee-shop patrons peek at them with delighted smiles. The puppeteers laugh, noticing the attention and Juchem recalls doing a performance for adults at a bar in Rosalind, Wash.

“We were like rock stars,” she says. “We might as well have been David Bowie.”

The Missoula-based couple has toured nationwide as a puppeteer outfit called Bat Honey, putting on puppet shows for kids and adults alike. They’ve rarely performed in Missoula, however. In April, they showcased their kids’ puppet opera, Squidbelly, for the International Wildlife Film Festival. This week, they will put on Iron Will Tate, an adult puppet comedy about a family on a cross-country road trip who come across all sorts of strange characters—drunken zoo animals and giant robots—during the final leg of their journey. (It’s “adult” for mature language and because the story is more engaging for adults.) In one scene, characters end up at a restaurant where it’s storming inside. “It’s kind of like a ‘Fawlty Towers’ bit,” Gregory says. “There’s shipwrecks and alligators and crocodiles showing up inside the restaurant.”

Juchem and Gregory met at Evergreen State College in Washington 12 years ago. Juchem was majoring in theater and Gregory in film, but they were both interested in stop-motion animation and that became their focus. After college they moved to LA, where Gregory did technical and prop design for Groundlings and made textiles for Cirque du Soleil. Juchem created models for the commercial industry—forested landscapes and full remakes of Manhattan with a 12-foot Chrysler building. On their own time, they worked together on miniature sets to create animated films, but as the sets got bigger, so did the characters they built.

“And now they are puppets,” Juchem says.

Juchem and Gregory also found that they worked best in a place where they had more access to the outdoors—hence their move to Missoula four years ago.

They’ve had to swap higher paying jobs for a life of writing grants to pay their bills, and traveling to rural

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schoolhouses to perform for kids, which they love.

Juchem recalls unloading boxes of puppets at a school in Helmville and seeing three boys sitting against a wall watching them intently.

“They wanted to know what it was like to be a puppeteer,” Juchen says, “and I said, ‘It’s great, but you have to lift really heavy stuff.’ And one of them said, ‘You don’t know this about us, but we all work on a ranch, so that’s no problem. We’re very strong.’

Those moments are unforgettable.”

Puppetry has evolved over the years across the world with wildly different results. In the United States, traveling puppet troupes like Bread and Puppet perform shows and pass out sourdough bread to the audience as a literal way to nourish the community. At the Moscow State Theater, Russian puppeteer Sergey Vladimirovich Obraztsov has created life-sized puppets that require seven or more performers to each puppet. Bunraku, a traditional Japanese style, allows the puppet operators to be in full view and modern versions play with the idea of the puppet master as a separate entity.

“It’s such an exciting time to be a puppeteer because there is this generation doing it now that grew up with Jim Henson—the ‘Sesame Street’ generation—who are just coming into their artistic potency now, in their 20s and 30s,” Gregory says. “And we are getting a totally new approach because they are also being influenced by other television and film programs and foreign puppetry styles.”

Bat Honey, whose name comes from Gregory’s apiary lineage and the duo’s love for bats, has created 100-plus puppets by now. “We have had to move to bigger and bigger apartments,” Gregory says. The

couple sifts through thrift stores and fly-fishing shops for materials, even picking up upholstery from old cars and fabric from discarded chaise lounges. They love the homemade look. Once they visited the Smithsonian and got to see the first version of Henson’s Kermit—a lizard, not a frog, apparently made from a winter jacket owned by Henson’s mother— and were delighted that you could see the stitches.

“Just to be able to see where an artist has touched something, like when you see a thumb print in a pot, we really love the handmade,” Gregory says. “It feels more human and that’s important to us to display.”

The puppeteers live a romantic lifestyle that speaks to their do-it-yourself aesthetic. They say they have picnics in caves. On tour they will sometimes stop at a small-town schoolhouse and knock on the door to see if they can perform a puppet show. Once, while camping at Bannack ghost town, they put on an impromptu performance for all the families in the campground.

“We set up by the creek with the kids on the grass and there were mayflies everywhere floating in the air,” Gregory says. “Most of them had never seen a puppet show and that’s a surprising thing. It was really cool.”

They’re trying, they say, to recapture a tactile art that has been lost to video games and Internet overload.

“The vaudeville theaters closed down 70 years ago and so there’s not that infrastructure for traveling performers that there used to be,” Gregory says. “So what we do, it’s anachronistic, but there are merits that you just don’t get elsewhere.”

Bat Honey performs Iron Will Tate at the Roxy Thu., May 22, at 8 PM. $10. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[music]

Rainy day raps Wormwood strikes an intimate mood on Years “These hours become years,” Wormwood raps on the introductory track of Record Years, and the hour or so that follows proves he has spent his time well.

Record Years is a leap forward from 2013’s Forms, both in lyrics and in production. The Missoula emcee sounds more confident, and his beats are moody and southern, like a rainy afternoon Clams Casino. Wormwood has produced a daring but disciplined mixtape that makes it evident he has been working on his craft.

It’s also evident that he has been listening to A$AP Mob. One of the best things about local emcees is they don’t need to fit into national scenes, but we’re all listeners. Wormwood seems to have taken the most interesting elements of the ’90s revival in hip-hop—including triplet-based cadences—and run them through his own melancholy, muted style. The result is a lively but strikingly intimate series of tracks, as if he were rapping along with his headphones and didn’t know we were walking behind him. It’s not perfect, fortunately. But it’s so much better than his last outing and so recognizably in the same vein that it makes me want to hear more. (Dan Brooks)

The Dodos, Carrier The Dodos are a duo, but on Carrier they sound like an orchestra. That’s fitting, since The Dodos are also a band that sounds like a genre. Their modal, folky sound evokes comparisons—Fleet Foxes, Dirty Projectors—that seem apt but don’t quite fit. They sound like everything and nothing, each album the same but different.

Carrier is more baroque and intense than much of their previous work. The third track, “Confidence,” contains what might be termed a guitar solo. Where once The Dodos’ music could be called esoteric, even quirky, they seem to have settled in to their own style on this album. It’s not so much that their sound has

shifted toward the conventional as it has become a more settled convention for them. The Dodos are no longer strange even to themselves.

The downside of that evolution is that they are no longer strange to longtime listeners, either. Carrier is probably the best Dodos album, but it doesn’t pack the same thrill as their earlier, less developed efforts. That’s a sign, though, that they have reached the height of their powers. Now is The Dodos’ golden age, the culmination of their vision. Go see them while they are perfect. (Dan Brooks) The Dodos open for Neko Case at the Wilma Wed., May 21, at 8 PM. Sold out.

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Mesozoic Mafia, Raptor Rapture “Oh great, another experimental dinosaurthemed hip-hop outfit in Missoula,” I’m sure you’re thinking. “Like we needed another one of those.”

Well, hold on while I explain why this is one worth paying attention to.

Mesozoic Mafia began when Off in the Woods musician Sean Burress asked friends to write lyrics for some electronic beats he’d composed. Musicians from bands like Stellarondo, Shakewell, Lunacy and the Moon, Boston Tea Party and many more jumped in. Several months and 19-plus collaborators later, the project mysteriously coalesced into a prehistoric theme. They recreate the beats live for a special show May 16.

I expected the resulting album, Raptor Rapture, to be full of poppy, kid-friendly anthems or something, but it’s a different beast entirely. After an introductory track with a little girl singing over an acoustic guitar, the rest of the album is full of easy rapping over laid-back beats, with trippy, atmospheric inter-

ludes. For all the collaborators, it’s a cohesive result with excellent production. Oh, and of course, the songs are about dinosaurs and their hopes and dreams. Not all the rappers are necessarily very skilled in their delivery, but the lyrics are definitely clever. “One Drink,” featuring “T. Willard, Old Sap, Gargapüs, Thuggasaurus Flex,” is about a triceratops wishing he could fly. Partying, weed-smoking dinos get busted by the cops in “Terrence Rex, Esq,” where Burress raps, “Ain’t no thing/ they start jokin’/ rolling up joints and allosaurus tokin’.” Officer J. Rassic has to call in for backup. Ish gets real.

Raptor Rapture isn’t something I’d blast at a house party—but it’s perfect for porchin’ it on a lazy afternoon with a beer and herbal remedy of choice.

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[theater]

Friday night live Irreverence meets class with Zootown Improv

by Kate Whittle

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“This feels like a grownup outing,” whispered my friend, as we sat in the Stensrud Playhouse on a recent Friday, drinking Fat Tire and waiting for Zootown Improv to start. Around us, people sat at tables chatting and sipping wine. A keyboardist played jazzy tunes and a server walked around offering hummus plates provided by the Silk Road. The evening did feel grownup, in the classy, glamorous sense of the word.

Then, the lights dimmed and a man and woman appeared on stage, holding hands and talking about their honeymoon camping trip. A young blond woman strode out, dressed as a park ranger, and shamelessly hit on the newlywed man. “Beat it,” the park ranger said to the bride, before insisting that as an enforcer of park rules, she’d need to give a thorough pat-down to the young man. He squealed as she reached for his butt, and the lights dropped. A not-so-grownup tone had been set.

Classy as the Stensrud feels, the Zootown Improv comedy is, thankfully, just the right amount of cheeky and silly. The historic building, with its brick exterior, enormous windows, dark wood-paneled interior and vintage furnishings, has always seemed imbued with an intriguing, fantastical vibe to me. That vintage ambience provides the perfect setting—and makes lighthearted humor seem all the more irreverent—for its new role as an intimate theater. Veteran performer Jackie Stermitz, a Montanan with extensive experience in LA theaters, bought the Stensrud from previous renovator and owner Mark Kersting in February.

Stermitz says her goal was to bring sketch and improv comedy to Missoula, like the kind she was familiar with at the legendary Groundlings troupe in LA. The venue is still very recognizably the Stensrud, but with a new small stage on the east side of the room and a raised tier for seating on the opposite side, plus a sound and lighting rig. Besides the Friday night sketch comedy and improv, the playhouse regular hosts a Bullets for Broadway murder-mystery dinner theater on Saturday and Sunday.

For the improv shows, two casts of local actors perform on alternate weeks, and the night I went, the First Cousins group—three men and two women—performed improv and scripted skits, a la “Saturday Night Live.”

Improv is essentially just a group of goofy people playing acting games, and usually the audience will be asked to provide suggestions, so expect to get roped in if you’re seated up front. In one game, for instance, the First Cousins sought two volunteers from the audience to make sound effects while actors told a story. One volunteer said he’d do it, but warned that he could only make fart noises, so that, of course, was hysterical. The fun of watching improv is to see whip-smart people transform silly suggestions into a hilarious bit; or to see how an actor overcomes it when a joke falls flat. I’m glad to report the First Cousins did pretty well at both.

The First Cousins’ strength, though, was in scripted sketches, which were mostly smart-alec jokes with Missoula-oriented twists. The bits poked fun at different kinds of people, but never to the point of cruelty, which I very much appreciate. In “Eco Bros,” two men sit at a coffee shop trying to out-hippie one another—one man, played by Patrick Bush, insists he’s wearing “the Smartest Wool” socks. First Cousins’ director, Sara Reynolds, has a Rachel Dratch kind of look and stage presence, and she was excellently snappy and off-kilter in improvised bits and sketches alike.

University of Montana filmmaking student Jacob Godbey wrote some of the sketches with the most hip, current-day punchlines. In “Boy Bra,” which reminded me of The Lonely Island’s joke-raps for “SNL,” Godbey and Alex Tait put on hoodies and rapped about how dudes need their own brand of lingerie. Tait and Godbey flubbed a couple lines, but I was still impressed by their rhyming and rapping skills.

All in all, Zootown Improv makes for a fun evening and a great addition to Missoula’s live theater scene. There’s something admirably old-school about watching regular, plain-clothes people create funny stories out of nothing but thin air and their own wits.

The Stensrud Playhouse hosts Zootown Improv on Fridays at 8 PM, $15/$22 for two. More improv follows at 10 PM, $5/free for those who attend the 8 PM show. Visit stensrudplayhouse.com. kwhittle@missoulanews.com

[art]

Mind games Native Alaskan exhibit plays on assumptions

by Sarah Aswell

When you walk into the Paxson Gallery at the porary art all over the world, receiving his bachelor’s University of Montana, you are greeted by two com- at London Guildhall University in silversmithing and peting soundtracks: an electronic hip-hop beat and jewelry design and his master’s at Massey University a traditional Native American song. To your left, two in New Zealand, where he studied conceptual art. videos show similarly competing images: a modern That’s where he says he found his current passion.

The result is art that begins a conversation about dancer on one screen and a Native dancer in traditional garb on the other. Which soundtrack goes with culture: Are your definitions of Native American art which dancer? If you guessed that video artist affecting your viewing of the art? What are your asNicholas Galanin swapped the original soundtracks on the videos in order to make you think, you are exactly wrong. The installation plays on assumptions—that viewers will deduce the music and images have been juxtaposed by the artist after they were recorded, as a statement. In fact, the Native dancer is actually moving to the modern beat, the modern dancer to the traditional one.

The videos belong to Galanin’s two-part installation titled, “Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan ( We Will Again Open This Container of Wisdom That Has Been Left in Our Care).” The installation is part of the current exhibition at the Montana Museum of Art and Culture, This is Not A Silent Movie: Four Contemporary Alaska Native Artists, named after Native American writer Sherman Alexie’s famous line, “This is not a silent movie, our voices will save our lives,” and it features three other artists, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Susie Silook and Da-ka-xeen Mehner.

The media used by the four contemporary artists varies widely—from human hair and walrus tusk to video Nicholas Galanin’s “Things Are Looking Native, Native’s and digital photography—but the mes- Looking Whiter” shows as part of the exhibit This is Not a sages they send have common themes: Silent Movie. how we remember, how we move forward, how we communicate with one another. sumptions about Native American art? Do you preSilook’s traditional-yet-modern figures contrast with sume that Native American art is unchanging, or even more abstract metal daggers by Mehner, but the pieces extinct? And where’d you even get that idea?

“Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan”—the videos with the create a chorus with a more central theme that goes beyond simply examining race or nationality. The ex- two dancers—seems to spur these questions as soon hibit feels alive and timeless. Fresh but also eternal. as you walk through the door. The pieces that follow Galanin puts it best when discussing the four artists down the hallway continue the conversation with and the state of Native Alaskan art: “We are here. We depth, thoughtfulness and even some playfulness.

“I hope a lot of my work will tell you about yourare living. We are growing. We are changing.”

Galanin, a Tlingit/Aleut who currently lives in self and your assumptions,” Galanin says. “It’s about Sitka, Alaska, uses much of his art to explore the in- the viewer, not me or my own relationship to my tersection of Native cultures and pop culture, includ- work. The songs aren’t reversed. Opening the coning the misappropriation of ideas, the insidiousness tainer of wisdom is thinking about our art, our culof stereotypes and the ongoing trouble of misrepre- ture, our language, our dance. It’s about having our sentation. One of his pieces splices together an Ed- own creative sovereignty. To create and grow as we ward Curtis photograph of a Hopi girl with a butterfly intend, on our own terms and in our own space, unwhorl hairstyle and a photograph of Carrie Fisher’s inhibited by the romanticism of culture.”

This is Not A Silent Movie runs until July 4 in Princess Leia wearing her hair in the same style.

Galanin’s own life and education reflect the jux- the Paxson and Meloy galleries in UM’s PARTV tapositions he creates in some of his pieces. He says building. For more information, call 406-243he was taught about traditional art from members of 2019. Visit umt.edu/montanamuseum for gallery his community as well as his family. (His great-grand- hours. father was a wood carver, his father is an artist and musician.) At the same time, he has studied contemarts@missoulanews.com

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Beast intentions Godzilla’s mythical monster shows unexpected style

by Scott Renshaw

Anger management poster child.

It has all been building to this: The first megabattle between Godzilla—the 12-story tall, spikebacked King of the Monsters whose trademark bellow is as familiar as a commercial jingle—and an equally massive insectoid creature. They’re going to tear each other and a significant portion of downtown Honolulu to shreds, and we in the summer blockbuster audience have a front-row seat. So, of course, when we see the first moments of that epic confrontation, it’s going to be … when a little boy in the movie is watching news reports on a small TV screen.

It’s hard to convey—in an era when we’ve been conditioned to expect the Michael Bay/Roland Emmerich-ization of the “event” movie—how radical Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla feels. This is a giant lizard movie with style, and a willingness to tease viewers on the way to the big finale. You’ll likely see reviews comparing Godzilla to the work of Steven Spielberg, and most specifically Jurassic Park, but that’s a compliment that doesn’t actually give Edwards enough credit for the uncommon way he approaches a movie that could have been churned off an assembly line without too many people noticing.

That’s not to say that a certain part of the plotting doesn’t feel exactly that way. Screenwriter Max Borenstein—working from a story by Expendables scribe Dave Callaham—gives us U.S. Navy Lt. Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), who has a family history of tragedy involving a mysterious earthquake in Japan, and a father (Bryan Cranston) determined to get to the bottom of a conspiracy of secrecy. And naturally they discover that a quasi-government agency is, indeed, attempting to study a pod from which eventually bursts forth that mantis-like monster they refer to as a MUTO, which is an acronym for something but seriously, who cares what?

The MUTO and its mate are destined to threaten Ford’s wife (Elizabeth Olsen) and son in San Francisco, because that’s what happens in movies of this sort, and Ford in particular has a talent for being exactly where the creatures are attacking at any given moment, whether it’s a secret lab in Japan, or on an airport tram in Hawaii, or on a railroad trestle in California. The material involving the human characters

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is somewhat perfunctory get-back-to-your-loved-ones stuff, but Taylor-Johnson is a far better audience proxy than the plastic Charlie Hunnam was in last year’s Pacific Rim. And while there’s a bit of subtext here about humans’ arrogant sense of being able to control the uncontrollable—including a nice moment where something “safely” stored at the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository proves to be not-so-safe after all—this Godzilla doesn’t lean on turning its titular character into a massive, roaring allegory.

Instead, Edwards chooses to keep his movie interesting by making it genuinely fascinating to watch.

His initial set pieces of creature-caused chaos don’t all move to the same rhythms—sometimes going for fullon destruction, sometimes pulling back for a long view that withholds the obvious money shots. Most impressively, Edwards fills Godzilla with genuinely striking images: a team of military paratroopers falling through the clouds, red flares streaming from their boots; the monstrous head of Godzilla slowly engulfed in smoke; a snarl of traffic caused by a downed jet airplane; a casino floor suddenly gone dark from a power failure, only to be exposed to unfamiliar natural light as the roof is ripped off. It was generally assumed that Edwards’ low-budget 2010 alien-invasion thriller Monsters was his audition tape for Godzilla, but he delivers even more memorable shots here when working on an exponentially larger scale.

At last, of course, we do get to the battle of the behemoths, and there’s a nostalgic crowd-pleasing quality to the way this Godzilla pulls out a few of his signature moves, and seems motivated only by killing the “bad” monsters on humanity’s behalf. Yet there’s an almost mythical, surreal quality to these creatures and their titanic showdowns, and Edwards commits to that idea even when it means not giving audiences exactly what they might expect from their contemporary giant-monster movies. People may be predictable in Godzilla, both in an archetypal sense and in a movie-plotting sense, but—amazingly enough—the way that its director serves up a familiar franchise property almost never is.

Godzilla opens at the Carmike 12 Fri., May 16. arts@missoulanews.com

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OPENING THIS WEEK GOD’S POCKET A man in a rough Philly working-class neighborhood tries to deal with a dead son, an unhappy wife and dark-comedy mishaps.

Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Turturro and Christina Hendricks. Rated R. Wilma.

GODZILLA Rawr! The eponymous monster goes up against other monsters and humanity gets caught inbetween. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

(See Film.)

MILLION DOLLAR ARM John Hamm plays a sports agent trying to recruit Indian cricket players to play MLB. Thanks, white guy, for recognizing a minority’s potential. Starring Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi and Alan Arkin. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

NOW PLAYING THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 Peter Parker, Oscorp, supervillains, web shooting as weird visual metaphor for adolescence, crappy reboot, blah blah blah.

Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Entertainer.

BEARS Cute-as-the-dickens Alaskan bear cubs run, play and grow up in the backdrop of majestic and dangerous wilderness. Narrated by John C. Reilly. Rated G. Pharaohplex.

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

Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

DAMNATION Filmmakers Travis Rummel and Ben Knight argue for the removal of obsolete dams and the restoration of native fisheries. Not

Cheers. God’s Pocket opens Friday at the Wilma.

rated. Screening at the Roxy May 17-18 at 7 and 9 PM. GOD’S NOT DEAD A Christian college student defends his faith to an atheist philosophy professor. Quoth the IMDB message board, “For the Love of God, STOP Misappropriating Nietzsche.” Starring Willie Robertson, David A.R. White and Shane Harper. Rated PG. Pharaohplex, Showboat.

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Quirk-lovers rejoice, Wes Anderson brings us the lighthearted adventures of a mid1930s concierge and a lobby boy. Starring Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham and Mathieu Amalric. Rated R. Wilma.

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

LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN Dorothy and co. get the animated treatment, this time to defeat the new villain

Jester and restore peace to the Emerald City. Starring the voices of Lea Michele, Kelsey Grammer and Dan Aykroyd. Rated PG. Carmike 12.

Anne Hathaway and Jemaine Clement.

Rated G. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

NEIGHBORS In an alternate universe where Seth Rogen is even remotely in the same league as Rose Byrne, they play a couple with a newborn baby who encounter comedic shenanigans when a frat moves in next door. Zac Efron plays the frat guy. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at 5417469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

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

Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle..

RIO 2 The goofy family of macaws returns for an Amazon adventure and more bird-brained antics. Starring the voices of Jesse Eisenberg,

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River Wok’s secret ingredient

by Jule Banville Inside Thom Pak’s restaurant, it was just the two of us. So I did what I’ve been dying to do since I started eating at River Wok, ordering—every single time—the Wonton Noodle Soup.

“How do you make the magical vegetable broth?”

I asked.

Thom had anticipated this question because, unlike me, he’d seen and apparently memorized Kung Fu Panda. (I Googled his answer after leaving.)

“The secret ingredient to the secret ingredient soup is ...”

Pause. Long pause.

“Nothing.”

Thom grinned his missing-a-front-tooth grin, pleased with himself. He should be, because that broth, man, that broth. It’s like a clear amber pool, perfectly salted, then loaded up with crisp-hot haricot verts, mushrooms, onions, carrots. You almost don’t need the wontons, little handmade pillows for your mouth, but they’re there and you pop one in and you’re, like, well, now I can die.

Thom’s glad I’m ga-ga for his wonton soup, but he’s humoring me. “One of the questions I get asked the most is, ‘What’s your favorite (item on the menu)?’

And my answer will always be one of each.

“It’s interesting. You have the most intelligent people coming in and asking the most stupid questions. ‘Is this any goooood?’” he continues in his best American accent. “No, it’s not. That’s why I put it on the menu.”

It’s not that Thom, who grew up in Hong Kong, doesn’t suffer fools. He kind of has to as a one-man restaurant where he’s the waiter, bartender, prep cook, chef, cashier and bookkeeper. He also spent 26 years in retail, a lot of them in upper-management of huge chains.

He moved 22 times in those 26 years, all over the western U.S. For the last 16, he’s been in Missoula. His wife’s a Lewistown girl. They met while both were at University of Great Falls. She wanted to come back to Montana, so that’s what they did. Now he’s “retired,” running a restaurant open for lunch and dinner six days a week.

On Sundays, he’s off. That’s when everyone shows up at his house for a huge meal he, of course, cooks. On a recent day off, he made “curry chicken, the beef tenderloin, fried rice—because a couple of my daughter’s friends can’t live without fried rice—a noodle dish, mixed salads with the mandarin orange dressing.” Their four grown kids no longer live in Missoula. Their friends, though, still show up. That’s fine

by Thom. “It’s a comfy feeling,” he says.

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WHAT’S GOOD HERE

The last time someone cooked for him was, well, let him think. Oh! About a year ago when he went to a restaurant in Canada.

Even though he’s got this place on East Broadway and has been doing steady business since it opened in 2005, Thom says he really is retired. Cooking is his hobby, “like fishing.”

“I have this restaurant so I can be away from corporate America and don’t have to be away from home that much,” he says. “I could spend time with my kids when they were going through the University of Montana here.”

He can also put up a sign and shut the place down for a few days when he wants to. “It’s a convenience for me,” he says. But the restaurant does make money.

I asked because it’s never packed. Apparently, looks are deceiving. His record for one day, he says, was 660 dishes. Takeout, especially at lunch, is the bulk of his business and regulars know to call in the morning and leave their orders on his answering machine.

A big change for takeout, order-in and his occasional catering job was his introduction of a dim-sum menu about three years ago. He’d always done a couple popular items (pot stickers, spring rolls), but now he offers 16. Ha gau (steamed shrimp dumpling) is there, as are barbecue pork buns and what he says is the world’s perfect health food, edamame beans.

They, like everything on his huge menu, are made-to-order, from scratch, every time. If he sells out, he sells out.

And though he won’t tell you what’s goooood, a few regulars are big on one dim sum in particular: Sticky Rice in Lotus Leaf. He takes a special rice and cooks it with mushrooms, tofu and carrots to make a pasty goodness he then steams inside the leaf pouch, which infuses it with flavors. It’s so good, one customer who moved away now has it shipped to her.

Recent University of Montana grad Megan Jae Riggs now lives in Skaneateles, N.Y., and confirmed, via a Facebook message, this is all true: “Haha that is too funny! Yes, my boyfriend and I were quite the regulars there and Thom kinda loved us like his own. When we moved he said he would ship us sticky rice because it had been back-ordered for a couple months before we left and we didn’t get the chance to eat it again.”

Now, Thom Pak’s not going to ship lotus pouches to just anyone. And it’s not exactly open-house at his place on Sundays. Good thing River Wok’s open. You might want to get the soup.

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Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 When the sun shines, the trail along the Clark Fork beckons me for a stroll. As I pass Boone & Crockett I realize one quick side step up the hillside and I can stop at Bernice's. Mmmmm. Iced coffee to help me kick into the last leg of my cruise and a chocolate chip cookie. Or an herb cream cheese croissant and a deli container of Bernice’s Signature Curried Chicken Salad. Tradition. While you embrace the sunshine remember Bernice's. Open 6a - 8p seven days a week. xoxo bernice. bernicesbakerymt.com $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 1515 Wyoming St., Suite 200 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Mon.–Fri., 7:30–4, Sat. 8-4. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 Thursday 5/15 Big Brains Trivia 7-10pm. Friday 5/16 Larry Hirshberg 6-9pm. Sunday Funday (Happy Hour all day). Martini MONDAY ($4 select martinis). Tuesday Burger & Beer $8. Have you discovered Brooks and Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 42 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ 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.

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Tamarack’s 1806 Pale Stout HANGRIEST HOUR What you’re drinking: A light-colored and sweet pale stout, which shouldn’t be confused with a typical dark-brown stout, like Guinness. Here, the word “stout” harkens back to its original British meaning of “strong.”

And Tamarack’s 1806 certainly is strong, checking in at 8 percent alcohol by volume.

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. $

What you’re drinking it from: A snifter.

This is probably a good thing, because unlike many other powerful brews poured into a snifter, this one goes down smoothly.

Elaborate on that taste, please: There’s a lot going on here. It’s flavorful, with almost a creamy finish and no hint of the heavy alcohol content. Tamarack brews it with two-row pale malt and Fuggle hops, and it’s fermented with London Ale yeast. The fermentation process finishes in used oak barrels—a nice touch that certainly adds to the taste. The brewery describes it as having a “sweet malty body and balanced earthy and woody hop character.”

The backstory: This is the second year Tamarack has put its own spin on Barclay Perkins’ famous 1805 Pale Stout. Perkins ran the Anchor brewery in the London borough of Southwark, and his exact recipe—dated Fri-

Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s. Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$

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day, May 10, 1805—has been preserved for future brewers (Google it to see the original logbook entry and exquisite penmanship yourself). Since this is Tamarack’s second attempt, they switched the year to 1806.

Where to find it: Tamarack’s original Lakeside brewery is located at 105 Blacktail Road. The Missoula ale house also has 1806 on tap at 231 W. Front St. —Skylar Browning Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

Lucky Strike Sports Bar. Casino. Restaurant 1515 Dearborn Ave. 406-549-4152 Our restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Are you looking for Delivery without all the extra charges?

Call 549-4152 and talk to Jacquie or Judy for more details. You can also get lunch and Coffee from Bold Coffee in the parking lot. Come into the casino for your chance to play Plinko, Spin the Wheel, or Roll the Dice for machine play. Open Mon-Sun 7am-2am. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. 543-7154 (on the hip strip) Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $6?

Anyone is welcome to join us for a delicious meal from 11:30-12:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food, great conversation and take some time to find a treasured item or garment in our thrift shop. For a full menu and other activities, visit our website at www.missoulaseniorcenter.org.

The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine.

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Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Parkers’ Restaurant 32 East Front Street Exit 153, Drummond 406-288-2333 Find us on Facebook, Yelp or Foursquare. Offering over 125 different Burgers.

Parker’s burgers are ground fresh daily. We patty them 1/4 pound at a time. We also have 1/2 pound and pound burgers! Most burgers are available all the time too, except for seasonal items. We’re open Tuesday thru Saturday 11am to 8 pm. We’ve also got Steaks, Pastas, Salads, Daily Specials and NOT the usual variety of home made desserts. Private parties and catering available. $-$$ Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass

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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. Broadwa • 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday - Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces in-house so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. $-$$ Plonk 322 N Higgins • 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an allencompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions.

Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-317-1829 www.romainessalads.com We provide you with the convenience of delicious salads, sandwiches and soups. Our salads include over 30 wholesome ingredients. Our homemade soups change with the season as different ingredients become available. If hearty sandwiches are your favorite, then visit Romaines for one of our braised meat sandwiches.

We also have a Montana Hummus sandwich made from Montana grown garbanzo beans. Now serving omelettes and mimosas on Sunday, 11-4. At last, local, fresh, and healthy! $-$$ Roxiberry Gourmet Frozen Yogurt Southgate Mall Across from Noodle Express 317.1814 • roxiberry.com Bringing Missoula gourmet, frozen yogurt, using the finest ingredients (no frozen mixes), to satisfy your intense cravings with our intense flavors. Our home-made blends offer healthy, nutritional profiles. We also offer smoothies, fresh-made waffle cones, and select baked goods (gluten-free choices available). Join Club Roxi for special offers. See us in-store or visit our website for information. $-$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We’ll do our best to treat you right! Crowned Missoula’s best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 11-10 Sun 12-9. $-$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos.

Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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Bindery, 1221 Helen Ave. 5:30-8:30 PM. $40. Call 396-1911 or visit thevespiary.com to learn more.

May 15–May 22, 2014

THURSDAYMAY15 Hilarious Danes are the inspiration for Adrienne Dussault’s one-woman music and comedy performance, A Tribute to Victor Borge, with special guests. MCT Center for the Performing Arts, May 15 from 7:30-9 PM. $25/$50 for VIP reception and show. Proceeds benefit A Carousel for Missoula.

The Bitterroot’s own rabble-rousing Poor Henry plays string-band tunes at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6-8:30 PM. Free.

If you’ve ever been jealous of Lady Mary’s hats, the Conrad Mansion Museum has a heck of an exhibit for you. A Glimpse at Downton Abbey Era Fashions 1912-1923 opens today and runs through Oct. 15, with a display of intricate, handmade pieces from those years.

Open 10 AM-4 PM. $10/$9 seniors/$6 students/$4 kids. Call 755-2166 for info.

Undo that keyboard hunchback with Lunch Re-Boot Yoga, a gentle practice with Mary Hanson. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Thursdays, noon-1 PM. $40 for six classes/$9 drop-in.

Dive into the creativity with the Media Arts Expo, an two-day showcase of all sortsa stuff like 3D printing, movies, animation, sound design, art installations and live performances from UM media arts students. Roxy Theater, 2-11 PM each day. Donations appreciated.

Visit umt.edu/mediaarts.

The Thursday Young Artists After School Program gets the chilluns involved with all manner of art history and media. ZACC. 2:155 PM. $12/$10 for members. Ages 6-11. Call 549-7555 to learn more.

nightlife Don’t look now, but you got a porcupine stuck in your hair. Neko Case plays the Wilma, Wed., May 21, along with The Dodos. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. Sold out.

Discover the art of creating an eye-catching fold-out book at the Flag Book-Binding class at the Vespiary Book Restoration and

Bison, trout, quail, duck, Flathead cherries and all sorts of other tasty Montana foodstuffs are lined up for the Missoula College Culinary Arts Program’s Capstone Dinner, which also includes a jam and jerky tasting station and live music. Ranch Club Barn, 8501 Ranch Club Road. 6 PM. $85. Get tickets at 243-7870.

Overcome your fears and take a stand when Treasure State Toastmasters mentors folks in leadership and public speaking.

Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free.

The Kimberlee Carlson Trio gets jazzy while you get snazzy at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover.

Singer-songwriter Doug Balmain provides the tunes while the Top Hat offers the munchables for the dinner show. 7 PM. No cover, all ages.

During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums.

8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up.

Cowboys with smarts real good oughta head down to see Wild Coyote Band play the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 9 PM-closing. No cover.

Let the boots do the walkin’ on over to see Jason Boland and the Stragglers at Stage 112.

9 PM. $15. Info at seafarerentertainment.com.

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

Hieroglyphics cofounder Casual brings some kickass West Coast style along with him for the Fear Itself 20th anniversary tour, stopping at the Palace. 10 PM. $10 in advance, tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s.

Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts bring guitars a’blazing for a night of outlaw country tunes at the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.

Jazzy funk outfit finisher presents another installment of its residency at the VFW,

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FRIDAYMAY16 Dive into the creativity with the Media Arts Expo, an twoday showcase of all sortsa stuff like 3D printing, movies, animation, sound design, art installations and live performances from UM media arts students. Roxy Theater, 2-11 PM each day. Donations appreciated. Visit umt.edu/mediaarts.

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Sure, laugh now, but when Skynet becomes aware once Wayne “The Terminator of Contemporary Rock” Static plays the Wilma, we’ll all be enslaved to throwing the rawk fist. Dope, Smile Empty Soul and Thira open. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $25/$23 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s and jadepresents.com.

As the great Alice Cooper once said, school is out for summer, so ditch the pencils and books for some live tunes with GreenStar and Taste at Sean Kelly’s. 9:30 PM. No cover.

Paddy Eger signs her debut 84 Ribbons, a novel about a young dancer, 2-3:30 PM at Fact and Fiction on campus in the UC. 2-3:30 PM.

nightlife Chilluns can play while Mom and Pop get their whiskey on with Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat, 6-8 PM. No cover. May 9 features the Whizpops! and a special dinosaur book release.

John Floridis plays folky rock tunes at Higherground Brewery this evening in Hamilton. Check out highergroundbrewing.com.

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Recall a notorious chapter of Butte history during the play Scarlet Ribbons. Performances at the Symes Hot Springs Hotel on May 16 and 17 at 7 PM, and May 18 at 2 PM. $14, includes dessert and a glass of wine. Some proceeds go toward the historic Dumas Brothel.

Your paramour will appreciate your thriftiness at the Cheap Date Night, where the Missoula Public Library screens a free, recently released motion picture. Plus, Civitella Espresso Bar opens up to serve tasty treats and drinks. Doors open at 6:45 PM and close at 7:15.

Enter from the Front Street side of the building. Free.

You’ll just havta to check out Zootown Improv to find out what’s in store for this sketch comedy and improv evening at the Stensrud Playhouse, 314 N. First St. W. 8 PM and 10 PM. Beer and wine bar available.

8 PM show is $12 per person/$22 for two, if bought in advance at stensrudplayhouse.com. 10 PM show is $5/free with 8 PM ticket stub.

We’ll have both kinds of music, country and western, when Fixin’ To plays tunes at the Fort Owen Inn and Steakhouse, 3854 Highway 93 N outside of Stevensville. Music starts about 8 PM and goes all night.

Free, all ages.

Make yourself at home for the latest installment of the I’ll House You dance night at the Badlander. 9 PM. No cover.

See what’s left to toast of the Best Coast once West Coast Takeover Three brings Hogwash and Konfadense to the Palace, along with locals Deadline and Kapture. 9 PM. $5, plus $5 surcharge for ages 18-20.

Partysaurus Rex will go on the rampage when the Mesozoic Mafia celebrates the release of the Raptor Rapture collaborative album with a shindig at Stage 112, plus openers Mr. Soap and Beetzlevox. 9 PM. Free.

Knock back a little Fireball and become your own great ball of fire when Zeppo MT plays dancin’ tunes at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. No cover.

Get hot to trot at the String Thaw party, featuring Lil’ Smokies, Kitchen Dwellers and Wisewater at the Top Hat. 9:30 PM. $10. Advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and tophatlounge.com.

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Condragulations are in order for the ISCSM’s Draguation Scholarship Show at the Palace, featuring emcees Jade LaRose and Angelique LaRose. Doors at 9, show at 10:15 PM. 18-plus. $5, proceeds go toward the ISCSM scholarship fund.

Run free at the monthly dance at the American Legion Hall, 825 Ronan St., with tunes from the Wild Coyote Band. 7-11 PM. $7. Call 2409617 to learn more.

Get hot coffee, baked treats, fresh produce and bump into all the friendly acquaintances you can handle at the Missoula Farmers Market, now running for 42 years. 8 AM1 PM. Early rising produce-seekers, occasional walk-of-shamers and waffle sandwich lovers rejoice, the Clark Fork Market is back in action under the Higgins Bridge. Saturdays through October from 8 AM-1 PM. Dun-dun-dun-dun-duuuunduuuunh, the dulcet tones of Elgar mean it’s time to bust out the goofy hats and robes for the University of Montana’s 117th Commencement ceremony in WashingtonGrizzly Stadium. Opens at 9 AM. Be seated by 9:30 AM for ceremony’s 10 AM start. Gov. Bullock delivers the commencement address this year.

Donna Love and Sharon Lamar read as part of a Children’s Book Week celebration at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 10:30 AMnoon.

Music is an aeroplane so share the gift of it with the chilluns at Kids’ Vibrations, a 45-minute funtime featuring local musicians, dancing and playing instruments. Missoula Senior Citizens’ Center, 705 Higgins Ave. 11–11:45 AM. May 17 is the last date until September, so now’s your final chance to dance.

The Montana Compounding Pharmacy and Wellness Center hosts an open house, with skin analysis, chair massage, health tips and more. 111 N. Higgins Ave. 11 AM-3 PM. Suggested $10 donation goes toward the Watson Children’s Center.

If you’re up Whitefish way, Terrapin Farm puts on its 20th annual organic greenhouse bash with music, farm tours, free plants, refreshments and seeds and such.

6505 Farm to Market Road in Whitefish. Saturday from 3-7 PM and Sunday 10 AM-5 PM.

nightlife A pint or three will put the polish on your furniture while Tumble Home plays tunes at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover.

The Singles of Missoula invite ages 45-plus to get sociable with dinner at Pizza Hut, 3851 Brooks St., from 6:30-8:30 PM. Foodsnacks provided. Call John at 251-2616 with any questions.

The Stensrud Dinner Theatre presents Bullets for Broadway, a

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unconditional love Parents are supposed to love their children unconditionally. But not every parent is cut out for the job, nor can every parent find the ability to completely love their kid—which, while awful and not something I’d wish on anyone in real life, makes for intriguing drama when it comes to fiction. Just look at “Game of Thrones” and Tywin Lannister, who continually throws his smartest kid, Tyrion, under the bus because Tyrion is a dwarf. Tywin ultimately loves maintaining the Lannister family’s power more than the personal welfare of Tyrion.

In Shakespeare’s King Lear, the title character also struggles with how to love his legacy and love his daughters. The play’s premise is that WHAT: King Lear Who: National Theatre Live WHEN: Tue., May 20, and Tue., May 27, at 6:30 PM WHERE: The Roxy HOW MUCH: $11–$16 MORE INFO: mtlive.org

the aging king plans to divide his kingdom according to which of his three daughters loves him best, and asks them to say how much they love him. This approach seems a little flawed from the get-go, would-

musical murder mystery. 314 N. First St. Performances are on on Saturday at 7 PM and on Sunday at 5:30 PM, with booze and dinner catered by Silk Road. $50/$80 for two, if purchased in advance. Tickets available at stensrudplayhouse.com.

Recall a notorious chapter of Butte history during the play Scarlet Ribbons. Performances at the Symes Hot Springs Hotel on May 16 and 17 at 7 PM, and May 18 at 2 PM. $14, includes dessert and a glass of wine. Some proceeds go toward the historic Dumas Brothel.

n’t you say? Two of Lear’s daughters give flowery speeches explaining their love. The third, who really is his favorite, says words cannot explain how much she loves him. Lear, having no apparent understanding of subtlety, gets pissed off at this and says she’ll get nothing. Various sorts of evil plotting and political machinations ensue.

In the National Theatre Live’s new production of King Lear, legendary stage actor Simon Russell Beal plays the scenery-chewing king who descends into madness. Director Sam Mendes, best known as the Oscar-winning director of American Beauty, creates a modern-day staging to the production, with costuming and props that place it in a North Korea-esque totalitarian dystopia. That gives a jarring reminder that unreasonable parents and unruly dictators aren’t just a dramatic Shakespearean invention.

SUNDAYMAY18 Four-legged friends and bipeds alike are invited to the Doggie Dash Pet Expo and Fun Run, which starts with an agility course, local dogs up for adoption, groomers and vendors from 11 AM-3 PM, 1-mile run/walk at noon and 5K run/walk at 12:30 PM. McCormick Park. $35 per person and dog/$25 to register in advance.

Free for kids 10 and under. Register at active.com/missoula-mt/running/races/doggy-dash-2014.

If you’re up Whitefish way, Terrapin Farm puts on its 20th annual organic greenhouse bash with music, farm tours, free plants, refreshments and seeds and such.

6505 Farm to Market Road in Whitefish. Saturday from 3-7 PM and Sunday 10 AM-5 PM. The two-week Seeing Through My Eyes class starts by making plaster gauze masks, and then painting and embellishing them to represent inner and outer selves.

ZACC. 2-4 PM. $40. Visit zootownarts.org or call 549-7555 for info.

The Fun-Raiser (see what they did there?) night at the Bitter

Root Brewery raises funds for AERO resource conservation nonprofit. 4-8 PM. $5 gets you the first beer and a commemorative glass.

Check out bitterrootbrewing.com.

nightlife Recall a notorious chapter of Butte history during the play Scarlet Ribbons. Performances at the Symes Hot Springs Hotel on May 16 and 17 at 7 PM, and May 18 at 2 PM. $14, includes dessert and a glass of wine. Some proceeds go toward the historic Dumas Brothel.

John Floridis puts on the Sunday style at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., from 5-7 PM. No cover.

The Stensrud Dinner Theatre presents Bullets for Broadway, a musical murder mystery. 314 N. First St. Performances on Saturday at 7 PM and Sunday at 5:30 PM, with booze and dinner catered by Silk Road. $50/$80 for two, if purchased in advance. Tickets at stensrudplayhouse.com.

Knock back some ethanol alcohol for a scientific buzz with the The Missoula Area Secular Society’s viewing party of “Cosmos” with Neil deGrasse Tyson. 501 Lounge in the upstairs of the Iron Horse. Get there and order your dranks at 6 PM or so.

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Carlo will juice up the joint at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until midnight. Now free.

Get plumb full of stagger juice and when ShoDown plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., at 9:30 PM. No cover.

Put that springtime restlessness to good use when Josh Farmer Band plays tunes at the Union Club.

9:30 PM. No cover.

Eric Tollefson and the boys are back in town for a post-graduation party night at the Top Hat, along with John Adam Smith. 10 PM. Free.

Fuel up with a little Vitamin B when Pinegrass plays bluegrass tunes at the Top Hat dinner show. 7 PM. No cover, all ages.

The Missoula Folklore Society presents a contra dance with tunes by Skippin A Groove, upstairs at the Union Hall. Beginner workshop from 7:30-8, dancing from 8-11 PM. $9/$6 for members and students.

Captain Wilson Conspiracy plays jazz tunes with covert flair at Finn and Porter, 100 Madison St. 8-10 PM. No cover.

You can be positively sure that Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty

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Ruby sneakers. Tech N9ne plays the Wilma Sun., May 18, along with Krizz Kaliko, Freddie Gibbs, Jarren Benton and Psych Ward Druggies.

Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 7:30. $30. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and knittingfactory.com.

Tech N9ne stops in town for his regular dentist appointment, and then plays the Wilma along with Krizz Kaliko, Freddie Gibbs, Jarren Benton and Psych Ward Druggies.

Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 7:30. $30. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and knittingfactory.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. Starts at 8 PM with Front Street Jazz. Free.

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MONDAYMAY19 Seasoned bluegrass-ians Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice play this installment of the Ruby Jewel Jamboree, Ruby’s Inn, 4825 N. Reserve. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 7. $26-$28. Visit rubyjeweljamboree.com.

The Exhibition of Art & Expression opens today and runs through May 21 at the University

[calendar] Center art gallery, open for viewing all day. Free.

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

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

portrayed in the National Theatre Live’s production of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Screening at the Roxy on May 13, 20 and 27 at 6:30 PM. $16/$14 seniors/$11 students and kids. Visit mtlive.org.

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia, which takes place every Tuesday at

to dance by. 9:30 PM to close.

The most blackened, brutal array of Montana-grown black metal is on tap for your basement musings today, with Bozeman’s Archeron Thodol, Shramana, Zebulon Kosted and new outfit Earthbound. 9:30 PM. Free, but donations are appreciated.

Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Wednesdays from noon-1 PM until May 28. $100 for five-week series.

All-around badass Neko Case plays the Wilma, along with The Dodos. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8.

Advance tickets sold out.

If you’ve got a basic understanding of how to operate your e-Reader, the Easy Steps to eBooks class gives an overview of how to access the Missoula Public

You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours at Random Music for Random Kitties, with DJs Nick Stassos, Ethos, Milkcrate Mechanic and co.

Palace. 9 PM. No cover, plus pitcher

The always delightful Travis Yost and Ron Dunbar play the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7-10 PM. No cover.

Young brothers go on an adventure to a pleasure island in Tchoupitoulas, the Big Sky Film Series movie screening at the Top Hat. 8 PM. Free, all ages.

Open mic at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., seems like a fine idea, especially with 2-for-1 drink specials for musicians and the working class. 10 PM. Free.

Maintain dignity for best results at Super Trivia Freakout. Winners get cash prizes and shots after the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander.

9 PM. Free.

The Masquerade Monday dance night gets all mysterious-like once again, with host Famous Raymous.

Palace. 9 PM. No cover.

TUESDAYMAY20 Rossini’s operatic verson of Cinderella, Cenerentola, gets the high-definition treatment in a screening of the Met Opera’s live performance. Roxy Theater on May 10 at 11 AM and May 20 at 6:30 PM. $20/$18 seniors/$15 students and kids. Visit mtlive.org.

Watch your little ones master tree pose in no time during yoga at the Children’s Museum of Missoula. 11 AM. 225 W. Front. $4.25.

Hey hunters and other liars, come on down to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conference room for Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters, at 5205 Grant Creek Dr., and work on your elk-camp locution with the best.

All are invited. Noon–1 PM. Free.

nightlife Put on your red shoes and dance at the Country Dance Lessons, Tuesdays at the Hamilton Senior Center.

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

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

An aging king, his daughters and descent into madness are

Who needs a hug? Wayne Static (formerly of Static X) plays the Wilma Fri., May 16, along with Dope, Smile Empty Soul and Thira. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $25/$23 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s and jadepresents.com.

8 PM. Here’s a question to tickle your brainwaves: How did the square mortarboard graduation cap originate? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

Declare who is Lord Smartypants of Them All and get a $20 bar tab at KBGA’s Tuesday Trivia night, which includes music and picture rounds, plus drank specials.

VFW, 245 W. Main St. 8-10 PM. Missoula singer-songwriter Chris Pumphrey plays an acoustic tribute to Neil Young at the Top Hat. 9 PM. No cover. 21-plus after 9 PM. Bay Area-based prog rock duo Sit Kitty Sit soothes the savage beast at the Badlander. 9 PM. No cover, plus $3 Montgomery drink special.

Get all duked out and head on down to the Sunrise Saloon, where the O’Connells play tunes

WEDNESDAYMAY21 Salish-Pend d’Oreille Culture Committee director Tony Incashola presents “The Medicine Tree,” a chat about Salish-Pend d’Oreille culture, beliefs and worldview, as part of the Bitterroot College’s special Salish education events. Bitterroot River Inn, 139 Bitterroot Plaza Drive in Hamilton.

7 PM. Call 406-375-0100 for info.

Get a calming start to the morning with the Weekly Sit Meditation at the Learning Center at Red Willow.

Wednesdays, 7:30-8:15 AM. Previous experience meditating is helpful. $35 for four weeks/$8 drop-in.

The Individuation and the Relationship with the Self class provides ways to develop a richer life and become more self-actualized.

Library’s e-Book resources. Bring your device and its assorted cords.

12:30 PM. Registration required at 721-BOOK.

nightlife Toast a good cause at the fundraiser pint night for Missoula United Way, hosted by the Laughing Grizzly Bar and Grill, 2300 W. Broadway. 5-8 PM. 50 cents from every pint sold goes to a different nonprofit each week.

Sentinel High School’s Spartan and symphony bands play an awards concert at the Margaret Johnson Theater in Sentinel at 7:30 PM. Awards banquet first in the school cafeteria at 6 PM. Free.

Sip a giggle water and get zozzled, baby, with the Top Hat’s weekly Jazz Night. 7 PM. Free, all ages. May 21 features the Captain WIlson Conspiracy.

specials and free pool. (Trivia answer: the graduation cap was originally used by 15th century Italian nobles, who wore it to designate their power.)

THURSDAYMAY22 It just so happens to be National Goth Day, so dig out that old black trenchcoat and head over to the VFW, where Finisher, Juveniles and American Falcon play tunes that, while likely not gothy, will probably be emotive in some fashion. 10 PM. Free.

Undo that keyboard hunchback with Lunch Re-Boot Yoga, a gentle practice with Mary Hanson. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Thursdays, noon-1 PM. $40 for six classes/$9 drop-in.

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[calendar] The Thursday Young Artists After School Program gets the chilluns involved with all manner of art history and media. ZACC. 2:15-5 PM. $12/$10 for members. Ages 6-11.

Call 549-7555 to learn more.

nightlife Celebrate all things avian with the Community Bird Day Festival, featuring vendors, crafts, info stations and live birds on display, plus short films screening. Salish Kootenai College’s Joe McDonald Health and Athletic Center. 5-8 PM. Visit cskt.org/birdday.htm.

Overcome your fears and take a stand when Treasure State Toastmasters mentor folks in leadership and public speaking. Community Medical Center, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free.

Bat Honey Puppeteers present the fantasy adventure Iron Will Tate at the Roxy Theater. 8 PM. $10. This one’s not for kiddies. (See Arts.)

Get elevated while John Smith plays tunes to sip by at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover.

The Northern Plains Resource Council celebrates its ongoing fight against irresponsible coal development with a benefit dinner at Burns Street Bistro, 1500 Burns St., with local meat, live music, silent auction and cash bar. 6-8 PM. $15 suggested donation. Check out northernplains.org.

Go the whole bundle and knock back a few buckets of suds when Captain Wilson Conspiracy plays the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 68:30 PM. No cover.

The Monster Flicks: Big Fires on the Big Screen festival features films and commentary from Arizona

Fitting to a T. Hospital Job plays the Palace Thu., May 22, along with Buddy Jackson and guests. 9 PM. Free, but donations requested.

State University’s Steve Pyne. Wilma.

Doors at 6:30 PM, introductory remarks at 7 PM. $5.

Find the Yost-ess with the mostess when Ron Dunbar and Travis Yost play the Top Hat dinner show. 7 PM. No cover, all ages.

Pogo before you go-go to see snappy Illinois-based punk outfit

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Hospital Job (featuring the singer dude from the Copyrights) play the Palace, along with Buddy Jackson and guests. 9 PM. Free, but donations requested.

It’s going down, I’m yelling timber when the Badlander hosts the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot trax and a rotating cast of DJs. $1 well drinks from 9 PM

to midnight; women get in free before 10.

Four buddies, 40 fingers and 22 strings add up to a raucous time when Ted Ness and the Rusty Nails play the Top Hat. 10 PM. No cover.

Congrats, y’all. Submit events to Calapatra the Calendar Mistress at

calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event. Don’t forget to include the date, time and cost. If you must, snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online.

Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com.

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hen it comes to flying squirrels, scientist Alex Badyaev is definitely a name worth knowing.

The Arizona-based evolutionary biology scientist is an expert at studying and photographing this nocturnal, pedomorphic creature. (Pedomorphic is a fancy scientific term meaning that it’s cute, and we’re evolutionarily hardwired to coo at cute things. Mention this term the next time somebody gives you crap for spending too much time on the I Can Has Cheezburger blog.)

Only two species of flying squirrels live in North America, one of which calls Montana wilderness home. Catching one of these in action requires some serious backcountry expeditions. Badyaev wrote in a 2012 issue of Montana Outdoors that he snowshoed seven miles into the Bob Marshall on a freezing February night to set up strobe lights and a high-speed

camera. Even though temperatures would dip to 40 below, that’s the prime flying squirrel mating season.

The result is photos that capture squirrels in midair, skiffs of snow following them, seemingly weightless.

Scientists now think flying squirrels aren’t actually just gliding, either. To learn more about that, you’ll have to check it out when Badyaev gives a presentation about these nifty creatures on May 21 at the Montana Natural History Center.

—Kate Whittle Arizona-based scientist Alex Badyaev presents “Circus Under the Moon: Flying Squirrels” at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. Wed., May 21, at 7 PM. $4 suggested donation. Tea and cocoa provided. Visit montananaturalist.org.

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

THURSDAY MAY 15 Encourage the next generation of thrill-seekers at the Youth Kayak Club Sign-Up Day, Barbecue and Gear Exchange hosted by the Alberton-based Zoo Town Surfers. Check zootownsurfers.com for location and time.

Book and bicycle aficionados oughta check out the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Missoula Public Library’s new bike station, which includes tools you can borrow and a vending machine for bike parts. 12:30 PM.

SATURDAY MAY 17 The Koocanusa Resort Salmon and Trout Derby promises to deliver on its name with two days of fishin’ for rainbow and kokanee on Lake Koocanusa, about 20 miles outside of Libby. Call 406-293-7474 for more info.

Muscular multitaskers take note, the annual PEAK Missoula Triathlon kicks off today, and includes a 500-yard swim, 12.4-mile bike ride and 3.1-mile run. Visit peaktri.com for info and registration.

As Freddie Mercury said, get on your bikes and ride for the annual Bike for Shelter, where families can enjoy an 11-mile or 2-mile ride, barbecue, games, music, costume contest, ponies and more.

Registration 8-11 AM, rides at 9, followed by barbecue til 1 PM. 2901 Fort Missoula Road. $15 per person/$45 per family. Visit bikeforshelter.com.

Proceeds benefit the Watson Children’s Shelter.

Intrepid MOBI folks take off today for the twoday, 71-mile Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes, following a scenic paved trail from Mullan to Plummer, staying overnight in a B&B. Call Sally and Alden, 542-1966, for info.

Show ‘em your lung power at the Evaro Mountain Challenge, which includes 5K and 10K run/walks, starting at 9:30 AM. Milepost 7, Highway 93 N (look for the tents.) $8-$10 or $20 for family of three or more. Proceeds support the Evar Schoolhouse/Community Center. Register at evarocommcenter@blackfoot.net or 726-3695.

Answer that call of the wild with the Beginning Birder Walk, hosted by Five Valleys Audubon.

Meet at the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge headquarters at 10 AM for a two-hour trip with minimal walking. Binoculars available if needed; families welcome. Call Terry at 214-1194 to learn more.

Bear safety expert Chuck Bartlebaugh gives a bear safety demonstration and explain use of bear spray as part of Endangered Species Day at the Main Rattlesnake Trailhead. 11 AM-1 PM. Free. Visit endangeredspeciesday.org.

SUNDAY MAY 18 Watch Thor put the whammy on during the Herron Hammer cross-country bike race, at Herron Park outside Kalispell. Check out montanacycling.net.

MOBI hosts the 33-mile Lake County De-Velopment junket, with carpool from McCormick Park at 9 AM for a 10:30 AM start at Ronan High School.

Email Milt for info at unclemilty@bresnan.net.

MONDAY MAY 19 Registration is now open for the Volunteer Vacation at the Bob Marshall Wilderness, with several trips throughout the summer where you can pitch in with trail maintenance, weeding and campground restoration. Trip leader, pack support and food provided. First trip is May 27. Check out bmwf.org.

TUESDAY MAY 20 The always down-to-earth Montana Dirt Girls host a hike or bike ride every Tuesday at 6 PM. Check out the Montana Dirt Girls page on Facebook for ride info.

THURSDAY MAY 22 The Montana Natural History Center puts on the second annual Women’s Luncheon and Greenhouse Tour to support the Summer Outdoor Discovery Camp scholarship fund. 11:30 AM-1 PM at a private home. Visit montananaturalist.org. calendar@missoulanews.com

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Joe Strummer snarled “know your rights” all the way back in 1982, and it holds just as true today. A public forum on May 15, hosted by the Missoula League of Women Voters and Missoula Moves to Amend, discusses the multi-front attack on election fairness and voter rights today. UM law professor Anthony Johnstone and state Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl are among the speakers.

For instance, the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down most of the Montana Corrupt Practices Act, which voters pushed through in 1912 in response to mining barons buying their way into the state senate. In an era when corporations wield ever more power in elections—and shady organizations like American Tradition Partnership pump ridiculous amounts of money into influencing our election outcomes—it would seem that Supreme Court justices haven’t learned a whole lot from the past, and corporate money buys very high-powered and persuasive lawyers.

There’s not a whole lot the average citizen can do about Supreme Court decisions, but we can still fight for our rights to vote. Even if you’re cynical about our two-party system, there’s no denying that voter referendums carry a ton of influence—like the

100-year legacy of the Corrupt Practices Act. Coming up on the 2014 November ballot is LR 126, a referendum that ends voter registration before Election Day. This would be dangerous for a lot of reasons, not the least of which that tribal communities and younger people could become disenfranchised. You need to know your rights in order to exercise them.

Otherwise, they might just disappear.

—Kate Whittle Local legal experts chat at the Thu., May 15 public forum on the Montana Corrupt Practices Act and the voter registration referendum LR 126. Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. 7 PM. Call Sue at 543-3254 with questions.

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The Vestibular Dysfunction Local Support Group meets every third Thursday of the month to share experiences and increase awareness at Element Physical Therapy, 2455 Dixon Ave. Noon-1 PM. Visit elementpt.com.

If you’re eligible for Medicare or about to be, the two-part Introduction to Medicare Class meets at the Gallagher Business Building from 6-8 PM on May 19 and 21. $35. Registration required at 728-7682.

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.

FRIDAY MAY 16 Clinical psychologist Joyce Hocker presents the Learning from Ourselves course, oriented toward helping health care providers learn how to maintain distance and foster beneficial relationships with clients or patients. Meets at the Learning Center for Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave., from 11 AM-1 PM until June 13. $145. Call 721-0033 to learn more.

Suzette Dussault gives a talk on how Montana women fought for the right to vote as part of the YW Talks: Community Social Justice Series. YWCA, 1130 W. Broadway. Noon-1 PM. Free. Visit ywcaofmissoula.org.

Find a new buddy or just help feed the ones folks already have when the Bitter Root Humane Association hosts a pet food drive and adoption event in the parking lot of First Security Bank, 100 W. Main St. in Hamilton. 3:30-5:30 PM. Call 363-5311 for info.

Relay for Life kicks back for a Bingo Night at the Lucky Strike, 1515 Dearborn Ave. 6:30 PM.

SUNDAY MAY 18 The Journey to Zanskar celebration sends off Montana volunteers who are about to work on health and education projects in the remote Himalayan kingdom this summer. Includes, wine, dal and rice, presentation and book signing. China Woods, 716 N. Dickens. 6-8 PM. $20.

TUESDAY MAY 20 Get your benjamins organized with the Financial Fitness Class at Homeword, 1535 Liberty Lane, May 2022 from 6-9 PM. Childcare available and $20 gift cards are given to folks who complete the class. Free, but register at homeword.org or call 532-4663, ext. 10.

WEDNESDAY MAY 21 The latest Faces of Homelessness In Missoula public forum focuses on folks who don’t use shelters and live on the streets. Speakers include MPD officers, Poverello staff, a formerly homeless person and more. Missoula Public Library. Noon-1 PM.

THURSDAY MAY 22 The Water Rights Permit and Change Application Workshop is oriented toward consultants, attorneys and landowners trying to change their water permits or rights. Wingate Hotel Conference Room, 5252 Airway Boulevard. 9:30 AM-3:30 PM. $20, includes lunch. Register at 994-1910 or nsandve@montana.edu.

Missoula County Public Schools honors Native American Seniors with a formal dinner at the Holiday Inn, and guest speakers including Superintendent Denise Juneau and representatives from the governor’s office.

6-8 PM. Call 406-728-2400 ext. 1047 to learn more.

You don’t have to be a time lord or a doctor to check out the Missoula Time Bank, in which members exchange skills and services instead of money. Orientations at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center on the fourth Thursdays of the month. 7 PM. RSVP required at info@missoulatimebank.org. Check out missoulatimebank.org.

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 MICKEY• Mickey is a Brown tabby and tan, short haired cat. He is around 7 years old. Mickey's special quality is that he weighs 22 pounds! He, by far, is one of the most overweight cats we have seen in a long time. He is declawed so he needs to be an indoor cat only. Come meet Mickey and you will be sure to fall in love!

CRISSY•Crissy is our long-term resident at the shelter. She is around 3-4 years old and is short-haired. Crissy needs to be the only cat in the household. We keep Crissy in our lobby cage so that she is readily available to provide shelter guests with purrs and head rubs. Are you the family that she has been waiting so long for?

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BUCK•Buck has been at the shelter for almost a year. He was seized for cruelty back in July and just came up for adoption. He is a young adult who has lots of energy to burn. Buck is a wonderful dog who loves getting attention and going for walks. He hasn't had a good home in the past and truly deserves the best.

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BOWSER•Bowser is a schnauzer mix around 5-6 years old. He is a little nervous with strangers but once he gets comfortable with you, he is truly a delight.

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JASMINE•Jasmine is a young pitbull who came to the shelter because her owner was arrested. She is very playful and has lots of energy. Jasmine is looking for an active home that will take her for hikes and play fetch with her. She will welcome you with kisses when you meet her at the shelter.

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SPRINT• Sprint looks like a Muppet!

When this 2-year-old terrier-mix was transferred to the shelter from California, he was scared and timid. Since then he's come a long way, but he'd still like a calm and gentle family where he can continue to come out of his shell. Do you have room for this shy little munchkin in your home?

CRAIG & AL•Craig & Al are sweet, shy 8-month-old brothers who would love to find a home together. This handsome black-and-white duo love nothing more than to snuggle and play together, and peer bashfully out at the world through their lovely yellow eyes. Bring this fantastic pair of kitties home today!

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

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ROCKSTAR•Rockstar has no problem living up to his name! This 3-year-old Plott hound is active, outgoing, playful, and loves attention from humans and other dogs alike. He has all the great qualities of a hound, and has plenty of energy.

Don't you think you need to add a Rockstar to your family?

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

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Low Cost Vaccination Clinic sponsored by the Bitter Root Humane Association - Saturday 5/31/14 at the Bitter Root Humane Association Animal Shelter, 262 Fairgrounds Rd., Hamilton. Clinic kicks off at 10:00am and runs until 2:00pm.

Vaccinations, nail trims, microchips, and name tags available. $15 dog booster, rabies, or kennel cough; $25 cat booster with leukemia. All proceeds benefit the Bitter Root Humane Association. For more information, please contact the Shelter at 363-5311.

for those in the community that might need a little help with pet food. Come by and say hello!

For more information, please contact the shelter at 363-5311.

Pet Food Drive The Bitter Root Humane Association is proud to partner with First Security Bank in sponsoring an adoption event and community pet food drive. Friday, 5/16/14 3:30pm to 5:30pm in the parking lot at First Security Bank 100 West Main St., Hamilton (look for the white tent). Volunteers will be showing off available shelter dogs as well as collecting donations of pet food

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ALL DOC AND NO ACTION I've been going to the same primary care doctor for a few years. I'm very attracted to him, and I believe he's attracted to me, too.

There's always been a dynamic between us. I thought it was his "bedside manner," but when I asked others, they didn't have the same experience with him. I know he isn't married. Also, I am very healthy and only see him annually for "well checks." Do you have any advice on whether I should do anything?

—Patiently Waiting It's okay for your doctor to ask you, "Can I give you a breast exam?"—but not if he adds, "...later tonight, in my Jacuzzi?"

There are all sorts of places a doctor can go to meet women—bars, parties, bowling alleys, grocery stores, and hostage standoffs—but he can lose his license for dating those he picks up in his reception area. Not only does the American Medical Association deem current patients off-limits but a former patient can also be a no-go if it seems the sexual relationship started through an exploitation of trust, knowledge, or emotions from the doctor-patient relationship. Because rules can vary from place to place, it's wise to check with your state medical board to see whether they have stricter standards. For example, Colorado's Medical Practice Act imposes a six-month waiting period before your doctor is allowed to see you in a dress that doesn't tie in the back and expose your butt crack.

Even if your doctor does have the hots for you, he probably has an even stronger desire to avoid downscaling to "driving" a shopping cart, collecting cans, and living beside a dumpster. So, the first move, if any, must be yours—putting an unambiguous end to the medical portion of your relationship. Do this in writing, adding something like, "You're an excellent doctor, but I would like to see a doctor closer to my house." It doesn't matter whether that's true. It just has to get the message across— without impugning his skills—that you're formally outta there. At the end, add, "I would, however, be interested in seeing you socially."

That little addition might not seem like much, but as linguist Steven Pinker notes about a remarkable feature of human psychology, even the slightest veiling of what we really mean will allow people to pretend it meant something innocuous. The deniability "doesn't have to be plausible, only possible," Pinker explains in a paper.

So, if Dr. McDreamy doesn't want the romantic relationship you do, he can pretend you're just suggesting it would be nice to bump into him at a gallery opening or something, not bump into him between your sheets. But before you do anything, you should accept that you may have misread the signals, and he may not be interested. Either way, you'll need a new doctor, whom you can search for online—ideally, on your health plan site, not Match.com.

APARTMENT 2B OR NOT 2B I'm a single guy living in an apartment down the hall from two single girls. I find one very attractive, but the one I'm not interested in is clearly interested in me. She flirts with me overtly and keeps saying she and I should go for a drink. What I'd really like is to get something going with the other roommate.

—Double Trouble Unfortunately, dropping in on the girls down the hall isn't like visiting a frozen-yogurt shop: "I'm not crazy about the sample you offered; may I try the other flavor?"

You've heard of The Bro Code—unwritten rules for how guys are supposed to look after their buds? There's a female version; call it The Bra Code: Sistas before mistas, besties before testes. A girl will not date the guy her friend—especially her friend she lives with—has set her sights on. Worse yet, there's a good chance that asking you out was something the hot one helped the other one plot. You can, of course, ask the hot one out, but unless the not-so-hot one falls desperately in love with some other guy, the hot one is unlikely to join you in anything sexier than an elevator ride to the lobby.

What you can take out of this is a reminder not to get too laser-focused on one particular girl. You should always be scanning the horizon for possibilities and have a few on deck so when one falls through, you can just shift over to the next.

This should keep you from clinging desperately to lost causes, like by pretending you have an identical twin brother and trying to date both the hot and not-so-hot roommate at once. (No, you can't just feign a stomachache and run back in wearing a different hat.)

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Another requirement for the position is having a reliable means of transportation. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

Job# 10049575 AVON - Earn extra income with a new career! Sell from home, work, online. $15 startup. For information, call: 888-770-1075 (M-F 9-7 & Sat 9-1 central.) (Ind Sls Rep) Cook BISON INN CAFE. Some verifiable experience working as a restaurant cook is preferable but employer is willing to train the right person. Must be reliable and have a good work ethic. DUTIES: Cooking, cleaning dishes; will cross train in all other restaurant duties including waiting tables. DAYS/HOURS: Flexible/various, full time or part time as needed. Position is initially seasonal, but could lead to permanent, full time employment.

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Job# 10048114 Deli Baker Our business is a large grocery retail with an natural deli. If you enjoy working for a local business with strong roots in the community and a friendly staff, we invite you to apply as a

Deli Baker. Duties include preparing baked deli items following established recipes and maintaining a safe and clean working environment. We have one part time schedule available.

Pay starts at $9.65 per hour and increases to $10.03 per hour after six months. Benefits include 20% discount on store purchases, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Vacation Time, Paid Holidays. Short Term Disability and Life Insurance are also available.

Please view schedule and job description on our website. Position closes 05/16/14. EOE. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10049621 Direct Support Professional Direct Care- Evenings Overnights & weekend hours assisting adults w/disabilities. Exp. Working w/adults w/disabilities preferred. $9.00-$10.40/hr.

Valid MT driver license No history of abuse, neglect or exploitation Extensive background checks will be completed. NO RESUMES. EOE Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

Job# 10049641 Dock Worker (PT) The primary function of a Dockworker is to efficiently sort, handle, load and unload freight into over-theroad equipment, in accordance

with oral and written instructions, as well as federal and state regulations. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

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PROFESSIONAL Coordinator SUPPORTED LIVING COORDINATOR- FT position providing coordination and support to adults w/disabilities in a Residential and Community setting. Supervisory experience and knowledge of community resources preferred.

BA in Human Services or 2 years related experience preferred.

Varied Days and Hours. $12.25$12.50/hr. Closes: 5/20/14, 5p. Must Have: Valid MT Driverâ¿¿s License, No Record of Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation.

Applications available at OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES, INC., 2821 S. Russell, Missoula, MT. 59801 or online at www.orimt.org. Extensive background checks will be completed.

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Job# 10049639 Fleet Mechanic MECHANIC (Greenough, MT) compensation: DOE Position Title: Fleet Mechanic Job De-

EMPLOYMENT scription: Fleet Mechanic is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of all ranch and resort vehicles and equipment.

Must have the ability to prioritize work and schedule accordingly. Will be working on passenger vehicles, 15 passenger vans, trucks, tractors, heavy equipment, including ATV’s, boats, jet ski’s, golf carts, small engines, lawn and garden equipment. Performing diagnostic work, trailer repair and wiring; 12 volt electrical systems, and generators. To include but not limited to diesel, 4 stroke and 2 stroke experience. Classification: Non-exempt, Full-Time Regular Position Qualifications/Responsibilities: • 3+ years experience in auto/passenger vehicle repair, not an entry level position • Must have own required hand and air tools to perform a timely and quality repair • Road test vehicles to ensure quality of repair and safety of employees and guests v Tire repair, mounting and balancing • Must be able to use computer and email • knowledge of parts look-up, ordering parts and documentation of all work performed • Keeping track of shop tools and replacing when they are lost or broken • Helping cattle crew with farming and cattle operations when possible • Filling out proper paper work for necessary repairs, and parts • Keeping track of outgoing fuel records and employee fuel codes • Purchasing and keeping track of fuel • Buy and sell all vehicles and equipment as needed • Licensing all new vehicles and renewing all old vehicles • Metal work and fabrication • Keep track all vehicles, and reallocate when necessary • Write and enforce resort vehicle policy • Keep

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current and accurate service records on all vehicles and equipment • Personally responsible for the condition of the Lipson fleet Educational Requirements: • High School Diploma or GED • 2 years of mechanic based education or equivalent • 4 years work base experience Licensure/Permits Required: • Valid MT drivers license • CDL a plus • Welding certification a plus Perks of Working for Paws Up • Free shuttle service to Missoula (when resort is open) • Complimentary lunch provided to all employees (when resort is open) • Housing provided when available • Carpool reimbursement opportunities • Bonuses provided throughout the year (when available & qualified) To Apply: Please respond with your cover letter and resume (in a single .doc file) to hrmanager @pawsup.com. Be sure to include your name in the resume file title. List Fleet Mechanic in the subject line.

on proactively servicing massmarket customers, selling basic products to existing customers, and referring customers to other areas of the bank for more complex products and/or services. Please Note: To apply for this position, update your contact information (email and phone number) and upload your resume.

Basic Qualifications: 1+ years experience in customer service or interacting directly with customers. 1+ years experience meeting sales goals/quotas.

1+ years experience working in a team environment. 1+ years sales experience (either in person or over the phone).

Persons in this position must meet the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau loan originator qualification requirements and must comply with Wells Fargo policies related to these requirements. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

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wages, commissions, and 401k match/profit sharing our top sales reps will earn $45k $50k a year. Duties: focus is to assemble a sales team willing to call on local business owners, seek out referral customers, and comfortably probe for wireless needs when our customers visit our stores and when phone follow up calls occur; responsible for uncovering customers’ wireless needs and present new solutions. Will receive extensive training programs in sales technique and products/services, individuals with the right traits will excel in fitting customers to wireless products they will benefit from. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

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The Customer Sales and Service Representative (LO) CSSR (LO) provides prompt quality service to ensure customer retention and sales support. The CSSR (LO) s key responsibility is to satisfy all of Wells Fargo customer s service needs and to help them succeed financially through quality retail product sales and referrals. A CSSR (LO) performs a wide range of services including exercising excellent customer service in all customer interactions and following up on Teller referrals and Teller job duties as necessary.

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SUPPORTED LIVING COORDINATOR FT position providing coordination and support to adults w/disabilities in a Residential and Community setting. Supervisory experience and knowledge of community resources preferred. BA in Human Services or 2 years related experience preferred.

Varied Days and Hours. $12.25-$12.50/hr.

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DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL Supporting Persons with Disabilities in Enhancing their Quality of Life. Evenings, Overnights & Weekend hours available. $9.00-$10.40/hr.

Valid MT Driver’s License, No Record of Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation.

Applications available at OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES, INC., 2821 S. Russell, Missoula, MT 59801 or online: orimt.org. Extensive background checks will be completed. NO RESUMES. EOE.

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SBS Solar has been involved in numerous local initiative from donating solar systems to the Cool Green Home Project, partnering with students to leverage grant money from local utilities for installations on local schools and working with the Habitat for Humanity of Ravalli County installing solar on many of their homes up the Bitterroot Valley.

one of the first Net-Zero Habitat homes in western Montana. In addition to the SBS Solar solar PV system on the roof, the home is 100% electric with an air source heat pump, high efficiency windows, appliances and lighting, and building standards above the local energy efficiency codes.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): When the path ahead divides in two, Aries, I am hoping you can work some magic that will allow you to take both ways at once. If you do master this riddle, if you can creatively figure out how to split yourself without doing any harm, I have a strong suspicion that the two paths will once again come together no later than August 1, possibly before. But due to a curious quirk in the laws of life, the two forks will never again converge if you follow just one of them now.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): "If we want the rewards of being loved," says cartoonist Tim Kreider, "we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known." How are you doing with this trade-off, Cancerian? Being a Crab myself, I know we are sometimes inclined to hide who we really are. We have mixed feelings about becoming vulnerable and available enough to be fully known by others. We might even choose to live without the love we crave so as to prop up the illusion of strength that comes from being mysterious, from concealing our depths. The coming weeks will be a good time for you to revisit this conundrum.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There's a piece of art on the moon: a ceramic disk inscribed with six drawings by noted American artists. It was carried on the landing module of the Apollo 12 mission, which delivered two astronauts to the lunar surface in November 1969. One of the artists, Leo maverick Andy Warhol, drew the image of a stylized penis, similar to what you might see on the wall of a public restroom. "He was being the terrible bad boy," the project's organizer said about Warhol's contribution. You know me, Leo. I usually love playful acts of rebellion. But in the coming weeks, I advise against taking Warhol's approach. If you're called on to add your self-expression to a big undertaking, tilt in the direction of sincerity and reverence and dignity.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The planet we live on is in constant transformation. Nothing ever stays the same. To succeed, let alone survive, we need to acclimate ourselves to the relentless forward motion. "He not busy being born is busy dying," was Bob Dylan's way of framing our challenge. How are you doing with this aspect of life, Virgo? Do you hate it but deal with it grudgingly? Tolerate it and aspire to be a master of it someday? Whatever your current attitude is, I'm here to tell you that in the coming months you could become much more comfortable with the ceaseless flow—and even learn to enjoy it. Are you ready to begin?

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "It isn't that I don't like sweet disorder," said English author Vita SackvilleWest, "but it has to be judiciously arranged." That's your theme for the week, Libra. Please respect how precise a formulation this is. Plain old ordinary disorder will not provide you with the epiphanies and breakthroughs you deserve and need. The disorder must be sweet. If it doesn't make you feel at least a little excited and more in love with life, avoid it. The disorder must also be judiciously arranged. What that means is that it can't be loud or vulgar or profane. Rather, it must have wit and style and a hint of crazy wisdom.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I have three sets of questions for you, Scorpio. First, are you anyone's muse? Is there a person who draws inspiration from the way you live? Here's my second query: Are you strong medicine for anyone? Are you the source of riddles that confound and intrigue them, compelling them to outgrow their narrow perspectives? Here's my third inquiry: Are you anyone's teacher? Are you an influence that educates someone about the meaning of life? If you do play any of these roles, Scorpio, they are about to heat up and transform. If you don't currently serve at least one of these functions, there's a good chance you will start to soon.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to my reading of the astrological omens, you should draw inspiration from this Chinese proverb: "Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down." In other words, Sagittarius, you need extra downtime. So please say NO to any influence that says, "Do it now! Be maniacally efficient! Multitask as if your life depended on it! The more active you are the more successful you will be!" Instead, give yourself ample opportunity to play and daydream and ruminate.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In Raymond Chandler's pulp fiction novel Farewell, My Lovely, his main character is detective Philip Marlowe. At one point Marlowe says, "I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun." In accordance with your astrological omens, Capricorn, I'm asking you to figure out how you might be like Marlowe. Are there differences between what you think you need and what you actually have? If so, now is an excellent time to launch initiatives to fix the discrepancies.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There's a slightly better chance than usual that you will have a whirlwind affair with a Bollywood movie star who's on vacation. The odds are also higher than normal that you will receive a tempting invitation from a secret admirer, or meet the soul twin you didn't even know you were searching for, or get an accidental text message from a stranger who turns out to be the reincarnation of your beloved from a previous lifetime. But the likelihood of all those scenarios pales in comparison to the possibility that you will learn big secrets about how to make yourself even more lovable than you already are.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you fling handfuls of zucchini seeds on the ground of a vacant lot today, you shouldn't expect neat rows of ripe cucumbers to be growing in your backyard in a couple of weeks. Even if you fling zucchini seeds in your backyard today, you shouldn't expect straight rows of cucumbers to be growing there by June 1. Let's get even more precise here. If you carefully plant zucchini seeds in neat rows in your backyard today, you should not expect ripe cucumbers to sprout

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I see you as having more in common with a marathon runner than a speed racer. Your best qualities tend to emerge when you're committed to a process that takes a while to unfold. Learning to pace yourself is a crucial life lesson. That's how you get attuned to your body's signals and master the art of caring for your physical needs. That's also how you come to understand that it's important not to compare yourself constantly to the progress other people are making. Having said all that, Taurus, I want to recommend a temporary exception to the rule. Just for now, it may make sense for you to run fast for a short time.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author Eva Dane defines writer's block as what happens "when your imaginary friends stop talking to you." I suspect that something like this has been happening for you lately, Pisces—even if you're not a writer. What I mean is that some of the most reliable and sympathetic voices in your head have grown quiet: ancestors, dear friends who are no longer in your life, ex-lovers you still have feelings for, former teachers who have remained a strong presence in your imagination, animals you once cared for who have departed, and maybe even some good, old-fashioned spirits and angels. Where did they go? What happened to them? I suspect they are merely taking a break. They may have thought it wise to let you fend for yourself for a while. But don't worry. They will be back soon.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-14-83 Dept. No. 3 Judge John W. Larson NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Patricia Hochhalter, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate.

All persons having claims against the Decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or their claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to SHELLEY HUTCHESON, the personal representative, return receipt requested, in care of her attorney, Jeffrey R. Kuchel, of Crowley Fleck PLLP, 305 South 4th Street East, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 24th day of April, 2014. /s/ Shelley Hutcheson Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-14-435 Dept.

No. 4 Karen S. Townsend Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of William Riley Johnson: Tandy Trogdon a/k/a Tandy Roush, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from William Riley Johnson to Riley Jay Trogdon. The hearing will bee on 06/03/2014 at 3:00 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Dated: 4/21/2014 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Darci Lehnerz, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP14-81 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KATHERINE E. PHILLIPS, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be certified mailed to Sharon E. Gallagher, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 22nd day of April, 2014. /s/ Sharon E. Gallagher, Personal Representative WORDEN THANE, P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Patrick Dougherty MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP14-69 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: WALLACE H. HERTEL, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Connie O’Conner has been appointed Personal Representative of the 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 Connie O’Conner, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER & FROINES, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 4th day of April, 2014. GEISZLER & FROINES, PC. BY: /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, Attorneys for the Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 4th day of April, 2014. /s/ Connie O’Conner, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DV14-382 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION MITCHELL C. HICKS and KAY R. JOHNSTON, Plaintiffs, v. CARL L. BLANK, KATHLEEN I. BLANK, NORMAN E. THYFAULT, AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN HEIRS, OR ANY UNKNOWN DEVISEES OF ANY DECEASED PERSON AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, UNKNOWN, CLAIMING OR WHO MIGHT CLAIM ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ OWNERSHIP OR ANY CLOUD UPON PLAINTIFFS’ TITLE THERETO, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM BE

PRESENT OR CONTINGENT, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the Complaint to Quiet Title in this Action which is filed with the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION, or such other period as may be specified by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A filing fee must accompany the answer.

This action is brought for the purpose of quieting title the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: The North one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 12, Township 13 North, Range 23 West, Missoula County, Montana. Dated this 21st day of April, 2014. /s/ Shirley E. Faust (SEAL) By: /s/ Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk Kevin S. Jones, Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys at Law, 310 West Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802 (406) 721-7772 Attorneys for Plaintiffs MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP14-88 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID L. DEFORGE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be certified mailed to Charlene Phlypo, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 25th day of April, 2014. /s/ Charlene Phlypo, Personal Representative WORDEN THANE, P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Amy M. Scott Smith MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-14-84 Dept.

No. 4 Karen S. Townsend NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT ORLIN LEHMAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Janet Ann Rice, Jeanette Carol Allport, Cheryl Kay Lehman, and Debra Jean Garrick have been appointed Personal Representatives of the above-named estate on April 24, 2014. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Bennett Law Office, P.C., return receipt requested, at PO Box 7967, Missoula, MT 59807, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-14-85 Dept.

No. 4 Karen S. Townsend NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARGUERITE ANN LEHMAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Janet Ann Rice, Jeanette Carol Allport, Cheryl Kay Lehman, and Debra Jean Garrick have been appointed Personal Representatives of the above-named estate on April 24, 2014. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Bennett Law Office, P.C., return receipt requested, at PO Box 7967, Missoula, MT 59807, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that FIRST INTERSTATE BANK, the Beneficiary, and MARTIN S. KING, the Successor Trustee, under the Deed of Trust described in this notice (referred to in this notice as the “Trust Indenture”), have elected to sell the property described in this notice, on June 17, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, Montana, and on the terms described in this notice, in order to satisfy the obligations described in this notice, pursuant to the terms of the Trust Indenture and the provisions of

MNAXLP the Small Tract Financing Act, Mont.

Code Ann. §71-1-301, et. seq. DESCRIPTION OF TRUST INDENTURE: Grantor: Phoebe J. Patterson, not personally but as Trustee on behalf of Phoebe J. Patterson Revocable Trust Original Trustee: Stewart Title of Missoula County Successor Trustee: Martin S. King, Esq. Beneficiary: First Interstate Bank Date: August 27, 2012 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY COVERED BY THE TRUST INDENTURE: All of Grantor’s right, title, and interest in and to the following described real property, together with all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all water, water rights and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the real property, including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal and similar matters, located in Missoula County, State of Montana; Condominium Unit #15 of the Century Condominiums, according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof, recorded on August 21, 2001, in Book 666 Micro Records, page 1341, and amended on March 17, 2003 in Book 701 at page 693 of Micro Records, of the public records of Missoula County, State of Montana.

Said Condominium being located on the real property described as Certificate of Survey No. 738, a parcel of ground located in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 33, Township 13 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Together with an undivided interest in the general common elements and limited common elements appurtenant to said unit and as stated in the Declaration of Condominium. The real property or its address is commonly known at 3811 Stephens #15, Missoula, MT 59803. RECORDING REFERENCE: Trust Indenture recorded on August 30, 2012 Document No. 201216807 records of Missoula County, Montana.

OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE TRUST INDENTURE: Appointment of Successor Trustee, appointing Martin S. King as trustee in the place of Stewart Title of Missoula County dated January 31, 2014, and recorded February 4, 2014, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana, as Document No. 201401449. DEFAULT FOR WHICH THE FORECLOSURE IS MADE: The Grantor has defaulted on the terms of said Trust Indenture and the corresponding Promissory Note in that she failed to pay the payments required thereunder when due.

AMOUNTS OWED ON THE OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY THE TRUST INDENTURE as of January 24, 2014, were: Principal $14,338.27 Interest $355.11 Late Charges $75.00 Trustee’s Sale Guarantee $149.00 Total: $14,917.38 In addition, the Grantor is obligated to pay the expenses of this sale, which include the Beneficiary/s costs and expenses advanced to preserve and protect the property, real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, Beneficiary’s costs and attorney fees, and the Successor Trustee’s costs and fees. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, they will be added to the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture. THE TRUSTEE’S OR BENEFICIARY’S ELECTION TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO SATISFY THE OBLIGATION: The Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Successor Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. DATE, PLACE, and TIME OF SALE: Date and Time of sale: June 17, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. Place: At the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana. This communication is from a debt collector.

This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 11th day of February, 2014. /s/ Martin S. KIng, Successor Trustee, Worden Thane P.C. PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806-4747 STATE OF MONTANA ):ss. County of Missoula) On the 11th day of February, j2014, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Martin S. King, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within Notice of Trustee’s Sale as Successor Trustee, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as such Successor Trustee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and notarial seal the day and year first above written.

(SEAL) /s/ Rhonda M. Kolar, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Stevensville, MT My Commission Expires January 24, 2016

[C6] Missoula Independent • May 15 – May 22, 2014

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/16/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200811105 BK 819, PG 82, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Joel Wetzel, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee.

The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Units C-10 of Toole Avenue Condominiums-Phase 2, a residential Condominium situated on Lot C of McCormick Addition No. 2, Block 6, Lots A, B and C, a Platted subdivision of the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. Together with a 4.16% interest in the common elements and an exclusive right to use the limited common elements appurtenant to each unit as said common and limited elements are defined in the Declaration of Condominium, Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Toole Avenue Condominiums-Phase 2. And subject to the Declaration of Condominium, Covenants and Conditions for Toole Avenue Condominiums recorded August 20, 2004 in Book 738 at Page 431 Micro Records and for Toole Avenue Condominiums-Phase 2 as recorded August 2, 2005 in Book 757 at Page 677 Micro Records and the Bylaws for Toole Avenue Condominium Owners Association, Inc. as recorded on August 20, 2004 in Book 738 at Page 434 Micro Records. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust.

According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 14, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $115,881.71. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $111,424.23, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on July 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

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

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.109120) 1002.266369-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 07/18/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200618223 BK 779, PG 714, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Barbara A. Marlenee was Grantor, New Century Mortgage Corporation was Beneficiary and Stewart Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has

succeeded Stewart Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract 9D on Certificate of Survey No. 1747, being a Tract of land located in the NW 1/4 of Section 30, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Together with a private access and public utility easement as shown on Certificate of Survey No. 1747. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201213443 BK 897 Pg 320, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2006-NC2, Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates Series 2006-NC2. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust.

According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 26, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $137,155.05. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $130,786.65, 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 4, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

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

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.19731) 1002.267046-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 7, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 11A OF SOUTHSIDE ADDITION TO BLOCK 11, LOTS 11A AND 12A, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Abraham F Schulz and Lyudmila N Schulz, 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 July 29, 2005 and recorded August 5, 2005 in Book 757, Page 989 as Document No. 200520109. The beneficial interest is currently held by Green Tree Servicing LLC. 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 $1,018.43, beginning May 1, 2013, and each month subse-

quent, 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 31, 2014 is $110,801.46 principal, interest at the rate of 6.25% now totaling $5,763.30, late charges in the amount of $109.44, escrow advances of $2,072.57, suspense balance of $-384.81 and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,212.94, plus accruing interest at the rate of $18.98 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 28, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )ss. County of Bingham) On this 28th day of February, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Green Tree V Schulz 42072.052 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 7, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOTS 3 AND 4 IN BLOCK “E” OF CAR LINE ADDITION NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Mary A Elsea and Mark J Elsea, 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 September 09, 2009 and recorded September 10, 2009 in Book 847 page 205 under Document No. 200922159. The beneficial interest is currently held by Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Suc-

cessor 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 $964.59, beginning August 1, 2013, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of January 23, 2014 is $168,917.81 principal, interest at the rate of 5.0% now totaling $5,630.56, late charges in the amount of $307.93, escrow advances of $1,529.76 and other fees and expenses advanced of $309.10, plus accruing interest at the rate of $23.14 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 28, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham) On this 28th day of February, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 M&T V. Elsea 41902.341 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on June 16, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A parcel or tract of land located in the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast onequarter (SW1/4 NE1/4) of Section 25, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit Beginning at a point on the

PUBLIC NOTICES northeasterly right-of-way of County Road No. 24 as said road exists and is presently constructed, said point bears N. 62°23’51” E., a distance of 746.07 feet from the center one-quarter corner of said Section 25; thence N. 0°03’ E., a distance of 615.65 feet; thence S. 89°51’15”E., a distance of 664.40 feet to the East boundary of the SW1/4 NE1/4 of said Section 25, thence S.0°01 W., along said East boundary a distance of 352.80 feet; thence S 44°02’ W., a distance of 478.73 feet; thence S. 45°32” W., a distance of 143.78 feet to the northeasterly rightof-way of said County Road No. 24; thence N. 46°10’ W., along said rightof-way a distance of 31.47 feet; thence continuing along said right-of-way N. 51 °56’ W., a distance of 262.64 feet to the point of beginning. RECORDING REFERENCE. BOOK 789 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 567 Nathan T Reep and Denise Reep, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated April 20 2007 and recorded April 26, 2007 in Book 796, Page 57 under Document No. 200710015. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor in interest to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,815.17, beginning October 1, 2013, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 17, 2014 is $284,746.38 principal, interest at the rate of 2.375% now totaling $2,550.69, late charges in the amount of $266.20, escrow advances of $2,726.54 and other fees and expenses advanced of $7.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $18.53 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: February 6, 2014 /s/

Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho) ss. County of Bingham) On this 6th day of February, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 CitiMortgage v Reep 42090.068 NOTICE THAT A TAX DEED MAY BE ISSUED TO: Alexander, Edmond G., PO Box 196, Frenchtown, MT 59834-0196, Alexander, Edmond G., 17060 Frenchtown Frontage Rd., Frenchtown, MT 59834, Missoula County Treasurer, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 Valley Homes LLC, 924 N. Russell St., MIssoula, MT 59808, Bitterroot Valley Bank, 11300 U.S. Hwy. 93 S., Lolo, MT 59847. TAX ID #3292907 Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, Notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: NW4, NE4, LESS VALLEY HOMES 1&2, SW4, NE4,NE4, LESS TR1 COS 5472 3-1521. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on: DECEMBER 30, 2010.

3. The property tax lien was attached as a result of a tax sale on: JULY 14, 2011. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on: JULY 14, 2011,

by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to M.I.P. Assets LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 16561, Missoula, MT 59808. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest and cost is: Tax: $3,528.02 Penalty & Interest: $447.30 Costs: $525.00 Total: $4,500.32 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to M.I.P. Assets, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10.

The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed below whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2.

The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested parties rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this: MAY 12, 2014 M.I.P. Assets, LLC NOTICE THAT A TAX DEED MAY BE ISSUED TO: Bring, Peter A. 821 Hickory St., Missoula, MT 598013844 Bring, Peter A., 1295 Thunder Trl., Bonner, MT 59823 Missoula County Treasurer, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 US Bank & Trust Conational Assoc. 1635 S. Russell St., Missoula, MT 59801 US Bank National Assoc. N.D. 3318 N. 14th St., Bismarck, ND 58503 TAX ID #3143807 Pursuant to section 15-18212, Montana Code Annotated, Notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: S27, T13N, R16W, C.O.S. 5240 Parcel 1, IN NW4, NE4. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on: MAY 31, 2011. 3. The property tax lien was attached as a result of a tax sale on: JULY 14, 2011. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on: JULY 14, 2011, by Missoula County

MNAXLP whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to M.I.P. Assets LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 16561, Missoula, MT 59808. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest and cost is: Tax: $6,019.23 Penalty & Interest: $445.58 Costs: $525.00 Total: $6,989.81. 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to M.I.P. Assets, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 2584847. Further notice for those persons listed below whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested parties rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this: MAY 12, 2014 M.I.P. Assets, LLC NOTICE THAT A TAX DEED MAY BE ISSUED TO: HAUSAUER, JAMES W.,1804 Strand Ave.,Missoula, MT 59801-5412 Missoula County Treasurer, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 WESTERN TITLE & ESCROW, 1200 S. RESERVE ST. STE. M, MISSOULA, MT 59801 BENEFICIAL MONTANA INC., 3075 N. RESERVE ST., MISSOULA, MT 59808-1389 TAX ID #880902 Pursuant to section 15-18212, Montana Code Annotated, Notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: SOUTH SIDE ADDITION, S29, T13N, R19W, BLOCK 4, LOT 41-42.

2. The property taxes became delinquent on: December 30, 2010. 3. The property tax lien was attached as a result of a tax sale on: JULY 14, 2011. 4.

The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on: JULY 14, 2011, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802.

5. The lien was subsequently assigned to M.I.P. Assets LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 16561, Missoula, MT 59808.

6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest and cost is: Tax: $3,878.22 Penalty & Interest: $353.84 Costs: $525.00 Total: $4,757.06. 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice.

8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice

until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to M.I.P. Assets, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10.

The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed below whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2.

The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested parties rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this: MAY 12, 2014 M.I.P. Assets, LLC NOTICE THAT A TAX DEED MAY BE ISSUED TO: Trumbull, Roger L., 1960 Hummingbird Dr., Missoula, MT 59808-1035, Missoula County Treasurer, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, State of Montana, 2681 Palmer St., Missoula, MT 59808. TAX ID #5801140 Pursuant to section 15-18212, Montana Code Annotated, Notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: EL MAR ESTATES, PHASE 3, S15, T13N, R20W, BLOCK 8, LOT 3. 2.

The property taxes became delinquent on: MAY 31, 2011. 3. The property tax lien was attached as a result of a tax sale on: JULY 14, 2011. 4. The prop-

EAGLE SELF STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 42, 47, 188, 239, 380, 383, 384, 385, 476, 639 and 687.

Units contain furniture, clothes, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc. household goods. These units may be viewed starting Tuesday, May 27, 2014. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 4:00 P.M. Buyers 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 are final.

erty tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on: JULY 14, 2011, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5.

The lien was subsequently assigned to M.I.P. Assets LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 16561, Missoula, MT 59808.

6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest and cost is: Tax: $7,236.89 Penalty & Interest: $491.70 Costs: $525.00 Total: $8,253.59 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice.

8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to M.I.P. Assets, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10.

The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed below whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2.

The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested parties rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this: MAY 12, 2014 M.I.P. Assets, LLC

CLARK FORK STORAGE

will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 38, 40 and OS 58.

Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 5/19, 2014 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 5/22, 2014 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale.

All Sales final.

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s "Get Back"–return to what you know.

by Matt Jones

ACROSS

1 Woodshop tools 5 Dish (out) 9 Florida fullback, for short 12 Fluish, perhaps 13 "Space Invaders" company 15 Mascara's target 16 Campus letters 17 Convincing 18 "... butterfly, sting like ___" 19 "___ for Alibi" (Grafton novel) 20 Places for missing persons reports 22 "And I've got one, two, three, four, five ___ working overtime" (XTC lyric) 24 Nixes a bill 25 1980 running medalist Steve 26 Unobtrusive, as a ringtone setting 29 It's heard in Houston 31 Affected 32 It may hold up an Arp 33 Sapporo sashes 37 One end of a fencing sword 39 1968 Winter Olympics site 43 ___ apso 44 Lock up tight 45 Convent-ional title?

46 Item exhumed years after burial 50 Hem's partner 51 Part of NCAA 52 Like mad callers 53 "Born Free" lioness 54 Queens diamond, once 55 Take on more issues?

56 Othello, for example 57 Allergy source 58 QB play 59 Roadside rest stops Last week’s solution

DOWN

1 Home of The Ringling Circus Museum 2 Go-getter 3 Waiting room query 4 DOS component?

5 Fictional typing tutor ___ Beacon 6 Latin list ender 7 Sound off 8 Lindros formerly of the NHL 9 Mandrill kin 10 Newsgroup system since 1980 11 Game with 32 pieces 14 Encyclopedia Brown's hometown 15 Italian word for "milk" 20 2000 Subway Series losers 21 Hinduism, for example: abbr.

23 Hang out 26 Bristly brand 27 Like some congestion 28 Greta Garbo, for one 30 Suave 33 Reactions to fireworks 34 Shooting/skiing event 35 Available, as fruit 36 Series with an upcoming Episode VII 38 Ballerina's bend 39 Teahouse hostess 40 Former Attorney General ___ Clark 41 First name on the Supreme Court 42 Robertson of CNN 44 Hidden loot 45 A great many 47 Get ready 48 Yemen's largest city 49 Pac-12 team since 2011 53 Longtime Pet Shop Boys record label

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

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

ROOMMATES

HOMES FOR SALE

2611 Deer Canyon Court. 4 bed, 3 bath with daylight basement, patio, deck & 2 car garage. $447,500. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate. 532-9229 tory@montana.com

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Uncle Robert Lane 2 Bed Apt. $675/month

Professional Property Management. Find Yourself at Home in the Missoula Rental Market with PPM. 1511 S Russell • (406) 721-8990 • www.professionalproperty.com

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3 Bdr, 2 Bath, remodeled Central Missoula home. $285,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. 3 bed, 1 bath on almost 5 Target Range acres bordering DNRC land. $450,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653, pat@properties2000.com 3024 Elms Park Way. 2 bed, 2 bath with deck & gas fireplace near park. $254,900. Vickie Honzel, Lammbros ERA Real Estate.

531-2605 vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 3501 Paxson.4 bed, 1.5 bath with hardwood floors, basement, fenced yard & garage. $225,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties.

541-7355. betsy@milyardteammt.com 4221 Chesapeake Way. 3 bed, 2 bath in Canyon Creek Village with 2 car garage. $176,000.

Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 531-2605 vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com

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4571 Heaven’s Gate. 4 bed, 4 bath Farviews home on 2 acres. $995,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com

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4781 Montrose. 3 bed, 2 bath in Canyon Creek. RD eligible.

$182,500. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 5417355 betsy@milyardteammt.com 507 North Avenue East. 4 bed, 2 bath University area bungalow with single garage. $319,900.

Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 5454 Canyon River Drive. 6 bed, 4 bath with 3 car garage on Canyon River Golf Course. $550,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 5619 Prospect. 5 bed, 4 bath well-maintained Grant Creek home with 3 car garage. $419,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula. 239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.co m 5805 Mainview. 4 bed, 2 bath South Hills home with basement & deck. $220,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Propeties. 541-7355 betsy@milyardteammt.coom 716 South 6th West. Classic 3 bed, 2 bath with fireplace, deck, fenced yard & single garage. $259,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 7201 Old Grant Creek Road. 4 bed, 3 bath with Grant Creek frontage, deck & fireplace. $655,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 5417355 betsy@milyardteammt.com 756 Angler’s Bend. 3 bed, 2 bath with 3 car gargage on East Missoula golf course. $472,600.

Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate.

532-9229 tory@montana.com 909 Longstaff. Remodeled 3 bed, 2 bath on 3 lots with 2 car garage. $389,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 9755 Horseback Ridge. 3 bed, 3 bath with mother-in-law apartment on 5 view acres. $395,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com Are your housing needs changing? We can help you explore your options. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www.clarkforkrealty.com Beautiful home on Rattlesnake Creek. 4 bed, 3 bath with gourmet kitchen, fireplace and deck. $850,000.

Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 541-7355, betsy@milyardteammt.com Buying or selling homes? Let me help you find your way home.

David Loewenwarter. Prudential Montana Real Estate. LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406-241-3321 “Find your way home” with David Loewenwarter. Prudential Montana Real Estate.

LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406241-3321 I can help you find your new home! Celia Grohmann @ Banana Belt Realty. 406-550-1014 • celiamontana@gmail.com.

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REAL ESTATE Let me help save you time and energy. I know about Missoula and have lived here 30+ years. David Loewenwarter. Prudential Montana Real Estate.

LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406241-3321 Lot 42 Jeff Drive. To be built 2 bed, 2 bath Hoyt home in Linda Vista with 3 car garage. $369,500. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229. tory@montana.com Protect Your Home - ADT Authorized Dealer: Burglary, Fire, and Emergency Alerts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! CALL TODAY, INSTALLED TOMORROW! 888-641-3452 Put my experience and dedication to work for you.

JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate. (406) 214-4016 • jay.getz@prumt.com • www.JayGetzMissoula.com RE/MAX All Stars; combining local ownership, experienced agents, and the power of #1 RE/MAX. Complimentary real estate advice. Call 406-5428644

with awesome gardens in the fenced yard. A home with character! KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 1861 East Broadway. 3 bed, 2.5 condo with deck & single garage. $215,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com 2121B Jasmine Place. 3 bed, 2.5 bath with deck, patio & 2 car garage. $198,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 324B North Grant. 3 bed, 2 bath condo with fenced yard & 2 car garage. $169,900. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 532-9283. ritagray@lambrosera.com

505 California. 3 bed, 2.5 bath stand-alone near Riverfront Trail.

No HOA fees. $289,000.

Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate.

531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 5505 Creekstone. 2 bed, 1.5 bath in Grant Creek. $130,000.

Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. betsy@milyardteammt.com Cooley Street Condo 1545 Cooley St. #C. This upper level 2 bedroom condo provides for easy, sweet living close to downtown and has great North Hills views. $128,500 KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com Northside Condo 1400 Burns Unit #15, 3 bedroom 1 bath, with balcony and tons of light. $156,000. KD 240-5227 or Sarah 370-3995 porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $149,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.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 #307. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit. $158,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate. 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. Upscale gated community near downtown.

All SS appliances, carport, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com Why Rent? Own Your Own 1400 Burns. Designed

with energy efficiency, comfort and affordability in mind. Next to Burns Street Bistro and Missoula Community Co-op. Starting at $79,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

MANUFACTURED HOMES 1790 Dukes. 3 bed, 2 bath in Katoonah Lodges, a 55+ community. $83,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate, 532-9229 tory@montana.com

1625 Lot 12A Cote Lane. Level 1 acre with fantastic views. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com 53.5 acres overlooking Missoula. Utilities in place, septic approved. $927,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5402 Canyon River Road.

Canyon River Golf Course Lot. 15,901 sq.ft. $150,000. Vickie

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

Slant Street Charmer 733 Marshall $230,000. Slant Street charmer with lots of light, a wonderful yard with raised beds, and an awesome shop all in a convenient location and ready to move in to. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com

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University District 102 East Kent $265,000. University 4 bedroom home with character and a 1 bedroom cottage house.

KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

FOR BUYING MORE FOR LESS 512 E. Broadway 406-728-2621

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

(406) 7282621. www.clarkforkrealty.com

matt@clarkforkrealty.com

When considering a move please call Missoula native JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate. (406) 214-4016 • j a y. g e t z @ p r u m t . c o m • www.JayGetzMissoula.com Wonderful Westside 1722 Defoe $226,500. 2 bedroom, 1 bonus, 2 bathroom home on the Wonderful Westside

NEWLY RESTORED HISTORIC DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS The Palace is located on the Corner of Broadway & Ryman 1 Bedrooms start at $554 a month + $550 deposit.

2 Bedrooms start at $707 a month + $650 deposit.

Water, sewage, trash, and heat are included in rent.

ADA wheelchair-accessible units available.

• On-site property management • Secure building • Coin-op laundry with new machines

Call 549-4113 x130 Matty Reed, Property Manager

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

Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 605 Dunkleberg, Drummon. 2 bed, 2 bath on 28 acres with

REAL ESTATE creek. $249,000. Pintlar Territories R.E. 406-859-3522. pintlarterritories.com

bros ERA Real Estate 5312605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com

910 Bandmann Trail. Over 1 acre on Canyon River Golf Course with 252 Clark Fork River frontage. $275,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com

NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 11 acre Mission Mountain building site. $86,900.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

Lot 33 Old Mill Loop, St. Regis.

1.02 acre with 150’ of Clark Fork River Frontage. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com

NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Over 40 acres with 2 creeks near Mission Mountains. $199,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

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

NHN Raymond. .62 acre in Lower Rattlesnake bordering Missoula Open Space. $148,000. David Loewenwarter.

Prudential Montana Real Estate.

LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406241-3321

NHN Edgewood. 3.35 end-ofroad acres on east side of Mount Jumbo. Close to river. $89,900. Vickie Honzel, Lam-

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

Rock Creek Acreage. 20 acres adjacent to Forest Service land. $349,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

COMMERCIAL 4 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home.

Zoned commercial. $190,000. Prudential Montana.

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

OUT OF TOWN 109 Church Street, Stevensville.

Historic 3 bed, 1 bath with library, parlor & fantastic front porch. $139,000. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate, 5329283. ritagray@lambrosera.com 11901 Lewis & Clark Drive, Lolo.

2 bed, 2 bath with many up-

grades including roof & windows. $197,500. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 5329283. ritagray@lambrosera.com 1290 Thunder’s Trail, Potomac. 3 bed, 3 bath on 20 acres. $795,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 1333 Juniper, Alberton. 5 bed, 3 bath on nearly 20 acres bordered by National Forest. $725,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 210 Red Fox Road, Lolo. 4 bed, 2.5 bath on 2.59 acres along Bitterroot River. $480,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula, 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 3 Bdr, 1 Bath Alberton home. $125,000. Prudential Montana.

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

Real Estate is not always Black & White Call Rita Gray 406-544-4226

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 3 Bdr, 2 Bath Lolo home. $234,000. Prudential Montana.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, historic Stevensville home. $236,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3416 Lupine, Stevensville. 3 bed, 2 bath log-sided home with wraparound deck & Bitterroot views. $239,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com

PERFECT PICKS 1117 Cleveland • $255,000 4 bed, 2 bath with hardwood floors and single garage

2200 Garland • $112,500 2 bed, 1 bath renovated condo that doesn't feel like a condo

7650 Becca • $42,250 3 bed, 2 bath manufactured home with deck in East Missoula

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

Missoula Properties 728-8270

2607 View Dr MLS 20141051

1965 Raymond MLS 20140516

The Uptown Flats MLS 20131347, MLS 20136817, MLS 20140288

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REAL ESTATE 5 Bdr, 4 Bath, Stevensville area home on 10 acres. $649,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 575 Killdeer, Stevensville. 5 bed, 3 bath on 7.5 fenced acres.

Great mountain views. $335,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com Bitterroot Acreage 994 Pathfinder $599,000. 330 acres with knock-your-sock-off views East Side Stevi/Florence area with a small house. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com

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

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

Office: 406-258-7522 or Cell: 406-550-3587

4158 Petty Creek Rd, Alberton $495,000

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2 bed/2.5 bath + 1 bed/1 bath guest quarters. Chalet style log sided home.

40 park-like acres bordering NFS Land.

4101 O'Leary • $289,000 Custom 3 bed, 2.5 bath in Hellgate Meadows across from park. Open floor plan, lots of natural light, hickory floors & 2 car garage.

1861 E. Broadway

$199,900

MLS # 20141169 • 3 bed, 2.5 bath Cobblestone Condo with deck and single garage. Close to UM, Rattlesnake & Clark Fork River trails.

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