Bitterroot Star - September 28, 2022

APPLES: Bitterroot was once an apple growing center

baked at the Cofee Cup Cafe and the Corvallis School cafeteria. About 100 pies are frozen. All of them, both fresh and frozen, will be sold at Apple Day. They always sell out.

In addition to pies, apple butter,

seum’s operating costs. Nowling said that a countywide mill levy only covers about a third of the museum’s budget, with the rest coming from grants and fundraising. The building is owned by the county, and some maintenance help is provided by coun ty staf.

Nowling took over as director in April of 2021. She grew up in Philips burg, went to college on the East Coast and worked in Utah before returning to the state in 2019. She has an under graduate degree in Ameri can History and a Masters in Museum Studies. She said the museum averag es about 8-9000 visitors annually, many of them repeat visitors. This year they’ve also had a number of people visit from out of the country, from places as far away as Costa Rica, Denmark and The Neth erlands.

next year, when Ravalli County will be 130 years old. “We’ll have a special exhibit opening in March and running through the end of the year,” said Nowling. She said she’s working with the smaller museums in the county which will be sharing some items. Nowling said she’s also hoping to part ner with other organiza tions for special activities throughout the year.

also made ahead of time by volun teers, is available for sale in pints and half pints. Apple butter is also made on site at the event and is available for purchase.

This is the 43rd annual Apple Day and, according to Michelle Nowling, Museum Director, this is the Muse um’s biggest fundraiser of the year. She said it brings in about $30$40,000 which helps with the Mu

Apple Day will be the last chance to see the major exhibit, “Art & the History of Quilts” which was put together with help from the Heritage Quilters, a sub-group of the Bitterroot Quil ters Guild. Coming next will be “Faces of Montana,” opening in mid-October. Nowling said that exhibit will be primarily comprised of photos from the Museum’s collection, plus a few objects. “It’s a broad repre sentation of who settled here, and who came later,” said Nowling. She said many of the photos are unidentifed and it’s possible that people might be able to identify some of them.

“Faces of Montana” is a lead-in to

The Ravalli County Museum has recently been adding more outside exhibits so that even when the Museum is closed – which has been one of the casualties of staf shortages – people can still fnd something interesting to see. There are three permanent ex hibits outside the Museum currently, one on the Nez Perce tribe, one on Glacial Lake Missoula, and the original historic marker from Ross’ Hole.

Something new at Apple Day, which runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and takes place on the streets adjacent to the Museum which is located at 205 Bedford in Hamilton, will be apple fritters made fresh by the Shooting Stars 4-H club. There are also about 160 vendors, live music, and a rafe

that runs all day with the winners drawn at 2:30 p.m. Another rafe (for adults) will be held at Liquid Apple Night, which runs from 5 to 9 p.m. on the museum lawn, and also has live music, local hard cider, and food. Businesses have contributed many great items for both rafes.

“Our local businesses have been incredibly generous with rafe items,” says Nowling. “I’m really in awe of how the community supports this mu seum. It’s just amazing. I love it.”

This Saturday will be the fnal day to see the fabulous “Art & the History of Quilts” exhibit at the Ravalli County Museum. Photo by Victoria Howell.

Museum Director Michelle Nowling in the band shell on the Museum grounds. The Apple Day logo in the back is based on an actual apple box label of the Ap ple Boom era. Photo by Victoria Howell.

One of Museum Director Michelle Nowling’s favorite exhibits at the Ravalli County Museum is this re-cre ation of a log cabin interior. Photo by Victoria Howell.

A portion of the permanent outdoor exhibit on the Nez Perce people. Photo by Victoria Howell.

St. Francis schedules annual ‘Blessing of

and community meal

Celebrating St. Francis of As sisi Feast Day, the church invites the community to come share a meal. Sunday, Oct. 2, join in the Blessing of the Animals and a Community Meal from 12 noon to 2 p.m. “What would St. Francis do? Besides Animals, St. Francis of Assisi embraced all of man kind,” said Fr. Tom Laneknau, S.J., the new parish administra tor. “He had his own conversion experience, when he ofered a leper the kiss of peace. He had encountered Jesus in the leper.”

Bring your well behaved pet to Mass at 10 a.m. followed by more blessing of animals on the lawn, at 411 S. 5th Street in Hamilton. A meal for the whole community will be served from noon to 2 p.m. The Knights of Columbus will be grilling burgers, brats and hot

dogs. The Ladies of St. Francis will bring their own special dishes.

“It is a real outpour ing for the community and we want to get the word out,” explains Fidelis Temukum from the Salvation Army. “All are welcome.”

“This is really a fun day with family and kid’s activities planned by Erin Cary. Lots of an imals and a little messy, just like St. Francis would like!” says Nancy Bevins, Business Man ager. “We’ve encour agd everyone from the church to come and help make this a special day in our community.”

For more informa tion contact the church at 406.363.1385 or just show up. St. Francis is a Gospel-centered people, sharing their gifts, their energy and their vision of Church. www.stfran cishamilton.org.

Fr. Tom Laneknau, S.J., the new parish administrator at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Parish in Hamilton.

Hamilton’s got talent!

by Nathan Boddy

Residents of Ham ilton will get a front row seat to local talent on Friday, Septem ber 30th at the new bandshell at Sapphire Lutheran Homes, 501 N. 10th Street. Mayor Dominic Farrenkopf, activities director at Sapphire Lutheran Homes, encourages people to come down and enjoy a beautiful fall evening, which has the beneft of raising money for a good cause.

Hamilton’s Got Talent has been the special project of area teen Josie Wolfe for the past three years, and this year it will be raising money for the Play Like Robert Foundation. The two previous talent shows raised money for the Linda Massa Youth Home as well as the Council on Aging. The event raises the money through con cessions and the voting process, which will determine the top three talents of the show. Audience members will be encouraged to place money (or tickets which can be purchased at the event) into an envelope in the name of their favorite performer(s). The top three will be given tickets to the Field of Screams, while the money will go to the Foundation. Wolfe chose the Foundation specifcally this year, be cause, “it’s a great cause that everyone can beneft from in some way and I love that. The Leonardi family are tru ly the sweetest people and they make me want to help.”

Farrenkopf says that he enjoys putting on the event because, “it feels really good to have the ability to put people in that place that they can share their talent.” He also points out that the show is not just a fun way for people to utilize the ample stage on the Sapphire grounds, but that the raising of funds for an important local organization is a huge bonus. “We’re feeding two birds with one loaf here: raising money and showcasing talent. It’s going to be a lot of fun!”

Farrenkopf and Wolfe will serve as emcees at the show, but Wolfe has already been assembling the talent, lining up sponsors and hanging post ers for the event. Farrenkopf says that Wolfe has been involved with Sap phire Lutheran Homes since she was in second grade, but as a teenager now has the ability to make an even greater contribution.

“I like to put as much efort as I do into these things because it makes me happy to be doing things for other people,” says Wolfe. “I love being able to give back to the community in big or little ways.”

Farrenkopf has nothing but praise for Wolfe, saying, “It’s really neat to see a teenager being so interested in the community. She’s spent a lot of her spare time to put together this talent show.”

The free show will include 17 acts which vary from gymnast and com edy to music and magic, and will get underway at 6:00. Audience members are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and be ready to enjoy the show and the music of Billy Angus before and during the tally of the votes.

“We have a big variety of acts that I’m so excited to see and I love to see the talent the valley has to ofer,” says Wolfe. “It will defnitely be an exciting event that you don’t want to miss!”

Feast Day

with Mass at 10 a.m.

Family Activities Drawings

Participate and Serve in a Community meal shared with ALL 12 noon - 2 p.m.

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Community 411 S. 5th Street, Hamilton

Dominic Farrenkopf and Josie Wolfe hang posters for Hamilton’s Got Talent #3. Photo courtesy D. Farrenkopf.

by Greg Overstreet

Stevi superintendent settling in

by Victoria Howell

Dave Thennis is excited to be in his new position as superintendent of Stevensville Schools. He was hired to fll the spot vacated by Dr. Bob Moore. The timing could hardly have been better.

The district has just completed a major addition and renovation which Moore had committed to seeing through to its fnish.

I think all adults can agree that kids and most teens do not have an adult sense of judgment. It might make sense to someone under 18 to buy that really cool car for double what it’s worth. Montana protects them from unfair contracts. Kind of.

A Montana statute, MCA 28-2-201, states that most contracts with minors, defned as those under 18 years old, are invalid – but it’s not as drastic as it sounds. First of all, there are two rarely invoked exceptions to the statute prohibiting contracts with minors. The frst is MCA 41-1-305, which provides that a contract for “necessities” such as food and housing is valid. The second is MCA 41-1-303, which provides that a contract to borrow money for education is also valid.

So someone under 18 can’t buy a fshing pole? No. There are major exceptions to the statute banning contracts with minors in addition to the “necessities” and education exceptions. The big one is ratifcation of the contract by conduct. In the fshing pole example, that would mean the minor paid for it and used it. Another related exception is that a minor’s failure to disavow the contract within a reasonable time means the agreement is valid. In the fshing pole example, that would mean the minor didn’t return the pole.

Court cases challenging the validity of a contract with a minor are extremely rare. Most merchants simply won’t sell to minors, which is why most websites and other terms of sale say something like, “Must be over 18 to purchase.”

The law against contracts with minors seems to be an interesting legal issue that rarely comes up in real life.

For a copy of this Ask An Attorney column, including hyperlinks to the referenced resources, go to www.OverstreetLawGroup.com/blog

“The biggest project is pretty much done,” said Thennis, “due to the work of Dr. Moore and the community support. I feel very lucky. It’s pretty remarkable to come into a situation like this.”

Thennis was born and raised in Helena and had been working as a middle school principal there. During the Covid-19 pandemic he said he became motivated to continue his education and he got his superintendent endorsement at the University of Montana. He applied for the position at Stevensville and was selected from four fnalists.

“I really believe strongly in public education,” said Thennis. “I love being a part of the teaching and learning process. I like helping kids to grow.”

He said that this is the frst year in several that there hasn’t been a major upheaval in the daily

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routine of the school because of the renovation as well as Covid, which for much of the past two years forced students to attend classes from home or in temporary locations around the campus. “We want to make sure that the kids feel really good to be back at school,” said Thennis.

When asked about the recent drop in math and reading profciency in the state, Thennis said, “We plan to recover.” He said a lot of people refer to it as “learning loss” due to covid. But he wanted to point out that at the same time, kids have learned other things, like technology skills and independence, so it wasn’t all bad. “The kids still grew, but not in the areas we are used to measuring,” he said.

Thennis said that his goal is “to have kids start [at Stevensville] and stay with us, and then have access beyond high school. Whether it’s additional school or a job, we want them to have access.”

He also mentioned that he’s aware that the Cod ing for Kids program, which teaches practical appli cations using computer technology, has been very successful at the K-8 level. He said it’s a bit more challenging in the high school and so they have hired some additional staf to expand the technology classes in the high school to complement the Coding for Kids program.

Total enrollment across all grades is about 1000 students, said Thennis, with about 350 in the high school. He said that just as with other schools, Stevensville has not been able to fll some staf positions, including special education teachers and paraeducators.

“The teachers we do have are having to absorb that extra workload,” said Thennis. “That impacts everybody.”

He said there is a shortage of teachers because kids are not choosing education as a profession. “Education is a very rewarding profession,” said Thennis, but [low] pay is an infuencer. “Budgets are tough.”

Thennis said that Stevensville is still in good shape in regards to accreditation - “we’re meeting the standards but still the workload is tough for some of our teachers.”

Thennis and his wife have two children in col lege. Their youngest child is an 8th grader at Lolo where they live. His wife is assistant principal at Sentinel High School in Missoula.

Dave Thennis, Stevensville School Superintendent. Photo by Victoria Howell.

Vote yes to Ravalli County Open Lands Program

As the owner of Lakeland Feed and Supply, past member of the Right To Farm And Ranch Board, and liaison from that group to the Open Lands Board, I know how special Ravalli County is. We have a pristine river the length of the valley, fertile ranch and farm lands, and beautiful landscapes to enjoy that also allow us to make a living everyday. But the Bitterroot Val ley is quickly changing. We are grow ing faster than ever and it is putting pressure on our rural way of life. The good news is, we have a local tool to help preserve the Bitterroot Valley and our rural values–it’s called the Ravalli County Open Lands Program.

First passed by Ravalli County citi zens in 2006, the Ravalli County Open Lands Program helps local landowners and the community protect thousands

of acres of family farms and ranches, preserve open lands, protect water quality of streams and the Bitterroot River, and maintain wildlife habitat.

It is a voter approved and landowner driven program, meaning it’s the folks in Ravalli County who decide how to best manage our land. To date, we’ve protected over 10,000 acres of land and nearly 40 miles of streamside habitat, as well as recreational sites for everyone to use and enjoy. That’s land that we’ve protected in perpetuity for generations to come.

The Open Lands Program provides incredible value for Ravalli County citizens. Renewing the program will cost the average Ravalli County resi dence less than $21 per year. It’s also important to note that the Open Lands Program is funded by a bond, not a levy. That means by voting YES we are authorizing a one-time renewal of the program, not a permanent increase in property taxes.

We have an opportunity to renew this home-grown conservation pro gram on November 8th. At a time when Montana is losing 1,500 acres of open land per month, conserving

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our increasingly valuable open land is a good thing, especially here in our home valley. Our Ravalli County Open Lands Program is our way of passing on our land, water, wildlife, and rural values to future generations.

I supported it back in 2006 and I support it now. Vote YES on the Ravalli County Open Lands bond this November 8th!

Mike Plieger Dillon

You deserve to get your money back

When you order a pizza and the total comes to $25 and you hand them a ffty dollar bill, have you ever had the restaurant tell you that they are going to keep your change in case their expenses are higher in the future? We know this sounds absurd, but not for the state government. Over the last two years, the state of Montana has over collected $1.6 billion in unantic ipated, unexpected, and unappropri ated money from you, the Montana taxpayer. It is money that we did not need to run the state government for the biennium. Recently, there was a call for a short special legislative ses sion to return your overpayment. The call for the special session has fallen short of the needed votes to get your money back to you in a timely fash ion. While your Republican majority may have disagreed on the timing of returning your money this Fall, from many conversations with our col leagues, the silver lining is that this will be a top priority for your Legis lature to accomplish in the opening weeks of the 2023 session.

We are looking forward to working with the Governor to deliver on his campaign promise for a responsible budget and return of your overpay ment. We are in complete support of his Comeback Plan when it states, “State government spending goes up every single year. In fact, it has gone up over 60 percent in the past 10 years alone. Just because state government brings in more money, it doesn’t mean it has to spend it. After all, it’s not the state’s money; it’s the money you earned that you’re sending to Helena.”

We propose that the overpayment of money you have earned and sent to Helena be refunded to you up to $3,500 for full time resident house

holds who paid income taxes as joint flers for 2021 and paid property taxes on a primary residence in Montana. It is a large chunk of change that be longs to you, the full-time Montana resident taxpayer. So, enjoy your pizza and know that there are many of your legislators working hard to get your money back to you at the beginning of January.

Sue Vinton, House Majority Leader

Cary Smith, Senate Majority Leader

Rep. Bill Mercer

Sen. Greg Hertz

Sen. Dan Bartel

Rep. Matt Regier

Trees

My neighbor has some Bluetick Hounds which are known for being very intelligent and great problem solvers. They are a cold-nose hound which means they are good at follow ing old “cold” trails. I would consider their nose to be “expert” and follow their lead in a hunt without ques tion. However, there is one hound next door that has been barking at a Ponderosa pine for 8 to 10 hours a day for the last two months and no one seems to know why…a very cold trail perhaps? I give him the beneft of the doubt and wonder if he knows something I don’t, but my patience is wearing thin. I am sure this will pass in time and things will quiet down once again.

I look at the world today and think of that hound barking at the tree… patience.

Mike Mercer Stevensville

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Elk management recommendations released for public comment

The suite of recommendations developed by the Elk Manage ment Citizen Advisory Group are available for public review and comment.

The group was organized this past spring by FWP director Hank Worsech to develop recommenda tions on elk management issues and to improve relationships be tween stakeholders interested in improving elk management. The group was composed of 12 citi zens who represent a broad range of viewpoints and experience.

The group held 10 facilitated, public meetings and grappled with a variety of issues, settling on a list of 15 recommenda tions for Director Worsech. The recommendations were reviewed by FWP staf to assess implemen tation. The recommendations were also evaluated for their fscal impact to FWP.

The staf evaluations, fs cal impact, and full text of the group’s recommendations are available online, where people can also provide comment.

The group’s recommendations are as follows:

Access Plus Program: The intent of the program would be to incentivize landowners to allow public hunting by addressing major concerns regarding allow ing public access. This program would produce a pool of hunters that have an elevated skill set and intimate knowledge of landowner operations and concerns through required training.

Choose Your Weapon/Season: The intent of the recommen dation is to reduce pressure on elk on public land by easing the crowding on public land. This proposal would make hunters choose which weapon they want to hunt with, therefore limiting the number of people in the feld at any given time.

Collaboration between FWP, USFS, BLM & DNRC and Any

Other Pertinent Local, State, or Federal Land Management Agencies: The intent of this rec ommendation is to reafrm the relationships FWP has with these organizations/agencies including communicating their collabora tions to the public.

Create an A9 Tag Bundle: The intent of this recommendation is to increase harvest and lower populations in hunting districts that are over objective. The reduction of elk populations in over-objective districts will also reduce disease risk associated with overpopulation.

Develop User Friendly and Efective Methods to Collect Data: The intent of this recommenda tion is to demonstrate transpar ency on the part of the agency as to data collection methods. It would create ways for the gen eral public to receive, contribute to and fnd data. This improves stakeholder relationships as ev eryone feels part of the process.

Establish (where possible) Localized Elk Working Groups: This recommendation encour ages communication between landowners, hunters, outftters, and local FWP biologists. Citizen science would be heard concern ing elk movement, and together the group would address redistri bution of elk, objectives, access and other related issues. Season structure and number of permits could also be topics.

Expanded Hunter Education: The intent of this recommen dation is to improve hunter/ landowner relationships with programs similar to the Master Hunter Program. This would improve hunter quality and, with certifcation possibilities, a poten tial way for program graduates to access private land to hunt.

Ravalli County Republican Candidates Free Public Event

Wednesday, Oct. 19

Ravalli County Fairgrounds Event Center

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Zinke, Rosendale and local candidates are scheduled to speak. Free Pop, Beer, Drinks

Promote Focused Damage Hunts: This recommendation would allow landowners and biologists to have a list of willing, local partici pants to choose from. This is a harvest tool to help landown ers strategically redistribute elk, mitigate disease and improve stakeholder relationships. Improve Accessibility to the FWP Vid eos, Programs, PSAs, etc. that Promote the Desired Behav

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iors between Landowners and Hunters: This recommendation would make existing communi cation pieces readily available or easy to fnd.

FWP Landowner Liaison: This recommendation creates a liaison position to work with landowners and creates a communication pathway between community partners. This could improve stakeholder relationships and mitigate disease.

We have to Manage Elk Where They Are Not: The intent of this recommendation is to restore historic elk numbers in northwest Montana to alleviate the excessive elk hunting pressure that is ex perienced in the rest of the state. This proposal also is intended to strategically redistribute hunters, improve quality access to harvest and encourage better data collec tion by the department.

Understand and Mitigate the Disease of Brucellosis in Elk: This recommendation recognizes the impacts on livestock producers within the designated surveillance area who deal with the risk of disease transmission from elk to cattle and improve stakeholder relationships.

Use of Shoulder Seasons: The intent would be to assess the benefts of shoulder seasons, redistribute elk, and reduce land owner hunting fatigue, thereby improving relationships between landowners and hunters.

Stakeholder Meetings: This recommendation fulflls one of the key components of the group’s intended purpose – “to forge new relationships among stakeholders.”

Enforce Stricter Penalties for Trespassing and Other Bad Behaviors by Hunters and Land owners: The intent of tougher laws is to discourage trespassing and other unethical behaviors that occur, including landowners illegally blocking or detouring ac cess to public lands. The intent is to improve stakeholder relation ships and address quality access to harvest.

To review the recommen dations and to comment, go to https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/ public-comment-opportunities/ emcag-recommendations. The deadline for comment is 5 p.m. Oct. 14.

For more information about the advisory group, including access to meeting recordings go to https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/ elk-management-citizen-adviso ry-group.

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So many bugs, so little time

I have a friend who is a research scientist by profession and an aquatic entomologist by avocation. We fsh and tie fies together when we can, and when we can’t do that, he sends me detailed fshing reports complete with photos of bugs he’s seen and we pore over their likely identifcation.

We learn a great deal from each other, but not enough to put the trout in mortal danger.

The main thing is, we have fun with it.

We tie fies to represent the bugs – sever al of which might be represented by one single fy pattern. And that’s as it should be. The trout just eat them.

Chuck Stranahan

The para-whatchamacallit

When my son Matthew was four I taught him how to say paraleptophle bia, and to attach his big, long, new word to the dark, slender size fourteen mahogany dry fies I was tying. He’d caught some nice trout on a Mahogany Parachute when we went fshing the night before.

Strange – knowing how to say paraleptophlebia and being able to identify the imitations in my fy box didn’t do him much good when he en tered kindergarten the following fall.

The paraleptophlebia, or mahog anies, are just one of the many bugs we see on the water these days. Of the thirteen diferent species of paralep tophlebia that could hatch locally I’m pretty sure of at least two. Fish a #14 mahogany dry fy, parachute, com paradun, thorax, any style you choose, and you’ll be close enough.

That said, it doesn’t hurt to start with the exact fy you think might work best; you’ll have more conf dence in it and the rest falls into line

accordingly – or falls apart, and you’ll then want to change fies.

Fish fner tippets for fall dries

Before you do that, be sure your leader tippet is long enough and fne enough to give that little fy with a light footprint a natural drift. When I’m fshing the low, clear, slow-moving autumn water with a #14 sparse dry fy, I start with 5.5X tippet – I don’t wait for failures with 5X before I scale down.

Bottom line, and it applies to every dry fy from #12 on down that I fsh during this splendid autumn period: start with a half-size smaller tippet than you’d ordinarily fsh.

The windows of opportunity might be short, these days won’t last forev er, and you don’t want to waste your chances.

For me that means 5.5X for a #14 fy, 6X for #16, 6.5 for a #18, and (God help us) 7X or fner for those itty bitty #20 and smaller tricos and midges.

For larger dries, big nymphs and streamers, the usual 3X, 4X, and 5X will do just fne.

The windows open and close

It’s not uncommon, these days, to see several fshable hatches in a day – or maybe just one. And some days you’ll see what seems like none.

The morning trico fshing, the spinner fall that starts with clouds of silvery-winged little fies hovering over the water and culminates with

their tiny black bodies plastered into the water’s surface so that you can barely see them, if at all, is still going on. Some mornings you’ll see them as I described, other mornings there will be less – and fewer trout rising to them. Even on those mornings, it might be all you’ll see. Best to be prepared for it – bring trico spinner patterns is sizes down to #22 in both all-black bodies and black thorax/ cream-colored abdomen bodies, tippet down to 7X, and your sharpest in stincts and casting skills.

For as long as the autumn after noons last

When the tricos are done there might be the mahoganies, or some nearly look-alike gray drakes in #12 or #14. Here again, carry a couple of

diferent mahogany-style dries in appropriate sizes or you might try Any Carlson’s Purple Haze for all of them. Sometimes it will out-fsh the exact imitations.

Rick Lester’s #8 Dirty Hairy with an orange body will work well for those rare occasions you’ll see October caddis adults on the water; jiggle the fy a little bit – don’t dead-drift it.

Most of the time with this hatch the best fshing comes on the nymph, and it’s my go-to when fsh aren’t actively on the surface.

One of my favorite fies is my Orange Caddis Drifter nymph in #6 or #8. It has produced some of my most memorable autumn fshing – espe cially on those sunlit, beautiful but hatchless days.

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Slate-winged autumn mayfy, size twelve, with two tails and yellowish abdominal gill segments. Care to guess what it is, or just fsh something close?

Booked for the Season

research shows that you can get one through conditioning, or by exposure to someone with a heavy-duty phobia

some: The Count on Sesame Street had arithmomania. Tulipomania is said to have once made folks extreme

You don’t know whether to run or scream in fear.

Or maybe both. When you see whatever it is that scares you to the point that you’re a babbling puddle of mess, well, it’s no longer a fghtor-fight thing – it’s just plain fight. Funny, you’re normally big and brave, fearless to the end, so read “The Book of Phobias & Manias” by Kate Sum merscale. See what other scary things are out there...

More than 235 years ago, Benjamin Rush, one of our Founding Fathers, started a fad for naming the things that Colonial humans feared and fo cused on. Then, Rush ofcially named eighteen phobias, including fears of ghosts and rats; and twen ty-six manias.

Over the years, says Summer scale, other fears and focuses have been added to Rush’s list but the fact remains that manias and phobias are mostly cultural con structs that indicate how we consider ourselves, what attracts us and what repels us.

Even at times when a “phobia” isn’t really a phobia, this is serious stuf: roughly ten percent of women and fve percent of men have a phobia, and one in eight of them will receive help for it. If you don’t have a phobia, fear not:

of their own.

Mania is a little trickier, Summer scale says, because today’s medicine has categorized such things as hoard ing, obsessive-compulsive disorder, addiction, and so on. Still, she lists

ly wealthy. And klazomania might make you scream.

Germophobes sufer from myso phobia but probably not from abluto phobia, the latter of which would’ve been a problem during a pandemic.

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John Wayne Gacy likely single-hand edly boosted the number of coulro phobes. George Orwell’s musophobia caused a minor (but violent) battle, and Alfred Hitchcock admitted to one rather unique fear. Homophobia, it should be noted, is not a real phobia. And you won’t believe how 1930s sci entists cruelly induced a baby to have doraphobia.

Don’t reach behind that cabinet without looking frst. Don’t go into the attic at night. Don’t touch that! And whatever you do, don’t miss “The Book of Phobias & Manias.”

There’s sometimes a fne line between humor and horror, and au thor Kate Summerscale walks it with authenticity and a delightful delivery that’ll make you want more. Here, you’ll learn about all those things that make you cringe, recoil, or wrinkle your nose in disgust, why they make you jumpy, and how you can be brav er. You’ll get clues to solve the mys tery of your newest obsession. You’ll see that you’re not alone, that you might have a historical partner with skin-crawling terror. And you’ll feel better about the things that make you want to run: at least you’re not afraid of this or that or that, either.

“The Book of Phobias & Manias” is a serious book, seriously fun, and good for anyone age 15-to-adults. Look for it. It’ll make you scream in delight.

Posting DateSeptember 26, 2022

“The Book of Phobias & Ma nias: A History of Obsession” by Kate Summerscale c.2022, Penguin $20.00 256 pages

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and delivered by weaponry that is explicitly prohibited within the city limits of Hamilton. Reading from the description of the gun that shoots such a projectile, York quoted that it, “delivers the most extreme penetration into any target.”

Indeed, the dart she brought for viewing had bent upon impact with the rabbit’s nasal cavity. “We’re better than this, and we need to put a stop to it.”

York’s organization advo cates for non-lethal methods to control the rabbit population, including deterrents, rabbit

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proof fencing and re moval of other enticing habitats such as wood piles. She asked that, if a citizen calls the City in order to pursue solutions to excessive rabbits in their area, that they be given the phone number for Trap Free Montana as well. “We want to be there (to tell people) there’s another option. We’ll come out, take a look at the property and see what the problem is.” She pleaded with the council to foster com passionate, humane and responsible ac tions toward wildlife.

York also informed the council that Trap Free Montana is offer ing a $1000 reward for any information that leads to the convic tion of the individual or individuals using the illegal air darts to shoot rabbits in town.

Section 9.32.015 of the Hamilton City Code specifically prohib its “discharge of any arrow or projectile through the use of a bow or other device in or over any street, road, park, or public ground.”

Trap Free Montana can be reached at: 406-218-1170.

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KC York illustrates the dart which penetrated a local rabbit. Photo by Nathan Boddy.

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EMPLOYMENT OP PORTUNITY: DISTRICT CLERK FOR BITTER ROOT VALLEY COMMU NITY COLLEGE. For full job announcement visit bvcommunitycollege.org or email humanresources@ bvcommunitycollege.org . Applications due Wed, Oct 12, 2022.

K-8 TEACHER MOUN TAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY. Send resume to Mountain View Elementary, Box 1169, Cut Bank MT 59427. Email questions to JerryHofer73@ gmail.com or call (406)3362638.

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MAIL CLERK/CARRIER I FACILITIES SERVICES/ MONTANA STATE UNI VERSITY - BOZEMAN. For complete job announcement and application procedures, click on: https://jobs.mon tana.edu/hr/postings/30400. Equal Opportunity Employer, Veterans/Disabled

PLUMS AND APPLIES for sale. Organic and tree-ripened. Hamilton. $1.00/lb. 406-369-3212.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED at Pantry Partners Food Bank in Stevensville. Shifts are 10 AM-2:30 PM Monday, Wednesday or Friday. Call Dawn, 406-360-4637 or 406777-0351.

WANTED: OLD CLOTHES. Ladies and Men’s. Paying cash. 406 381-7186.

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Montana 21st Judicial Dis trict Court, Ravalli County In the Matter of the Name Change of Sheryl Aileen Hurless, Sheryl Aileen Hurless, Petitioner Cause No.: DV-22-328

Dept. No.: 1 Howard F. Recht

NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE

This is notice that Petition er has asked the District Court for a change of name from Sheryl Aileen Hurless to Sheryl Aileen Round.

The hearing will be on Oc tober 19, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the court house in Ravalli County.

DATED this 1st day of September, 2022.

Paige Trautwein Clerk of Court

BY: Catherine di Gleria Deputy Clerk of Court BS 9-14, 9-21, 9-28, 105-22.

RICHARD A. WEBER, P.C. PO Box 1917 Hamilton, Montana 59840

Telephone: 406/363-6888

Email: ravallilaw@mon tana.com

Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWEN TY-FIRST JUDICIAL DIS TRICT, RAVALLI COUNTY

In Re the Estate of: RAY BERGMAN; De ceased.

Case No.: DP-22-106 Dept. No. 2

NOTICE TO CREDI TORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the frst publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Stephen Dona hue aka Steve Donahue, the Personal Representative,

return receipt requested, at the Law Ofces of Richard A. Weber, PO Box 1917, Hamilton, Montana 59840, or fled with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

Dated this 8th day of Sep tember, 2022.

/s/ Stephen Donahue aka Steve Donahue Personal Representative BS 9-14, 9-21, 9-28-22.

David Markette MARKETTE & CHOUI NARD, P.C. 601 S. First Street P.O. Box 515 Hamilton, MT 59840 (406) 363-1110 DavidM@mcpcattorneys. com

Attorneys for Petitioner MONTANA TWEN TY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY

In the Matter of the Es tate of ROBERT WALTER HEWITT, Deceased.

Probate No. DP-22-105 Dept. No. 1

NOTICE TO CREDI TORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons hav ing claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the frst pub lication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Kevin Reed, the Per sonal Representative, in care of MARKETTE & CHOUINARD, P.C., 601 S. First Street, P.O. Box 515, Hamilton, Montana 59840, or fled with the Clerk of the above Court.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the fore going is true and correct.

DATED this 31st day of August, 2022.

/s/ Kevin Reed MARKETTE & CHOUI NARD, P.C.

By: David Markette Attorney for Personal Representative

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BS 9-21, 9-28, 10-5-22.

Naomi J. Cheeney Cheeney Law, PLLC PO Box 212 Hamilton, MT 59840 Phone: (406) 363-9060

Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWEN TY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LORI HEATLEY DRAPER, De ceased.

Case No.: DP-22-107 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDI TORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed Estate. All persons hav ing claims against the Decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the frst publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Stuart Draper, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at Cheeney Law, PLLC, PO Box 212, Hamilton, MT 59840, or fled with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 12th day of September 2022.

/s/ Stuart Draper, Personal Representative BS 9-28, 10-5, 10-12-22.

Naomi J. Cheeney Cheeney Law, PLLC PO Box 212 Hamilton, MT 59840 Phone: (406) 363-9060

Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWEN TY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT D. EMBESI, Deceased. Case No.: DP-22-109 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDI TORS NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed Estate. All persons hav ing claims against the Decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the frst publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Anthony Embesi, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at Cheeney Law, PLLC, PO Box 212, Hamilton, MT 59840, or fled with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 16th day of September 2022.

/s/ Anthony Embesi, Per sonal Representative BS 9-21, 9-28, 10-5-22.

Montana 21st Judicial Dis trict Court, Ravalli County In the Matter of the Name Change of of Lindsey Elizabeth Knight, Lindsey Elizabeth Knight, Petitioner

Cause No.: DV-22-347 Dept. No.: 2

NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE

This is notice that Petition er has asked the District Court for a change of name from Lindsey Elizabeth Knight to Lindsey Elizabeth Fite.

The hearing will be on November 3, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the courthouse in Ravalli County.

DATED this 20th day of September, 2022.

Paige Trautwein Clerk of Court

BY: Catherine di Gleria

Deputy Clerk of Court BS 9-28, 10-5, 10-12, 1019-22.

LEGAL NOTICE Rashelle Brushia, Notice is now given, that, pursuant to the provisions of MC 70-6-601, et seq, and the contract you signed, the contents of your storage unit is now subject to operator’s lien. Unless the accruing balance is paid in full before noon Friday, October 7, 2022, the contents will be sold at MT93STORAGE, Victor,

MT 59875, at 2pm Saturday, October 8, 2022. BS 9-28-22.

DISPOSAL OF PROP ERTY RESOLUTION

VICTOR SCHOOL DIS TRICT #7 RAVALLI COUNTY VICTOR, MONTANA 59875

WHEREAS, Section 20-6604, Montana Code Annotated, provides in pertinent part: (I) Whenever the trustees of a district determine that a site, building, or any other real or personal property of the district is or is about to become abandoned, obsolete, undesirable, or unsuitable for the school purposes of the district, the trustees may sell or otherwise dispose of the real or personal property. If a decision to sell or dispose of property is made, the trustees shall adopt a resolution to sell or otherwise dispose of the district real or personal property because it is or is about to become abandoned, obsolete, unde sirable, or unsuitable for the school purposes of the district.

(2) The resolution may not become efective for 14 days after the notice required in subsection (3) is made. (3) The trustees shall provide notice of the resolution in the manner required for school elections in 20-20-204.

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 20-6-604, Montana Code Annotated, the Board of Trustees of Victor School District, has found that mis cellaneous items are obsolete, undesirable, or unsuitable for school purposes;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees of Victor School District, shall place the real property on the open market, advertise the real property as being for sale and sell the same if a qualifed buyer makes an acceptable ofer to the District:

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, in accordance with District practice and as required by Sections 20-6-604 and 20-20-204, Montana Code Annotated, this Resolu

tion shall be posted in three diferent places in the district and published in Bitterroot Star, the newspaper of general circulation in the District.

BE IT FURTHER RE SOLVED, the resolution shall become efective fourteen (14) days after such publication and posting if, in accordance with Section 20-6-604, Montana Code Annotated, no taxpayer appeals this Resolution prior to October 5, 2022, by fling a verifed petition with the Clerk of the District Court setting out in detail the objections to the adoption of the Resolution or the disposal of the property and serving a copy of such petition upon the School District.

DATED this 12th day of September, 2022

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Victor School District

By: Tommy Dobberstein, Chairperson of the Board

ATTEST: Shelley O’Leary, Clerk of the Board BS 9-28-22.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

THURSDAY, OCTO BER 13, 2022, 7:00 PM

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Stevensville Town Council will hold a public meeting on Thursday, October 13, 2022, 7:00 pm at the Town Hall, 206 Buck Street, Stevensville, MT 59870 for the purpose of requesting a rephase of Phase 3 of the Twin Creeks subdivision to reduce the number of building lots.

Comments can be made at the public meeting orally, in writing via email to jenelle@ townofstevensville.com< mailto:jenelle@townofste vensville.com> or by mail to Town of Stevensville, PO Box 30, Stevensville, MT 59870. Questions, comments or more information may be obtained by contacting the Town Clerk at 406-777-5271.

Attest: Jenelle Berthoud, Town Clerk BS 9-28, 10-5-22