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he bodies in front of me stepped off the dock into the waters of the Willamette River. One by one until it was my turn. A video shows me 11 miles later emerging from the water, stumbling as my legs remember they were made for walking, not swimming.

What the video doesn’t show are the people at the race finish: a group that should be foreign to me. I hadn't seen or spoken to my Uncle Bill and Aunt Nancy and their two sons, Justin and Evan, in more than 20 years, yet they were there with my dad and two brothers. They were there. With towels, food, water (because while you can swim in the Willamette, you ought not to drink its water), words of congratulations and awe, and the families they had made in the intervening years.

In the Book of Job, God's faithful servant loses much: his sheep, his oxen, his camels, his servants, and all of his sons and daughters. Yet, Job does not doubt God's love for him.

In fact, he leans into his faith.

The beloved disciple writes in 1 John 5:4, “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.”

God is powerful and loving, and keeps his promises. It shouldn't surprise me to see how He works, yet it does. I have stood stunned at the blessings He bestows and how much He restores, and even greater still at how grateful I am for them, even though it's easy to lament what was lost. There was a time when I couldn't appreciate a single thing.

Restoration in the biblical sense means that someone or something is improved beyond measure, not merely to the original state. I like to think of it in terms of arriving in a place long wished for but never fully articulated in our hearts. It's better!

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Good Times

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Around Town

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Page Turners

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Financial Buzz

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Water & Woods

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Locally Owned

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Lifestyle Calendar

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Parting Thoughts

12 Love Warrior

A review of author Glennon Doyle Melton's latest book.

18 Grit and Glam

Experience the Cowgirl Spring Roundup at The Resort at Paws Up.

26 A Walk in the Woods

An urban oasis provides an escape from the city.

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Around Town

AROUND TOWN

Team RWB Missoula

you would like to have gleaned, email Lori Busch at the University of Montana at Lori.Busch@UMontana.edu. Include your name and address in the email, and Garden City Harvest will get in touch with you in the fall. This project is supported thanks to the University of Montana, Montana State University Extension, and the Great Bear Foundation. For more information about Garden City Harvest and their other programs, visit GardenCityHarvest.org.

THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE

WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S The Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's welcomes participants to complete a two-mile walk to raise awareness and funds

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to fight Alzheimer's disease. Walk participants will also be joining in a

out with the best. Team

meaningful tribute ceremony to honor those who have fallen victim to

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this disease. Grab your best walking shoes and join other participants

veteran group that seeks

at Silver Park on Sunday, September 18. Learn about Alzheimer's dis-

to enrich the lives of U.S.

ease, advocacy opportunities, clinical studies, and the chance to support

veterans by connecting

programs and services from the Alzheimer's Association at Alz.org. You

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can start or join a team today at Alz.org/walk or by calling 406.252.3053.

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SUBMIT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT IDEAS

Missoula, our local chap-

Each year, the Missoula City Council allocates funding for

ter, meets for weekly hikes and other activities. For a schedule of

Neighborhood Project Funds, and now is the time to be thinking

upcoming events, visit Team RWB Missoula on Facebook. All com-

of community projects. Funds are available for large and small

munity members are invited and encouraged to participate. For more

grants. The allocation is usually $20,000 per year, with $18,000 tar-

information about Team RWB, visit TeamRWB.org.

geted for the large grants with individual grants up to $3,000 each,

ULTIMATE WINE RUN & FUN

and $2,000 allocated for the small grant program with individual grants up to $500. The Community Forum will review and approve

If you've ever wished to combine running with wine, consider it a

the small project grant applications on an ongoing basis at their

wish granted. The Ultimate Wine Run is coming to Missoula for the

monthly meetings, which are held on the fourth Thursday of each

first time ever on Saturday, September 17 at Ogren Park at Allegiance

month. Small project grants can be used for individual projects

Field. Get ready for an adventurous afternoon with lots of wine and

or combined with other matching funds/grants. Applicants must

fun festivities including a live DJ, a dance floor, food trucks, fun rides,

work with the Neighborhoods Coordinator on marketing or giving

a rock climbing wall, and wine—lots of wine. Every registered runner

recognition to the Neighborhood Councils and/or Community

gets an Ultimate Wine Run t-shirt, cup and customized medal with

Forum in some way, and small projects must be located within the

the 5K race, a glass with the 1K walk, finish line wine with 5K entry,

city limits and/or benefit city residents. Large project grant are

and four wine tasting stations with 1K walk entry. Also, be sure to

available for projects that enhance the quality of life in our com-

post your ticket to Facebook or Instagram or both using the hashtag

munity, and neighborhood organizations, neighborhood councils,

#theultimatewinerun to be entered into a $200 cash drawing on Race

non-profit groups, and other individuals may apply. Applications

Day. To register or sign up as a volunteer, visit TheUltimateWineRun.

for large project grants must be received by 5 p.m. on Tuesday,

com. Gates will open at 3 p.m. The 5K race starts at 4:30 p.m. and the

October 25. If you have any questions, contact Neighborhood

1K walk starts at 6 p.m. Cheers!

Coordinator Jane Kelly for more information at 406.552.6081 or

FRUIT TREE GLEANING

JKelly@CI.Missoula.MT.US. A pre-application workshop will be held on Tuesday, September 13

Garden City Harvest runs an apple gleaning program in the fall from

at the Jack Reidy Conference Room, 140 W. Pine St. Applicants are

the PEAS Farm. Students and volunteers pick unwanted apples from

strongly advised to attend as the grants are awarded on a competi-

trees in Missoula. The group picks thousands of pounds of apples,

tive basis. The workshop will cover the following:

bringing the best fruit to the Missoula Food Bank and turning the rest

• Get ideas for projects.

into cider for the annual Fall Harvest Festival in October. Garden City

• Read through successful applications.

Harvest is also working with a GIS professional from the University of

• Identify the committee review process and use of funds.

Montana to create a tree database to facilitate gleaning and to even

• Answer questions about your application.

assist with tree care (for those who want it). If you have fruit trees

• Gain technical assistance for grant writing.

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SIGN UP FOR THE CANINE CLASSIC There's still time for you and your canine companion to sign up for the eighth annual Canine Classic, a fundraiser for the Humane Society of Western Montana, on Sunday, September 25 at The Resort at Paws Up. This event is a run/ hike for people and their canine companions, and participants can choose from a chip-timed half marathon or five-mile course, or take in the scenery during a five-mile hike or two-mile fun run. Dogs are welcome and encouraged to participate off-leash in any/all of the courses on the trap-free lands at Paws Up. After the race, participants can enjoy a gourmet barbecue lunch and musical entertainment as well as win great prizes. Thanks to the generosity of Dave and Nadine Lipson and the staff at Paws Up, all proceeds from this event benefit the Humane Society of Western Montana's mission of saving every animal every time. Register at RunSignUp.com/canineclassic. The Resort at Paws Up is located in Greenough, about 35 miles east of Missoula.

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Love

Page Turners

AUTHOR GLENNON DOYLE MELTON RECOUNTS HER 'BRUTIFUL' STORY ARTICLE CHELSEA LYN DRAKE

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lennon Doyle Melton is a breed all her own. And Love Warrior, a memoir about her journey through self-discovery and deconstruction following the collapse of her marriage, is—dare I say it?—groundbreaking. Yes, I’ll say it. Groundbreaking brings to mind the image of heavy machinery shattering a seemingly permanent, unbreakable ground.

Glennon shows us this

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Publisher: Flatiron Books

shattering of her love story in slow motion with the release of it into the world. She is taking off her safety glasses, clothed in the dust of the ruins, and telling us to begin there, at the beginning, from which everything is built.

Her voice alone—forget the hilarious and heart-rending truths she wrestles with throughout these pages—is a seashell through which we hear our own fleeting thoughts, however fearful, desperate, or forbidden they may be. Her words are the soothing hand on our backs that lets us know we are not alone in our mistakes or our detoured routes to happiness. In a way, her story reminds us that we are all staggering about, holding the unfinished maps of our lives in one hand and our too-big hearts in the other.

Love Warrior will take you to Glennon's bottom, to depths so low it might be hard to breathe. There, you’ll maze through the unchartered territory and shipwreck of alcoholism, bulimia, premarital pregnancy, and an early abortion. You’ll witness the twisted ways that love and sex slip in and out of their own identities, furthering our confusion of how to be as a young adult and beyond.

Through Glennon’s raw account of her own life, she takes her readers step by step through her thought process along the way, exposing herself at every opportunity and sparing no details when it comes to navigating through her husband’s reveal of his infidelity— from the vantage point of a massive leather chair from which her feet cannot reach the floor inside a therapist’s office.

Where there is often white noise or breaks before new chapters, allowing the reader to resurface in a new situation on a new day, Glennon instead dives further into the heat, pressing onward to face the pain dead on. Her writing is an invitation to look at the things we mustn’t look at, shining a light into a crack of the underbelly that is the maze of marriage, love, and family.

Her faith throughout this story is a journey in and of itself, starting with her meeting of Mary—barefoot on a thick rug, just having hit rock bottom—to reaching for her daughter’s hand at a church that didn’t welcome real men and women as warmly as representatives of the institution. And perhaps that’s the Glennon Doyle quality that readers marvel at in Melton is the author Glennon—her truth-telling ability. of the New York In this brutiful (brutal and Times–bestselling beautiful—thanks, Glennon) and memoir Carry On, inspiring story, there aren’t as Warrior and the many lessons as there is common recently released Love ground from which we all stand.

Warrior as well as the Witnessing and harnessing the founder of Momastery, bravery and strength that is needed an online community to make it through this life is the reaching millions of starting point, much like it was people each week. for Glennon. And it is through her Follow Glennon's blog words that we’ll find we were all at Momastery.com. born to be warriors for love, whether it be for our husbands, wives, children, friends or for ourselves.

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Financial Buzz

Lessons on Money for

KIDS

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PROVIDED BY RBC WEALTH MANAGEMENT AND GARY KIEMELE

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ot everyone is born with the skills to be a sound money manager or investor.

Instead, we learn how to make smart financial choices from different sources throughout our life. And as we have children (or grandchildren, or nieces and nephews), we can help them by passing on what we’ve learned. Here are some good lessons that you can impart to children of any age.

FOR CHILDREN 10 YEARS OLD AND YOUNGER

All children learn from seeing and doing, but this is especially true for kids 10 years old or younger. You can help kids of this age by talking to them about the values of coins and small bills as they start to learn about numbers.

You could also let them use real money to make “pretend” purchases of household items and then show them how to make proper change.

During this time in their life, it’s important that you model good spending habits.

When you’re out shopping with them, explain that everything costs money and show them how to compare prices and how to buy items on sale. Discuss the importance of planning by preparing a list ahead of time and using it to avoid impulse purchases.

FOR CHILDREN AGES 11-15

Once kids are old enough to earn money by helping around the house, babysitting, or doing chores for neighbors, you can teach

them more about the four pillars of finance: spending, saving, giving, and investing.

• Spending – Have them allocate some of their earnings to a fund that they can spend how they want such as for purchasing music, movies, or games.

• Saving – Also have them allocate money toward longer-term goals like saving for an expensive device or a bike. Explain to them that the purpose is to help them learn the satisfaction of saving for a goal and then ultimately achieving it.

• Giving – Encourage them to donate some of their money to a charitable, religious, or educational group that is important to your family, and help them realize the sense of satisfaction that comes from sharing what you have with others.

• Investing – Play an informal stock market game by tracking the performance of several stocks of companies they can relate to through the products they use. Explain that investing offers both risks and rewards—and that successful investors often hold stocks for the long term.

This could also be a good time to open a custodial account to make small investment transactions on behalf of young adults who have the proper maturity and financial resources. When they become legal adults, the custodial account is then transferred to them to manage, after which you could still offer to help them make decisions before they buy or sell securities. In terms of investing for education goals, custodial accounts are considered assets of the student for financial aid purposes.

As a financially responsible adult, you can do a lot to help the children you care about become proficient with money today, while learning to invest for tomorrow.

This article is provided by RBC Wealth Management on behalf of Gary Kiemele, a Financial Advisor at RBC Wealth Management, and may not be exclusive to this publication. The information included in this article is not intended to be used as the primary basis for making in-

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Grit& Experience the Cowgirl Spring Roundup at The Resort at Paws Up ARTICLE CHELSEA LYN DRAKE PHOTOGRAPHY PAMELA DUNN-PARRISH AND THE RESORT AT PAWS UP

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t The Resort at Paws Up a large rock wall stands just beyond the main entrance where a wooden banner has these words carved into its surface: "…much pleased at having arrived at this long wished for spot." The quote is by Meriwether Lewis, the American explorer fondly remembered and known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

It's hard to take myself to Montana during that time—more than 200 years ago—while drinking a glass of champagne and admiring the embroidered boots of women from faraway places lining up at the front desk. But I bet they all feel this way—much pleased at having arrived. I didn't notice at first but these words have been somewhat etched into my own being since having moved to Montana, a relief in

many ways that this gem of a state has embraced its history and kept its Western ways alive, past the means of recreation. It's a place where horses can get a job done and where men and women hunt and ride and teach their children to do the same.

These women and I were at Paws Up for the Cowgirl Spring Roundup where we would come to rub elbows with four National Cowgirl Hall of Fame honorees—women who have earned their place in history and bent back the branches on the path less traveled for those passionately following in their footsteps.

Each of these honorees—Dr. Eleanor Green, Stacy Westfall, Barbara Van Cleve, and Cathy A. Smith—offered workshops that CONTINUED > were to be slotted in, if not solely depicting

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of, one's schedule of events throughout the course of each day. Staying true to my roots, I kicked off the long weekend with a trail ride through a fraction of Paws Up's 37,000-acre spread, following a steady stream of horses through rolling hills, along the mountain side, past cattle and elk and deer. Along for the ride was Stacy Westfall, a professional horse trainer and legendary cowgirl known best for being the first woman to compete and win Road to the Horse, a colt-starting competition, and for her bareback and bridleless reining freestyle.

There are so many words to describe The Resort at Paws Up—"a wild dream" as put by a fellow attendee— but there far fewer words that can describe the feeling of riding with a woman commonly referred to as a whisperer to horses. The other women and I were swapping stories and caught in the same awe of our surroundings but we were also studying Stacy, marveling at her position on a horse in this intimate setting.

"I think [a cowgirl is] somebody who depicts the traditions and the honors of the West—rugged individualism, strength, ability—but softness. The kindness, the softness, the passion for animals and nature but that strength to accomplish what you want to accomplish," said Dr. Eleanor Green. "A cowgirl can be so many definitions and so many different personalities. Every single person in this room brings different strengths and different characteristics and different personalities and yet they're all cowgirls because they're bonded by that common theme."

Eleanor's words are true, and each workshop during the course of the three-day roundup revealed each Hall of Famer's cowgirl spirit.

Stacy spoke about how her mother had a way with animals, inadvertently showing Stacy the way to listen and respond with respect. Her perseverance

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to shape her work with horses into a career and her humble nature are evidence of the lineage of long-ago cowgirls who learned to speak, and work seamlessly, with the horses they'd use for daily duties that ultimately led to the survival of many Western families.

As I scanned the room, knowing the names and faces of each woman, I felt part of that camaraderie—the cowgirl bond. I noticed the amazement of the attendees, including my own, workshop after workshop and the undeniable closeness we all felt at having shared these emotional moments together as a group.

"You can actually almost imagine you were there 150 years ago," Cathy A. Smith, the artist whose work in the epic Western film, Dances with Wolves, set the standard for authenticity in Western filmmaking, said when she displayed a photograph from the set of the film. Authenticity meant 18-20 hour days—painting, beading, and using quillwork to successfully honor the original drawings and paintings of 19th century cowgirls and cowboys and the Plains Indians—at the mercy of Western weather. It was through that photograph, and through capturing our own depictions of this Westerly life under the direction of Western photographer Barbara Van Cleve that we were able to see the West as it was— as it still is today—the very last best place, preserved and celebrated.

By Western definition, a roundup is the springtime gathering of cattle on the ranges in order to brand calves.

Even though—fortunately for these women and me—we didn't return to our homes with brands or ear-tags, we did return with brimming hearts and enough feel-good to last us until next year, when the workload completes another rotation under the big sky that blankets a way of life not lost in our corner of the world.

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Water & Woods

A Walk in the Woods URBAN OASIS PROVIDES AN ESCAPE FROM THE CITY ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY SUSIE WALL

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fter living abroad for many years, author Bill Bryson decided to re-acquaint himself with the U.S. by hiking the Appalachian Trail. His (mis)adventures were captured in the book A Walk in the Woods. As Missoulians, we don't quite have to make up such an extreme—albeit fun—excuse to go outdoors. In fact, our access to green spaces and the great outdoors is pretty easy. And just when you think you've explored every nook and cranny within and around the city, a new place to explore emerges.

Situated seven miles west of Reserve Street off Mullan Road is Council Grove State Park. It combines two of my great loves: history and the outdoors.

Council Grove is the site of the signing of the Hellgate Treaty on July 16, 1855, between the U.S. government and the Salish, Kootenai and Pend d'Orielle peoples. This deal created the Flathead Indian Reservation and recognized the three groups as the "Flathead Nation," an agreement that they thought that would give them the right to self-govern in exchange for the cessation of their lands. A large sign next to the parking area has the words of the treaty and explains the history of this site and what these lands meant to these people and their future.

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On my first visit, I found it the ideal place to wander, contemplate the site's history, and revel in the surroundings. A primitive trail that starts along the shore of the Clark Fork River and eventually cuts through a grassy field on the opposite side encircles the 187-acre park. The hum of the city disappears, even though the park is less than a 10-minute drive from downtown, as the sounds of the countryside—from the pecking by a downy woodpecker against an ancient ponderosa pine to the rustle of aspen leaves in the breeze—overtake any last-gasp murmurs of the city's proximity.

Much of your time will be spent along the riverbank. As a mecca for wildlife, tree swallows can be seen darting over the water and great blue herons can be seen picking their way along the banks in search of a meal. The sandy beach features otter and deer tracks, and the river invites you to drop in your fishing line in the fast-moving waters.

I have only visited a few times but the impression—with the ever-changing current of the river and the blooms of wild rose, chiming bells, and that yellow flower I can never remember the name of that are bathed in the sun coming through the leaves of the numerous cottonwoods—has been that no two visits are the same.

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Locally Owned

Setting a Standard NEPTUNE STANDS AT THE FOREFRONT OF AVIATION TECHNOLOGY

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n a hot, smoky summer afternoon in the Missoula Valley, the familiar drone of a low-flying prop plane.

Missoulians don't even have to look up to know they'll see the red

and white underbelly of a Neptune P2V prop plane. The cumbersome-yet-graceful image of those former bombers flying low over the valley reminds us of the insistent fire danger in our region and the consistent impact Neptune Aviation Services has in managing that danger.

What most can't see are the great minds—the engineers, foresters, pilots, computer programmers—and the hours it took to put that plane in the sky, with its belly full of sticky fire-retardant.

While Missoulians crane their necks and shield their eyes to watch the P2V buzz by, just a few miles to the west is the Neptune hangar, where a beehive of activity is engineering, testing, and maintaining the fleet of aerial firefighters that support efforts across the country daily.

You can't cast a fly in Missoula without snagging at least one seasonal firefighter. A quick drive in any direction and you're in the charred remnants of once-dense forests, and late-August sunrises are painted an eerie orange with the smoke from burning timbers. So we think all those beautifully lumbering firefighting tankers are ours. They're for us and our forests. Fortunately, or unfortunately, they're not.

Fire spreads across our country like a clock. The eastern seaboard starts the circuit at the beginning of the year. The hand sweeps through the southeast, then across Texas and into the southwest, and up the west coast and into our region in late summer. By the time August rolls around and our Missoula men and women are dropping 28

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out of airplanes and cutting lines in our state, the Neptune pilots and techs have logged hundreds of hours and dropped millions of pounds of "mud" all across the country. Neptune has been here for 24 years quietly doing this good work, and while Missoula offers a welcoming home, Neptune doesn't spend a whole lot of time around here enjoying the fly-fishing and Griz games.

Missoula nurtures genius work in a variety of scientific advancements. It's the air, the culture, the beer, the rivers—they make people want to innovate and create so they can stay here. Add to that a highly educated workforce, and a nationally renowned fire science research facility and there's the formula for a quality-driven, community-minded success story.

Neptune moved to Missoula from Alamogordo, New Mexico, in 1993. At that time, six of the nation's aerial firefighting aircraft were Neptune P2V planes. But those P2Vs were already 50 years old.

Purists and historians admire the construction and reliability of the Lockheed bomber. Regularly maintained and serviced, that plane is as functional today as it was coming out of the hangar in 1945. But then 2002 happened: Two plane crashes on one fire in one summer.

Imagine the Indy 500, where all the pit crews are working for one car. Ten years ago that car was the P2V. A giant, reliable, fuel-guzzling Suburban. A vehicle you can drive for 450,000 miles and carry 18 children and five dogs. Today, there's a new car on the track. A fuel-efficient, luxury mid-size SUV with thirdrow seating that corners like it's on rails. That new car, the British Aerospace (BAe) 146, is the newest player in aerial firefighting, and Neptune was the mastermind.

Progress and advancement is rarely smooth in any endeavor, and following the tragedies in 2002, it was time for aerial firefighting to make a leap. Given the directive from the U.S. Forest Service, Neptune's world-class engineers studied, flew, and tested every possible new technology and decisively selected the BAe 146. It was a passenger commuter plane, designed to land on short airstrips and offered the benefit of centering the payload in the cabin,

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Lifestyle Calendar

September EVERY THURSDAY

SEPTEMBER 6

SEPTEMBER 20

BIG BRAINS TRIVIA

FARMER FIELD DAY: RESOURCES FOR

COMMUNITY GAME NIGHT

HOLIDAY INN DOWNTOWN AT THE PARK

DIVERSE LIVESTOCK

MISSOULA PUBLIC LIBRARY

Come and test your trivia skills at Big Brains Triv-

TUCKER FAMILY FARM

Learn a game or play one from MPL’s collec-

ia with host Dave Linzmeyer every Thursday.

In 2012, Tyler and Kim Tucker bought 84

tion. Gamers younger than the age of 14 must

acres in the Bitterroot Valley and launched

be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

EVERY SUNDAY

their highly successful ranch and creamery.

Visit MissoulaPublicLibrary.org for more

SUNDAY NIGHT JAZZ

Tyler will talk about how he manages re-

information and to learn about other com-

IMAGINE NATION BREWING

sources. Register by Sunday, September 4 at

munity events held at the library.

Join Monk’s New Brew and Gary Kiggins as

MissoulaCFAC.org. For more information about

they host some of the best local jazz play-

the Tuckers' farm, visit TuckerFamilyFarm.com.

ers at Imagine Nation Brewing from 5:30 to

SEPTEMBER 20 - 25 MONTANA BOOK FESTIVAL

8 p.m. Finish the weekend strong and set

SEPTEMBER 15

the mood for the week ahead over craft beer

I LOVE THE 90S TOUR

The Montana Book Festival presents ex-

and time with friends amid the creative back-

ADAMS CENTER

citing literary arts programming that in-

drop of one of the best live acts in town. Visit

Reminisce about the trend-setting decade

cludes readings, author signings, panels,

ImagineNationBrewing.com.

with some of the most iconic, indelible names

workshops, a children's festival, special

in rap, hip hop, and R&B such as Salt-N-Pe-

events, vendor exhibits and a book fair.

pa, Young MC, Kid 'n Play, Coolio, and Rob

Visit MontanaBookFestival.org for a full

Base. Tickets are available at GrizTix.com,

schedule of events.

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10 DEVIN LEONARDI: IN MEMORIAM MISSOULA ART MUSEUM

406.243.4051, or any GrizTix outlets.

MISSOULA

SEPTEMBER 22 - 24

To honor Philipsburg-based artist Devin

SEPTEMBER 17

Leonardi's passing and share his artistic

SPONTANEOUS CONSTRUCTION 2016

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vision, MAM has worked closely with Alt-

HOME RESOURCE

Sponsored by the Montana State Genealog-

man Siegel Gallery in San Francisco and

Designed to inspire a culture of reuse with a free,

ical Society and the local Western Montana

the artist’s family to present this selection

engaging community activity, SponCon gives

State Genealogical Society, this three-day

of paintings. For more information, visit

contest participants seven hours to use their

genealogy conference features lectures with

MissoulaArtMuseum.org.

choice of Home ReSource materials to build the

professional speakers, an optional tour of

most beautiful, functional, and creative pieces

Fort Missoula, and optional banquets. Visit

they can dream up. There will be enjoyable, in-

MontanaMSGS.org.

SEPTEMBER 3

STATE GENEALOGY CONFERENCE

GRIZ FOOTBALL

ventive reuse activities, music, and access to lo-

WASHINGTON-GRIZZLY STADIUM

cal food vendors for contestants and spectators

SEPTEMBER 24

The Griz take on the St. Francis Red Flash for the

alike. Visit HomeReSource.org for more.

MISSOULA BABY FAIR

first game of the season.

SEPTEMBER 4

SEPTEMBER 17 - 24

CARAS PARK There will be fun and education for the

BIKE-WALK-BUS WEEK

whole family with, among other events,

GERMANFEST

MISSOULA

performances by Animal Wonders and

CARAS PARK

This community-wide campaign encourages

Childbloom Guitar Center. The fair is

Germanfest is a celebration of German cul-

citizens to use bikes, buses, and their own two

a major fundraising event for Mothers'

ture and Missoula’s Sister City relationship

feet to get where they need to go and is a cele-

Milk Bank of Montana, a local non-prof-

with Neckargemünd, Germany. Highlights

bration of Missoula as a bike-friendly, walkable,

it that provides human donor milk to in-

include traditional food, music and beer. Visit

and bus-loving community. For a full schedule of

fants and children in medical need. Visit

MissoulaCultural.org/germanfest.

the week's events, visit MissoulaInMotion.com.

MissoulaBabyFair.com for more information.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

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MEDICAL CLINICS & FACILITIES

RESTAURANTS, FOOD & BEVERAGE

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HOME BUILDERS & REMODELERS

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Parting Thoughts

The Sweet Smell of School WORDS JIM COSGROVE

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very time I step into a school cafeteria (which is easily 100 times a year), the acrid smells of sour milk, baked mystery meat, and bleachy cleansers swirl into an unpleasant olfactory

gumbo that assaults my brain's limbic system, somewhere near the hippocampus. That's the spot where smells trigger memories.

Instantly I'm hurled back to third grade. I'm sitting at the lunch table nibbling on a crumby peanut

butter sandwich and an apple while my friend Steve inhales a "real" lunch of potato chips, a Ho-ho, and a can of Cragmont lemon-lime soda wrapped in foil. His mother must really love him.

Over in the corner stands George the janitor standing ready with his mop and bucket and a box

of sawdust, just in case one of those nervous stomachs decides to heave back its lunch.

Ahh‌the smells of school send my mind reeling. Each room and each hallway prompt their own

cascade of memories.

Over in the dank and musty gym, the woody smell of the floor mixed with rubber and leather

and perspiration-soaked cotton reminds me of the single glorious victory we had in five years of elementary and middle school basketball.

In the kindergarten room, the distinctive aroma of Play-Doh, and Elmer's glue and the dusty

scent of construction paper take me back to a time when I was 5, and my classmates and I

sat with our eyes riveted to a tiny black-and-white television screen as we watched Apollo 14 splash safely back to earth.

And in early afternoon, in almost every classroom, nostrils are shocked to attention by the unique

clammy bouquet of a gaggle of sweaty students fresh from recess. I'd like to bottle that scent and market it to retired teachers as "Eau de Playground."

And then there are memories that trigger smells, like purple-inked hand-outs duplicated on ditto

machines. Cool and still slightly damp as they come off the silver cylinder. There wasn't a kid in my class who didn't kill a few brain cells sniffing that irresistible chemical odor.

But the most hope-filled smells of all come from the supply aisles at the back-to-school sales.

Every September I'd joyfully inhale a stack of brand new school supplies that held infinite promise.

There's nothing that reeks of hope like an unmarked Big Chief tablet and an unblemished Trapper Keeper, or a freshly sharpened #2 pencil and a soft pink eraser. I'd cram what could fit into a sweet chemical-smelling plastic pencil bag with a zipper that still worked.

The smell of school is in the air. Think of the possibilities!

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