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Cheers Missoula! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Missoula's colorful barn quilts are quietly saving old buildings
• How a 53-yard bomb in Missoula sealed Montana's opener
• Who really owns the land stretching east from Missoula?

Also on today's calendar: Harlequin Organic Produce Summer Warehouse Sale.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A gusty t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 72 and low of 43 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 81, low: 47.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 86 and low of 51 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• What Those Painted Squares on Montana Barns Really Mean (560kmon.com) — Missoula's growing quilt trail is turning painted barn squares into a tool for saving historic outbuildings in Target Range and Orchard Homes. Led by Kris Crawford and Threads of Montana History, the project encourages property owners to preserve old barns by giving them eye-catching quilt designs, while connecting Missoula to a wider barn quilt movement across Montana.
   

• Keali'i Ah Yat scores go-ahead TD to help Montana beat Southern Utah 28-21 (washingtonpost.com) — Griz fans in Missoula saw quarterback Keali'i Ah Yat throw a late 53-yard touchdown to Lekeldrick Bridges, lifting Montana over Southern Utah 28-21 in the season and Big Sky opener. The win, played at home in Missoula, also marked new head coach Bobby Kennedy's successful debut and extended the Grizzlies' streak of season-opening victories to 12.
   

• Who owns Montana? (montanafreepress.org) — A new analysis identifies Montana's ten largest private landowners, from ranching families and national agribusiness interests to conservation groups and a major timber company. For Missoula-area readers, The Nature Conservancy's holdings include significant tracts east of town, highlighting how large private ownership shapes nearby landscapes, agriculture, conservation, and mineral development across the state.
   

📸 Around Missoula

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Missoula

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 24
• Broad Comedy →
  The Wilma, 131 S Higgins Ave Ste 2-1, Missoula
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday September 4
• Harlequin Organic Produce Summer Warehouse Sale →
  Harlequin Organic Produce, 72664 Heart View Ln, Arlee
  4:00 pm
Sunday September 27
• Mountain Grass Unit →
  Top Hat, 134 W Front St, Missoula
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday August 30
• Philipsburg Summer Market on Broadway at Pocket Park →
  Moon River Ranch, 45 Ln, Clinton
  11:00 am
• Bonnie Raitt →
  KettleHouse Amphitheater, 605 Cold Smoke Ave, Bonner
  7:00 pm
Monday August 31
• 1st Day of Football Practice
  Bonner 7-8 Bonner School District 14, 9045 MT-200, Missoula, MT 59802, US
• Travelers' Rest Art Cart →
  Travelers' Rest State Park, 6717 US-12, Lolo
  1:00 pm
• Football Practice
  Bonner 7-8 Bonner, MT 59823
  3:30 pm
• Volleyball Practice
  Bonner 7-8 Bonner, MT 59823
  3:30 pm
Thursday September 3
• Valley Christian @ Bonner (Volleyball)
  Bonner Elementary Bonner, MT 59823
  4:00 pm
• Orchard Homes Farmers Market →
  Orchard Homes Country Life Club, 2537 S 3rd St W, Missoula
  4:30 pm
Friday September 4
• No Football Practice
  Bonner 7-8 Bonner, MT 59823

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• If you've seen this guy out in parks and on sidewalks and trails throughout the county recently: His name is Dax, and he's not a security robot — his job is to collect measurements of sidewalks, trails and other outdoor features to support Missoula
  County's ADA self-evaluation. The cameras that Dax uses stay pointed at the pavement, not at people, to collect field measurements. No personal… (Nextdoor )
• Wheee is the best place to get chili in Missoula?
  I have a friend who's never had it and I want to take them to the best place. (Nextdoor Reserve/37th Ave)

• Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Inventory Control Associate (Seasonal) in Missoula. Apply here.
• Harbor Freight Tools posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Missoula. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Missoula here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lolo

• Trench tenacity: Missoula Sentinel football smothers Belgrade in shutout victory (missoulian.com)
• Columbia Falls Community Market must raise $1.1 million by Sept. 7 to buy its land (kpax.com)

Stevensville

• USCM hypocrisy at Sheep Creek (bitterrootstar.com)
• Dear Bitterroot friends, (bitterrootstar.com)
• Alarming situation (bitterrootstar.com)

Ok Missoula! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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