🌱 Patch AM: Why Missoula bar patrons might find surprise gift cards on windshields

Good morning Missoula! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Why Missoula bar patrons might find surprise gift cards on windshields
• Which college teams are coming to Missoula Country Club this September?
• How strict are Missoula's student phone rules compared to Bozeman?

Also on today's calendar: Energy Healing Conference Missoula and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Cooler with periods of rain, with a high of 61 and low of 43 degrees.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and cool, temps: high: 65, low: 41.
• Wednesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How A Montana Tragedy Turned Into A Nation Wide Movement (kbulnewstalk.com) — Missoula drivers are now part of a growing "Bar Fairies" effort that rewards people who leave their cars overnight instead of driving drunk, sometimes with surprise coffee gift cards on windshields. Started after a tragic DUI death in Columbia Falls, the volunteer group has expanded statewide and nationally, and is actively seeking more helpers to cover locations including Missoula.
   

• Griz open fall season in Colorado - University of Montana Athletics (gogriz.com) — University of Montana women's golf will host the Sun Mountain Intercollegiate at Missoula Country Club in late September, bringing collegiate teams to town after opening their season in Colorado. With a reshaped roster and several returning standouts, the Grizzlies will showcase their new lineup at home before wrapping up fall play at a tournament in North Carolina.
   

• Bozeman Schools Now Require App For Student Cell Phones (ksenam.com) — Missoula families may be interested to know that while Bozeman now requires a phone-controlling app for students, Missoula schools already have their own restrictions on student cell phone use. The article explains how Bozeman's new "Commons" app limits social media and web access on campus, outlines privacy concerns from parents, and invites Montanans to weigh in on managing phones in schools.
   

📸 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

Saturday September 26
• Energy Healing Conference Missoula →
  Hilton Garden Inn Missoula, 3720 N Reserve St, Missoula
  9:30 am
Sunday September 27
• Mountain Grass Unit →
  Top Hat, 134 W Front St, Missoula
  7:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Nolan Taylor →
  Top Hat, 134 W Front St, Missoula
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 9
• Soccer White & Blue teams at TR vs CS Porter
  Target Range Elementary 4095 South Ave W, Missoula, MT 59804, USA
  4:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Soccer White & Blue Teams @ TR vs Hellgate
  Target Range Elementary 4095 South Ave W, Missoula, MT 59804, USA
  4:00 pm
• Orchard Homes Farmers Market →
  Orchard Homes Country Life Club, 2537 S 3rd St W, Missoula
  4:30 pm
• TR Hoedown - PTO
  Target Range Elementary TRS-1-Field & Grounds (100)
  6:00 pm
Monday September 14
• Volleyball A @ TR vs Lolo A
  Target Range Elementary, 4095 South Ave W, Missoula
  4:00 pm
• Volleyball B @ Lolo
  Lolo Elementary School District , MT, USA
  4:00 pm
• Cross Country @ Frenchtown
  Frenchtown Pond / Frenchtown HS Softball Complex
  4:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Soccer White & Blue teams vs Frenchtown @ Fort Missoula Field 8
  Target Range Elementary, 3401-3499 South Ave W, Missoula
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi everyone-
  I'm an active senior in my mid-60s who recently moved to the area. I'm eager to meet new people and explore the local scene and my new state ( came… (Nextdoor Westside)
• Hi everyone!!
  The Bitterroot Mushers Club is hosting a 2 day fundraiser event with a fun run obstacle course and a mushing clinic and expo at Big Sky Horse Park!!… (Nextdoor Westside)

• Missoula County Public Schools posted a job opening for Full-Time Custodian - Jeannette Rankin Elementary School in Missoula. Apply here.
• Bass Pro Shops posted a job opening for CLUB Customer Service - Full-Time in Missoula. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Missoula here.

🗞 Nearby News

Frenchtown

• Dove to hang up her spatula after three decades with Alberton School (dailyinterlake.com)

Stevensville

• Whitefish soccer downs Stevensville (dailyinterlake.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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