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HELENA, Mont. — It was the beginning of another school year in America, and Brenda Valenzuela, 37, called her children into the living room to make sure they were prepared. Bella, 15, arrived with a stack of notebooks alphabetized by subject, pencils sorted by color and a binder that read: “High school — magical years!” Caleb, 11, came in wearing one sneaker, dragging a bag of football equipment and carrying a cellphone to which he’d forgotten his password. “What’s that smell?” Valenzuela asked
The 23rd annual Prickly Pear Land Trust’s "Don’t Fence Me In" Trail Run took place Saturday on Helena’s South Hills Trail system with a record attendance of about 1,100.