and it was really, really sticky, too

I was weeding in the lower level of the library again.  Heh, today I spotted a book that was "bound" - I kid you not - in a Trapper Keeper.  Yes.  A Trapper Keeper with flowers on the cover.  A finance book "bound" in flowers.  Was a sight to behold. Clearly somebody around here was on crack in the 80s...

Montana college town named after a French port [5 letters]

My hometown was a clue in today's New York Times crossword puzzle.  Neat-o!  Not as though it's really a famous place or anything. 

Don't know about that "college town" portion of the clue though.