Kalispell artist crafts gavel gifted to U.S. Speaker of the House
Ron Kelley works on one of his pieces in his shop in Kalispell on Tuesday, March 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
One of Ron Kelley's drawings he uses to make his artwork at his shop in Kalispell on Tuesday, March 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
One of Ron Kelley's works titled "Nature's Way" on Tuesday, March 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Detail of one of Ron Kelley's works titled "Nature's Way" on Tuesday, March 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Detail of one of Ron Kelley's works titled "Fall Rivals" on Tuesday, March 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy holds the gifted gavel in DC (Photo courtesy of Ron Kelley)
Ron Kelley holds a set of wooden discs similar to the ones in the gavel he created used by Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and Congressman in California's 20th District, on Tuesday, March 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Ron Kelley did not expect a wooden gavel — that he made in his small, garage woodworking shop — to end up in the hands of the U.S. Speaker of the House in Washington D...
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