Week in Photos December 14-20
John Vinion, left, a senior from Libby, gets a check on his make-up from fellow Libby senior Mike Wise before the start of round one of the pantomime competition on Friday at Glacier High School during the David M. Hashley Drama Tournament.
The first major snowstorm of the season descended on the Flathead Valley this weekend, producing snowscapes such as this outside Whitefish. The National Weather Service measured nine inches of snow in the valley, although in some areas of Northwest Montana the snow was deeper.
Adam Noble of Whitefish helps out a friend by clearing snow Monday morning from the parking lot of the Just Teezing Salon in Whitefish.
Smith Valley School eighth-grader Cheyenne Long dances the “worm” on stage to accompany the fourth-grade class singing “Hip Hop Turkeys” during the school’s Christmas program, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” on Tuesday afternoon.
Cooper Logsdon, 2, of Kalispell curiously examines his new pop-up book on Wednesday at the Early Childhood Center at Flathead Valley Community College. Logsdon received the book through the My Own Book program.
Tammy Gipe of Kalispell holds a photo of her sister Tina Griswold, a Lakewood, Wash., police officer who was killed on duty on Nov. 29.
Ranch foreman Todd Fedor of Kalispell uses his body weight to counter-balance a horse jump with a train-engine design as it is moved into storage on Wednesday at Rebecca Farm near Kalispell. The new jumps include a caboose, passenger car, stock train and log train that will be featured on the course next summer for The Event at Rebecca Farm. Rebecca Farm has been awarded another Word Cup qualifier for 2010 that will be part of The Event at Rebecca Farm July 22-25. Rebecca Farm also is exploring the possibility of hosting a World Cup Final here in 2011.
Shae Anderson shoots the puck hidden in the snow while Jascah Vann defends the goal Tuesday evening at the Woodland Park Ice Rink Tuesday evening. Girls aged 5-11 were invited to play and recieve some help from the U-19 Girls Hockey team.
Shade Youso, a sixth-grader, Ahana Fox, right, a third-grader, and Kamron Rogers, left, a fourth-grader from Creston School, search for toys for a 4-year-old boy on Tuesday at Kmart.
Glacier's Baylee Quay goes up for a shot over Great Falls' Sarah Scermele while Allison Owen reaches out in attempt to block the shot during the second half of Friday afternoon's game at Glacier.
Jeri Marsh, Tylar Mower and Erika McGrady figure out how to assemble a toy Tigger rocker while Mower’s son Bodhi Parks keeps his eye on the gift at Laser School on Thursday afternoon. The gifts were purchased by Flathead Job Service.
From left, Ty Cabral, Kevin Gauthier and Jeff Lozean high-five each other after a defensive stop by the Montana Grizzlies while watching Friday night’s Football Championship Subdivision title game at Fatt Boys Bar and Grille in Kalispell. Fans’ first-half enthusiasm was shattered, however, as Villanova dominated the second half and dealt Montana another title-game defeat, 23-21. For more on the game, go to page B-1.
Columbia Falls junior Kayla DeWit (13) shooting under pressure from Flathead defenders during their game on Thursday.
Flathead's Taylor Twichel (15) looks for an open teammate while by Libby's Alysha Martin defends during Saturday evening's game.
Flathead's Jeremy Grosswiler goes up for a shot while Libby's Garrett Craig (32) tries to block him in the second quarter of Saturday evening's game.
Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake Columbia Falls senior Mitchell Wassam (34) shoots under pressure from Flathead junior Mike VanArendonk (left) and sophomore George Sherwood (32) during Thursday’s nonconference game in Columbia Falls.
Darlene Cecil, left, maker of Pillow Talk (decorative lavender-filled pillows) helps Penny Frank of Kalispell with her shopping on Thursday at The Christmas Gift Shop.
A group of students play in the snow during lunch recess at Russell Elementary School Wednesday afternoon. Kalispell’s elementary and high school districts face a potential budget shortfall of $889,000 to $1.1 million in 2010-11. School district administrators and school board trustees will decide over the next few months how to handle the shortfall, whether by cutting programs or personnel, asking voters to approve an extra tax levy or both.
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