Week in Pictures February 22-28

Devvi Morgan of Kalispell takes advantage of the sunlight to photograph the ducks and geese at Woodland Park on Monday. Morgan got her digital camera in 2005. She has been taking a photo a day ever since and e-mailing it to her family and friends as a way of keeping in touch.

Canyon Elementary School second-grader Jacob Ottwell, dressed as the Big Bad Wolf, waves to the crowd during the school's production of "The Three Piggy Opera" on Friday in Hungry Horse. Ottwell's twin sister Hannah played one of the little pigs.

Jim Browder has served nearly 20 years in the Flathead County Sheriff's Office.

Glacier's Logan Quay lets a shot sail over Missoula Hellgate's Dan Clucas (22) and Ben Hartmann during Tuesday evening's game in Kalispell.

Ames Construction crews work Tuesday near Appleway Drive on part of the southern section of the U.S. 93 Alternate Route that will connect with U.S. 2 West.

February fishing

Donna Fuller rakes Tuesday afternoon in Kalispell. Fuller’s favorite season is autumn, but said raking leaves in the sunshine in late February “kind of throws you off.” Residents are being asked by the city not to rake leaves into the streets.

Chunks of a hillside break off and add to an earlier landslide on Wednesday afternoon north of Kalispell.

Flathead National Forest Supervisor Cathy Barbouletos on Tuesday in Kalispell.

Isabel Larscheid, 11, shows her brother Kevin, 9, both of Kalispell, how she has begun to work create tints and shades of red by adding white or black paint on Wednesday at the Home School Art Class at the Hockaday Museum on Wednesday in Kalispell. Home School art classes are available every Wednesday from 1030 to noon.

The Subaru lot on U.S. 2 in Evergreen is empty now that the dealership has become part of Don K Chevrolet in Whitefish.

John Hendricks at his home in Kalispell on Monday.

Amanda Bevan of West Glacier School thinks through the spelling of a word during the Flathead County Spelling Bee at Flathead High School on Thursday afternoon.

Whitefish senior Connor Silliker (34) tries for two under pressure from a host of Ronan defenders during their game on Thursday during the Northwestern Class A Divisional Program. Ronan won the game 56 to 41.

Flames roar from the former Stimson plywood mill in Libby on Thursday night.

Whitefish vs Ronana

Polson's Riley Kenney gets set to put a rebounded ball back up for a shot in the fourth quarter while surrounded by teammate Breanne Kelley and Libby's Jackie Mee (back) and Kim Tangen in the semifinal of the Northwestern A divisional basketball tournament at Glacier High School Friday afternoon.

Nate Chute/Daily Inter Lake Kaleb Johnson drives into the lane to lift up a shot over Ronan's Jerod Tanner.

Four sheep are transported via helicopter Friday from Wild Horse Island to Big Arm State Park.

Anne Trout pushes off as she skis along a run at Blacktail Mountain on Feb. 18 during a day of practice for the Special Olympics Montana winter games.

Columbia Falls' Kayla DeWit jumps up with Polson's Nicole Davey to keep her from intercepting a pass in the fourth quarter.

Columbia Falls' Mitchell Wassam (34) hugs teammate Tim Spencer as the team celebrates it's 60-46 win over the Polson Pirates to take the Northwestern Class A Divisional Championship Saturday evening at Glacier High School.

End Slide 2010

A customer goes into the drive-through at First Interstate Bank in Evergreen Thursday afternoon. The Evergreen facility is one of 72 banks in the First Interstate operation. The bank firm has proposed a public stock sale this summer.